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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55681</law_id><section_number>13.1-764</section_number><catch_line>Change of registered office or registered agent of a foreign corporation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-615</reference><reference>13.1-765</reference><reference>13.1-768</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">Virginia Stock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="17">Foreign Corporations</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth may change its registered office or registered agent, or both, upon filing with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a statement of change on a form prescribed and furnished by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> that sets forth: <a id="paragraph-204110" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-764/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span>; <a id="paragraph-204111" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-764/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The address of its current registered office; <a id="paragraph-204112" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-764/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If the current registered office is to be changed, the post office address, including the street and number, if any, of the new registered office, and the name of the city or county in which it is to be located; <a id="paragraph-204113" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-764/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The name of its current registered agent; <a id="paragraph-204114" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-764/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent; and <a id="paragraph-204115" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-764/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> That after the change or changes are made, the corporation will be in compliance with the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation" href="/13.1-763/">13.1-763</a>. <a id="paragraph-204116" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-764/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A statement of change shall be filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> by a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> if its registered agent dies, resigns, or ceases to satisfy the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation" href="/13.1-763/">13.1-763</a>. <a id="paragraph-204117" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-764/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span>&#x2019;s registered agent may <span class="dictionary">sign</span> a statement as required above if (i) the business address of the registered agent changes to another post office address within the Commonwealth, (ii) the name of the county or city in which the registered office is located changes or is incorrect on the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s records, or (iii) the name of the registered agent has been legally changed. A <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span>&#x2019;s new registered agent may <span class="dictionary">sign</span> and submit for filing a statement as required above if (a) the former registered agent is a business <span class="dictionary">entity</span> that has been merged into the new registered agent, (b) the instrument of <span class="dictionary">merger</span> is on record with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, and (c) the new registered agent is an <span class="dictionary">entity</span> that is qualified to serve as a registered agent pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation" href="/13.1-763/">13.1-763</a>. In either instance, the registered agent or surviving <span class="dictionary">entity</span> shall forthwith file a statement as required above, which shall recite that a copy of the statement shall be mailed to the <span class="dictionary">principal office</span> of the <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> on or before the business day following the day on which the statement is filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-204118" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-764/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-110; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c. 564; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 1986, c. 622; 2003, c. 597; 2010, c. 434; 2019, c. 734; 2020, c. 1226.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
