17-6202. Resident agent required; qualifications; business office requirements; terms construed. (a) Every corporation shall have and maintain in this state a resident agent, which agent may be either: (1) The corporation itself; (2) an individual resident in this state; (3) a domestic corporation, a domestic limited partnership, a domestic limited liability company or a domestic business trust; or (4) a foreign corporation, a foreign limited partnership, a foreign limited liability company or a foreign business trust authorized to transact business in this state. The resident agent shall have a business office identical with the registered office which is generally open during normal business hours to accept service of process and otherwise perform the functions of a resident agent.

(b) Unless the context otherwise requires, whenever the term "resident agent" or "registered agent" or "resident agent in charge of a corporation's principal office or place of business in this state," or other term of like import which refers to a corporation's agent required by statute to be located in this state, is or has been used in a corporation's articles of incorporation, or in any other document, or in any statute, it shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corporation's resident agent required by this section; and it shall not be necessary for any corporation to amend its articles of incorporation or any other document to comply with this section.

History: L. 1972, ch. 52, § 18; L. 2004, ch. 143, § 5; L. 2007, ch. 81, § 5; July 1.