West Virginia Code 31E-14-1407 – Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation
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Each foreign corporation authorized to conduct affairs in this state may continuously maintain in this state:
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 31E-14-1407
- Business corporation: means a corporation with capital stock or shares incorporated for profit. See West Virginia Code 31E-1-150
- 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 without capital stock or shares, which is not a foreign corporation, incorporated under the laws of this state: Provided, That "corporation" or "domestic corporation" does not include towns, cities, boroughs or any municipal corporation or any department or any town, city, borough or municipal corporation. See West Virginia Code 31E-1-150
- Foreign corporation: means any nonprofit corporation which is incorporated under a law other than the laws of this state. See West Virginia Code 31E-1-150
- Individual: includes , but is not limited to, the estate of an incompetent or deceased individual. See West Virginia Code 31E-1-150
- Registered agent: means the agent identified by the corporation pursuant to section five hundred one, article five of this chapter. See West Virginia Code 31E-1-150
- Registered office: means the address of the registered agent for the corporation, as provided in section five hundred one, article five of this chapter. See West Virginia Code 31E-1-150
- State: when applied to a part of the United States and not restricted by the context, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories, and the words "United States" also include the said district and territories. See West Virginia Code 2-2-10
(1) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and
(2) A registered agent, who may be:
(A) An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office;
(B) A domestic corporation or domestic business corporation whose business office is identical with the registered office; or
(C) A foreign corporation or foreign business corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office.