13.1-635 - Change of registered office or registered agent. - Virginia Statutes

§ 13.1-635. Change of registered office or registered agent.

A. A corporation may change its registered office or registered agent, orboth, upon filing with the Commission a statement of change on a formprescribed and furnished by the Commission that sets forth:

1. The name of the corporation;

2. The address of its current registered office;

3. If the current registered office is to be changed, the post officeaddress, including the street and number, if any, of the new registeredoffice, and the name of the city or county in which it is to be located;

4. The name of its current registered agent;

5. If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the newregistered agent; and

6. That after the change or changes are made, the corporation will be incompliance with the requirements of § 13.1-634.

B. A statement of change shall forthwith be filed with the Commission by acorporation whenever its registered agent dies, resigns or ceases to satisfythe requirements of § 13.1-634.

C. A corporation's registered agent may sign a statement as required above if(i) the business address of the registered agent changes to another postoffice address within the Commonwealth or (ii) the name of the registeredagent has been legally changed. A corporation's new registered agent may signand submit for filing a statement as required above if (a) the formerregistered agent is a business entity that has been merged into the newregistered agent, (b) the instrument of merger is on record in the office ofthe clerk of the Commission, and (c) the new registered agent is an entitythat is qualified to serve as a registered agent pursuant to § 13.1-634. Ineither instance, the registered agent or surviving entity shall forthwithfile a statement as required above, which shall recite that a copy of thestatement shall be mailed to the principal office address of the corporationon or before the business day following the day on which the statement isfiled.

(Code 1950, § 13.1-10; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c. 564; 1975, c. 500; 1976, c. 4;1985, c. 522; 1986, c. 622; 1987, c. 183; 1988, c. 405; 2003, c. 597; 2010,cc. 434, 782.)