7-125-101. Registered office and registered agent.

(1) Each nonprofit corporation shall continuously maintain in this state:
    (a) A registered office; and
    (b) A registered agent, who shall be:
       (I) An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office;
       (II) A domestic corporation or domestic nonprofit corporation whose business office is identical with the registered office; or
       (III) A foreign corporation or foreign nonprofit corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.

(2) A nonprofit corporation shall not serve as its own registered agent.

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7-125-102. Change of registered office or registered agent.

(1) A nonprofit corporation may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that sets forth:
    (a) Its corporate name;
    (b) The street address of its current registered office;
    (c) If the registered office is to be changed, the street address of the new registered office;
    (d) The name of its current registered agent;
    (e) If the registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new registered agent's written consent to the appointment, either on the statement of change or in an accompanying document; and
    (f) That, after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.

(2) If a registered agent changes the street address of the registered agent's business office, the registered agent may change the street address of the registered office of any nonprofit corporation for which the registered agent is the registered agent by giving written notice to the nonprofit corporation of the change and executing, either manually or in facsimile, and delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that complies with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section and recites that notice of the change has been given to the nonprofit corporation.

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7-125-103. Resignation of registered agent.

(1) The registered agent of a nonprofit corporation may resign the agency by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of resignation, which shall be accompanied by two exact or conformed copies thereof.
The statement of resignation may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued.

(2) After filing the statement of resignation, the secretary of state shall deliver one copy to the registered office of the nonprofit corporation together with the receipt for filing fees, if any, and the other copy to the principal office of the nonprofit corporation.

(3) The agency appointment is terminated, and the registered office discontinued if so provided, on the thirty-first day after the date on which the statement of resignation was filed.

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7-125-104. Service on nonprofit corporation.

(1) A nonprofit corporation's registered agent is the nonprofit corporation's agent for service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the nonprofit corporation.

(2) If a nonprofit corporation has no registered agent, or the registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the nonprofit corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the nonprofit corporation at its principal office.
Service is perfected under this subsection (2) at the earliest of:
    (a) The date the nonprofit corporation receives the process, notice, or demand;
    (b) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the nonprofit corporation; or
    (c) Five days after mailing with first class postage prepaid.

(3) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a nonprofit corporation.

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