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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 12:1-502

  • 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.

            A. A corporation may change its registered office or the identity or address of its registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that sets forth all of the following information:

            (1) The name of the corporation.

            (2) The street address of its current registered office.

            (3) If the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of the new registered office.

            (4) The name and street address of its current registered agent.

            (5) If the identity of the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent, and the new agent’s signed written consent to the appointment, either on the statement or attached to it.

            (6) If the street address of the registered agent is to be changed, the new street address of the registered agent.

            (7) If the registered agent is a corporation or eligible entity, the name of at least two individuals at its address in this state, each of whom is authorized to receive any process served on it as such agent.

            B. A registered agent may change its street address on the records of the secretary of state for all corporations for which it serves as registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state a statement of change that sets forth all of the following information:

            (1) The name of the registered agent.

            (2) The name of the corporation for which it is acting as registered agent.

            (3) Its current street address to be changed.

            (4) Its new street address.

            (5) A certification that the registered agent has notified all of the corporations for which it serves as registered agent of the change in its address to the new street address specified in the statement of change.

            C. A registered agent may satisfy the requirements of Subsection B of this Section for multiple corporations through the delivery of a single statement of change that complies with Subsection B of this Section, provides the names of all of the corporations for which the statement is to be effective, and certifies that the registered agent has notified all of those corporations of the change in its address to the new street address specified in the statement of change.

            Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 356, §1.