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 all of the following:

 a. The name of the corporation.
 b. The street and mailing addresses of its current registered office.
 c. If the current registered office is to be changed, the street and mailing addresses of the new registered office.
 d. The name of its current registered agent.
 e. If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new agent’s written consent, either on the statement or attached to it, to the appointment.
 f. That after the change or changes are made, the street and mailing addresses of its registered office and of the business office of its registered agent will be identical.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 490.502

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility under section 490. See Iowa Code 490.140
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • written: means any information in the form of a document. See Iowa Code 490.140
 2. If the street or mailing address of a registered agent’s business office changes, the agent shall change the street or mailing address of the registered office of any corporation for which the agent is the registered agent by delivering a signed written notice of the change to the corporation and delivering to the secretary of state for filing a signed statement that complies with the requirements of subsection 1 and states that the corporation has been notified of the change.
 3. If a registered agent changes the registered agent’s business address to another place, the registered agent may change the business address and the address of the registered agent by filing a statement as required in subsection 2 for each corporation, or a single statement for all corporations named in the notice, except that it need be signed only by the registered agent and need not be responsive to subsection 1, paragraph “e”, and must recite that a copy of the statement has been mailed to each corporation named in the notice.
 4. A corporation may also change its registered office or registered agent in its biennial report as provided in section 490.1621.
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