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SECTION 304
Statutory designation of secretary of state as agent of domestic corporations formed under article four of this chapter and authorized fo...
Not-for-Profit Corporation (NPC) CHAPTER 35, ARTICLE 3
§ 304. Statutory designation of secretary of state as agent of domestic

corporations formed under article four of this chapter and

authorized foreign corporations for service of process.

(a) The secretary of state shall be the agent of every domestic
corporation formed under article four of this chapter and every
authorized foreign corporation upon whom process against the corporation
may be served.

(b) Any designation by a domestic corporation formed under article
four of this chapter or foreign corporation of the secretary of state as
such agent, which designation is in effect on the effective date of this
chapter, shall continue. Every domestic corporation formed under article
four of this chapter or foreign corporation, existing or authorized on
the effective date of this chapter, which has not designated the
secretary of state as such agent, shall be deemed to have done so.

(c) Any designation by a domestic corporation formed under article
four of this chapter or foreign corporation of an agent other than the
secretary of state which is in effect on the effective date of this
chapter shall continue in effect until changed or revoked as provided in
this chapter.

(d) Any designated post-office address to which the secretary of state
shall mail a copy of process served upon him or her as agent of a
domestic corporation formed under article four of this chapter or
foreign corporation, shall continue until the filing of a certificate or
other instrument under this chapter directing the mailing to a different
post-office address and any designated email address to which the
secretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that process has
been electronically served upon him or her as agent of a domestic
corporation or foreign corporation, shall continue until the filing of a
certificate or other instrument under this chapter changing or deleting
the email address.