2012 Code of Alabama
Title 10A - ALABAMA BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT ENTITIES CODE.
Chapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Section 10A-1-5.33 - Change by registered agent of name or address of registered agent.
(a) The registered agent of any entity required by Section 10A-1-5.31 to designate and maintain a registered agent or registered office may change its name, its address as the address of the entity's registered office, or both, by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of the change in accordance with Article 4.
(b) The statement must be signed by the registered agent, or a person authorized to sign the statement on behalf of the registered agent, and must contain:
(1) the name of the entity represented by the registered agent;
(2) the name of the entity's registered agent and the address at which the registered agent maintained the entity's registered office;
(3) if the change relates to the name of the registered agent, the new name of that agent;
(4) if the change relates to the address of the registered office, the new address of that office; and
(5) a recitation that written notice of the change was given to the entity at least 10 days before the date the statement is filed.
(c) On acceptance of the statement by the Secretary of State, the statement is:
(1) in the case of a domestic filing entity, effective to make the change set forth in the statement without the necessity of amending the entity's certificate of formation;
(2) in the case of a domestic registered limited liability partnership, effective to make the change set forth in the statement without the necessity of amending its registration as a limited liability partnership filed under Section 10A-8-10.01;
(3) in the case of a foreign filing entity, effective to make the change set forth in the statement, and effective as an amendment of its application for registration as a foreign entity under Article 7; or
(4) in the case of a foreign registered limited liability partnership, effective to make the change set forth in the statement, and effective as an amendment to its application for registration as a foreign entity under Article 7.
(d) A registered agent may file a statement under this section that applies to more than one entity.
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