Texas § LG.501.352 - CHANGE OF REGISTERED OFFICE OR AGENT

§ LG.501.352. CHANGE OF REGISTERED OFFICE OR AGENT

CHANGE OF REGISTERED OFFICE OR AGENT. (a) A corporation may change its registered office or registered agent by filing in the office of the secretary of state a statement declaring: (1) the name of the corporation; (2) the postal mailing address of the corporation's registered office at the time of filing; (3) the postal address to which the registered office is to be changed, if the postal mailing address of the corporation's registered office is to be changed; (4) the name of the corporation's registered agent at the time of filing; (5) the name of the corporation's successor registered agent, if the corporation's registered agent is to be changed; (6) that the postal mailing address of the corporation's registered office and the postal mailing address of the business office of the corporation's registered agent as changed will be the same; and (7) that the change was authorized by: (A) the corporation's board of directors; or (B) an officer of the corporation authorized by the corporation's board of directors to make the change. (b) Two originals of the statement shall be: (1) executed on behalf of the corporation by the president or a vice president of the corporation; (2) verified by the executing officer; and (3) delivered to the secretary of state. (c) If the secretary of state determines that the statement conforms to this section and on receipt of a $25 fee, the secretary of state shall: (1) endorse the word "Filed" and the date of the filing on each original of the statement; (2) file one of the original statements in the secretary of state's office; and (3) return the other original statement to the corporation or the corporation's representative. (d) A change made by the statement becomes effective on the filing of the statement by the secretary of state. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278 ), Sec. 3.01, eff. April 1, 2009.