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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 48 - CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS (§§ 48-1-101 — 48-250-115)
FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS CORPORATIONS (§§ 48-11-101 — 48-28-109)
Chapter 15 - OFFICE AND AGENT (§§ 48-15-101 — 48-15-105)
Section 48-15-101 - Registered office and registered agent
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TN Code § 48-15-101 (2023)
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- (a) Each corporation must continuously maintain in this state:
- (1) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and
- (2) A registered agent who maintains an office at the same street address as the registered office, and who may be:
- (A) An individual who resides in this state, a domestic corporation, a not-for-profit domestic corporation, a domestic LLC, a domestic general partnership, a domestic limited partnership, or a domestic registered limited liability partnership; or
- (B) A foreign corporation, a not-for-profit foreign corporation, a foreign LLC, a foreign general partnership, a foreign limited partnership, or a foreign registered limited liability partnership that is authorized to transact business in this state.
- (b) If a registered agent resigns or is unable to perform the registered agent's duties, the designating corporation shall promptly designate another registered agent to the end that it shall at all times have a registered agent in this state.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 102,s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Acts 1986, ch. 887, § 5.01.
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