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14A:4-1.  Registered office and registered agent    (1) Every corporation organized for any purpose under any general or special  law of this State and every foreign corporation authorized to transact business  in this State shall continuously maintain a registered office in this State,  and a registered agent having a business office identical with such registered  office.

    (2) The registered office may be, but need not be, the same as a place of business of the corporation which it serves.

    (3) The registered agent may be a natural person of the age of 18 years or more, or a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to transact  business in this State, whether or not any such agent corporation is organized  for a purpose or purposes for which a corporation may be organized under this  act.

    (4) The designation of a principal or registered office in this State and of  a registered agent in charge thereof by any corporation of this State or by any  foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State, as in force  on the effective date of this act, shall continue with like effect as if made  hereunder until changed pursuant to this act.

     L.1968, c.350; amended by L.1973, c. 366, s. 10, eff. May 1, 1974.