2019 Florida Statutes
Title XXXVI - Business Organizations
Chapter 607 - Florida Business Corporation Act
Part I - General Provisions (Ss. 607.0101-607.193)
607.0503 - Resignation of registered agent.
(1) A registered agent may resign as agent for a corporation by delivering to the department for filing a signed statement of resignation containing the name of the corporation.
(2) After delivering the statement of resignation to the department for filing, the registered agent must promptly mail a copy to the corporation at its current mailing address.
(3) A registered agent is terminated upon the earlier of:
(a) The 31st day after the department files the statement of resignation; or
(b) When a statement of change or other record designating a new registered agent is filed by the department.
(4) When a statement of resignation takes effect, the registered agent ceases to have responsibility for a matter thereafter tendered to it as agent for the corporation. The resignation does not affect contractual rights that the corporation has against the agent or that the agent has against the corporation.
(5) A registered agent may resign from a corporation regardless of whether the corporation has active status.
History.—s. 33, ch. 2019-90.
