Oklahoma § 18-1133 - Change of registered agent upon whom process may be

§ 18-1133. Change of registered agent upon whom process may be

served.

CHANGE OF REGISTERED AGENT UPON WHOM PROCESS MAY BE SERVED

A. 1. Any foreign corporation which has qualified to do

business in this state may change its registered agent and

substitute another registered agent by filing a certificate with the

Secretary of State, acknowledged in accordance with the provisions

of Section 1007 of this title, setting forth:

a.

the name and street address of its registered agent

designated in this state upon whom process directed to

the corporation may be served, and

b.

a revocation of all previous appointments of agent for

such purposes.

2. Such registered agent shall be either an individual residing

in this state when appointed or a corporation, limited liability

company, or limited partnership authorized to transact business in

this state and in compliance with subparagraph b of paragraph 2 of

subsection B of Section 1130 of this title.

B. Any individual or entity designated by a foreign corporation

as its registered agent for service of process may resign by filing

with the Secretary of State a signed statement that the agent is

unwilling to continue to act as the registered agent of the

corporation for service of process, including in the statement the

post office address of the main or headquarters office of the

foreign corporation, but the resignation shall not become effective

until thirty (30) days after the statement is filed. The statement

shall be acknowledged by the registered agent and shall contain a

representation that written notice of resignation was given to the

corporation at least thirty (30) days prior to the filing of the

statement by mailing or delivering the notice to the corporation at

its address given in the statement.

C. If any agent designated and certified as required by the

provisions of Section 1130 of this title shall die, remove himself

or herself from this state or resign, then the foreign corporation

for which the agent had been so designated and certified, within ten

(10) days after the death, removal or resignation of its agent,

shall substitute, designate and certify to the Secretary of State,

the name of another registered agent for the purposes of the

Oklahoma General Corporation Act, and all process, orders, rules and

notices may be served on or given to the substituted agent with like

effect.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations

D. Any individual or entity designated by a foreign corporation

as its registered agent for service of process may change the

address of the registered office of the corporation or corporations

for which he or she is the registered agent to another address in

this state by filing with the Secretary of State a certificate in

the name of each affected corporation, executed and acknowledged by

the registered agent, setting forth the address at which the

registered agent has maintained the registered office, and further

certifying to the new address to which the registered office will be

changed on a given day, and at which new address the registered

agent will thereafter maintain the registered office. Thereafter,

or until further change of address, as authorized by law, the

registered office in this state shall be located at the new address

of the registered agent thereof as given in the certificate.

E. In the event of a change of name of any individual or entity

designated by a foreign corporation as its registered agent for

service of process, the registered agent shall file with the

Secretary of State a certificate in the name of each affected

corporation, executed and acknowledged by the registered agent,

setting forth the new name of the registered agent, the name of the

registered agent before it was changed, and the address at which the

registered agent has maintained the registered office for the

affected corporation. A change of name of any person or entity

acting as registered agent as a result of a merger or consolidation

of the registered agent, with or into another person or corporation

which succeeds to its assets by operation of law, shall be deemed a

change of name for purposes of this section.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 292, § 133, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by

Laws 1996, c. 69, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1998, c. 422, § 27,

eff. Nov. 1, 1998; Laws 1999, c. 421, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 1999; Laws

2009, c. 447, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Laws 2017, c. 323, § 34, eff.

Nov. 1, 2017.