CHAPTER 24. OFFICE AND AGENT
IC 23-1-24
Chapter 24. Office and Agent
IC 23-1-24-1
Maintenance of registered office and registered agent
Sec. 1. Each corporation must continuously maintain in Indiana:
(1) a registered office; and
(2) a registered agent, who must be:
(A) an individual who resides in Indiana and whose businessoffice is identical with the registered office;
(B) a domestic corporation or not-for-profit domesticcorporation whose business office is identical with theregistered office; or
(C) a foreign corporation or not-for-profit foreigncorporation authorized to transact business in Indiana whosebusiness office is identical with the registered office.
As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.8.
IC 23-1-24-2
Change of registered office or registered agent
Sec. 2. (a) A corporation may change its registered office orregistered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing astatement of change that sets forth:
(1) the name of the corporation;
(2) the street address of its current registered office;
(3) if the current registered office is to be changed, the streetaddress of the new registered office;
(4) the name of its current registered agent;
(5) if the current registered agent is to be changed, the name ofthe new registered agent and the new agent's written consent ora representation that the new registered agent has consented(either on the statement or attached to it) to the appointment;and
(6) that after the change or changes are made, the streetaddresses of its registered office and the business office of itsregistered agent will be identical.
(b) If a registered agent changes the street address of theregistered agent's business office, the registered agent may changethe street address of the registered office of any corporation that theregistered agent serves by notifying the corporation in writing of thechange and signing (either manually or in facsimile) and deliveringto the secretary of state for filing a statement that complies with therequirements of subsection (a) and recites that the corporation hasbeen notified of the change.
As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.107-1987,SEC.4.
IC 23-1-24-3
Resignation of registered agent
Sec. 3. (a) A registered agent may resign the agency appointment
by signing and delivering to the secretary of state for filing asdescribed in IC 23-1-18 a statement of resignation. The statementmay include a statement that the registered office is alsodiscontinued.
(b) After filing the statement the secretary of state shall mail one(1) copy to the corporation at its principal office, if known, and one(1) copy to the registered office, if not discontinued.
(c) The agency appointment is terminated, and the registeredoffice discontinued if so provided, on the thirty-first day after thedate on which the statement was filed.
As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.228-1995,SEC.8.
IC 23-1-24-4
Service of process or notice
Sec. 4. (a) A corporation's registered agent is the corporation'sagent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permittedby law to be served on the corporation.
(b) If a corporation has no registered agent, or the agent cannotwith reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be servedby registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed tothe secretary of the corporation or other executive officer, as thatterm is used in Trial Rule 4.6(a)(1), at the corporation's principaloffice. Service is perfected under this subsection at the earliest of:
(1) the date the corporation receives the mail;
(2) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf ofthe corporation; or
(3) five (5) days after its deposit in the United States mail, ifmailed postpaid and correctly addressed.
(c) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarilythe required means, of serving a corporation.
As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.8.