(1) A corporation shall continuously maintain in this state a registered agent and registered office that may be, but need not be, the same as any of the corporation’s places of business. The registered office must be located at a physical street address where process may be personally served on the registered agent. The registered office may not be a commercial mail receiving agency, a mail forwarding business or a virtual office.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 60.111

  • 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.
  • domestic corporation: means a corporation for profit that is incorporated under or subject to the provisions of this chapter and that is not a foreign corporation. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Domestic limited liability company: means an entity that is an unincorporated association that has one or more members and that is organized under ORS Chapter 63. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Domestic nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit that is incorporated under ORS Chapter 65. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Domestic professional corporation: means a corporation that is organized under ORS Chapter 58 for the purpose of rendering professional services and for the purposes provided under ORS Chapter 58. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit that is incorporated under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Foreign limited liability company: means an entity that is an unincorporated association organized under laws other than the laws of the state and that is organized under a statute under which an association may be formed that affords to each of the entity's members limited liability with respect to liabilities of the entity. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Foreign nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit that is organized under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Foreign professional corporation: means a professional corporation that is organized under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Individual: means a natural person or the estate of an incompetent individual or a deceased individual. See Oregon Statutes 60.001

(2) A registered agent must be:

(a) An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical to the registered office;

(b) A domestic corporation, domestic limited liability company, domestic professional corporation or domestic nonprofit corporation, the business office of which is identical to the registered office; or

(c) A foreign corporation, foreign limited liability company, foreign professional corporation or foreign nonprofit corporation that is authorized to transact business in this state, the business office of which is identical to the registered office. [1987 c.52 § 29; 2001 c.315 § 24; 2013 c.158 § 20; 2017 c.705 § 12]

 

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