(1) A cooperative shall have and continuously maintain in this state:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 62.155

  • Cooperative: means a cooperative corporation that is subject to the provisions of this chapter. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • 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.
  • Corporation: means a corporation that is not a cooperative. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • 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 62.015
  • Domestic nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit that is incorporated under ORS Chapter 65. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit that is incorporated under laws other than the laws of this state. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Foreign limited liability company: means an entity that is an unincorporated association organized under laws other than the laws of this 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 62.015
  • Foreign nonprofit corporation: means a corporation not for profit that is organized under laws other than the laws of this state. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Foreign professional corporation: means a professional corporation that is organized under laws other than the laws of this state. See Oregon Statutes 62.015
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, association, firm, partnership, joint stock company, cooperative or foreign cooperative. See Oregon Statutes 62.015

(a) A registered office that may be, but need not be, the same as the cooperative’s place 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.

(b) A registered agent that 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 that has a business office 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 and that has a business office identical to the registered office.

(2) A cooperative may change the cooperative’s registered office or registered agent in accordance with the procedure set forth in ORS § 60.114.

(3) A person that a cooperative has designated as the cooperative’s registered agent may resign in accordance with the procedure set forth in ORS § 60.117.

(4) A registered agent appointed by a cooperative is an agent of the cooperative upon whom any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the cooperative may be served.

(5) The provisions of ORS § 60.121 are applicable to cooperatives. [1957 c.716 § 10; 1987 c.94 § 80; 2001 c.315 § 26; 2013 c.158 § 24; 2017 c.705 § 17]

 

[Repealed by 1957 c.716 § 76]

 

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