(a) An entity required to maintain a registered office and registered agent under Section 10A-1-5.31 may change its registered office, its registered agent, or both, by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of the change in accordance with the procedures in Article 4.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-1-5.32
Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The statement must contain:
(1) the name of the entity;(2) the name of the entity’s registered agent;(3) the street address of the entity’s registered agent;(4) if the change relates to the registered agent, the name of the entity’s new registered agent and the new registered agent’s written consent to the appointment, either on the statement or attached to it;(5) if the change relates to the registered office, the street address of the entity’s new registered office;(6) a recitation that the change specified in the statement is authorized by the entity; and(7) a recitation that the street address of the registered office and the street address of the registered agent’s business are the same.(c) On acceptance of the statement by the Secretary of State, the statement is:
(1) in the case of a domestic filing entity, effective to change the designation of the entity’s registered agent or registered office, or both, without the necessity of amending the entity’s certificate of formation;(2) in the case of a general partnership with an effective statement of partnership, statement of not for profit partnership, or statement of limited liability partnership on file with the Secretary of State under Chapter 8A, effective to change its registered agent or registered office, or both, without the necessity of amending its statement of partnership, statement of not for profit partnership, or statement of limited liability partnership under Chapter 8A;(3) in the case of a foreign filing entity other than a foreign limited liability partnership, effective to change the designation of the entity’s registered agent or registered office, or both, and effective as an amendment of its application for registration as a foreign entity under Article 7; or(4) in the case of a foreign limited liability partnership, effective to change the designation of its registered agent or registered office, or both, without the necessity of amending its statement of foreign limited liability partnership under Article 7.
