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Change of registered office or registered agent.

(1) A corporation may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that sets forth:

     (a) The name of the corporation;

     (b) If the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of the new registered office in accord with RCW 23B.05.010(1)(a);

     (c) If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new agent's consent in a record, either on the statement or attached to it in a manner and form as the secretary of state may prescribe, to the appointment; and

     (d) That after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.

     (2) If a registered agent changes the street address of the agent's business office, the registered agent may change the street address of the registered office of any corporation for which the agent is the registered agent by notifying the corporation of the change either (a) in a written record, or (b) if the corporation has designated an address, location, or system to which the notices may be electronically transmitted and the registered agent electronically transmits the notice to the corporation at the designated address, location, or system, in an electronically transmitted record and delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement that complies with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.

[2002 c 297 § 16; 1989 c 165 § 41.]

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Statutes > Washington > Title-23b > 23b-05 > 23b-05-020

Change of registered office or registered agent.

(1) A corporation may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that sets forth:

     (a) The name of the corporation;

     (b) If the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of the new registered office in accord with RCW 23B.05.010(1)(a);

     (c) If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new agent's consent in a record, either on the statement or attached to it in a manner and form as the secretary of state may prescribe, to the appointment; and

     (d) That after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.

     (2) If a registered agent changes the street address of the agent's business office, the registered agent may change the street address of the registered office of any corporation for which the agent is the registered agent by notifying the corporation of the change either (a) in a written record, or (b) if the corporation has designated an address, location, or system to which the notices may be electronically transmitted and the registered agent electronically transmits the notice to the corporation at the designated address, location, or system, in an electronically transmitted record and delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement that complies with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.

[2002 c 297 § 16; 1989 c 165 § 41.]

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Statutes > Washington > Title-23b > 23b-05 > 23b-05-020

Change of registered office or registered agent.

(1) A corporation may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that sets forth:

     (a) The name of the corporation;

     (b) If the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of the new registered office in accord with RCW 23B.05.010(1)(a);

     (c) If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new agent's consent in a record, either on the statement or attached to it in a manner and form as the secretary of state may prescribe, to the appointment; and

     (d) That after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.

     (2) If a registered agent changes the street address of the agent's business office, the registered agent may change the street address of the registered office of any corporation for which the agent is the registered agent by notifying the corporation of the change either (a) in a written record, or (b) if the corporation has designated an address, location, or system to which the notices may be electronically transmitted and the registered agent electronically transmits the notice to the corporation at the designated address, location, or system, in an electronically transmitted record and delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement that complies with the requirements of subsection (1) of this section and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.

[2002 c 297 § 16; 1989 c 165 § 41.]