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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 501.352. Change of Registered Office or Agent - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/local-government-code/loc-gov-t-sect-501-352/
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