2005 Montana Code Annotated - 35-8-105 — Registered office and registered agent.

     35-8-105. Registered office and registered agent. (1) A limited liability company shall continuously maintain in this state:
     (a) a registered office that may but need not be the same as its place of business; and
     (b) a registered agent for service of process, at the registered office, on the limited liability company that is either an individual resident of this state, a domestic corporation, a limited liability company, or a foreign corporation or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state.
     (2) Unless the registered agent signed the document making the appointment, the appointment of a registered agent or a successor registered agent on whom process may be served is not effective until the agent delivers a statement in writing to the secretary of state accepting the appointment.
     (3) A limited liability company may change its registered office or registered agent, or both, by delivering to the secretary of state a statement setting forth:
     (a) the name of the limited liability company;
     (b) the address of its current registered office;
     (c) if the address of its registered office is to be changed, the new address of the registered office; and
     (d) if its registered agent or the agent's address is to be changed, the name and address of the successor registered agent or the current registered agent's new address.
     (4) The change of address of the registered office or registered agent is effective on delivery of the statement to the secretary of state. The appointment of a new registered agent is effective on delivery of the statement to the secretary of state and on receipt by the secretary of state of evidence that the new registered agent has accepted appointment pursuant to subsection (2).
     (5) A registered agent of a limited liability company may resign as registered agent by delivering a written notice and two copies to the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall mail a copy of the notice to the limited liability company at its registered office and its principal place of business. The appointment of the registered agent terminates 30 days after receipt of the notice by the secretary of state or on the appointment of a new registered agent, whichever occurs first.
     (6) If a registered agent changes its address to another place in this state, it may change the address by delivering a statement to the secretary of state as required by subsection (3), except that it need be signed only by the registered agent. The statement must recite that a copy of the statement has been mailed to the limited liability company.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 120, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 75, L. 2003.