CHAPTER 6. OFFICES AND AGENTS
IC 23-17-6
Chapter 6. Offices and Agents
IC 23-17-6-1
Registered office and agent; qualifications of agent
Sec. 1. A corporation must continuously maintain the following
in Indiana:
(1) A registered office.
(2) A registered agent, who must be one (1) of the following:
(A) An individual who resides in Indiana and whose
business office is identical with the registered office.
(B) A business or nonprofit corporation whose business
office is identical with the registered office.
(C) A foreign business or nonprofit corporation authorized
to transact business in Indiana whose business office is
identical with the registered office.
As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IC 23-17-6-2
Statement of change; contents; notice
Sec. 2. (a) A corporation may change the corporation's registered
office or registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for
filing a statement of change that sets forth the following:
(1) The name of the corporation.
(2) The street address of the corporation's current registered
office.
(3) If the current registered office is to be changed, the street
address of the new registered office.
(4) The name of the corporation's current registered agent.
(5) If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of
the new registered agent and the new agent's written consent
(either on or attached to the statement) to the appointment.
(b) After a change is made, the street addresses of the
corporation's registered office and the business office of the
corporation's registered agent will be identical.
(c) If a registered agent changes the street address of the
registered agent's business office, the registered agent may change
the street address of the registered office of a corporation that the
registered agent serves by notifying the corporation in writing of the
change and by signing, either manually or in facsimile, and
delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement that does the
following:
(1) Complies with the requirements of subsection (a).
(2) Recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.
As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
IC 23-17-6-3
Resignation of agency appointment; statement; contents; filing;
effective date
Sec. 3. (a) A registered agent may resign the agency appointment
by signing and delivering to the secretary of state for filing as
described in IC 23-17-29 a statement of resignation. The statement
may include a statement that the registered office is also
discontinued.
(b) After filing the statement, the secretary of state shall mail one
(1) copy to the corporation at the corporation's principal office, if
known, and one (1) copy to the registered office, if not discontinued.
(c) The agency appointment is terminated, and the registered
office discontinued if so provided, thirty-one (31) days after the date
on which the statement is filed.
As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.228-1995,
SEC.20.
IC 23-17-6-4
Service of process; registered agent; service on corporation in
absence of registered agent
Sec. 4. (a) A corporation's registered agent is the corporation's
agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted
by law to be served on the corporation.
(b) If a corporation does not have a registered agent or the agent
cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the corporation may be
served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested,
addressed to the secretary of the corporation or other executive
officer under Trial Rule 4.6(a)(1) at the corporation's principal
office. Service is perfected under this subsection on the earliest of
the following:
(1) The date the corporation receives the mail.
(2) The date shown on the return receipt if signed on behalf of
the corporation.
(3) Five (5) days after the service is deposited with the United
States Postal Service, if mailed postpaid and correctly
addressed.
(c) This section does not prescribe the only means of serving a
corporation.
As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.