                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT OF FOREIGN CORPORATION (§ 13.1-925)

A. Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth
shall continuously maintain in the Commonwealth:

   1. A registered office, which may be the same as any of its places of
   business.

   2. A registered agent, who shall be:
   				a. An individual who is a resident of Virginia and either an officer or
   director of the corporation or a member of the Virginia State Bar, and whose
   business office is identical with the registered office; or
   				b. A domestic or foreign stock or nonstock corporation, limited liability
   company or registered limited liability partnership authorized to transact
   business in the Commonwealth, the business office of which is identical with
   the registered office; provided such a registered agent (i) shall not be its
   own registered agent and (ii) shall designate by instrument in writing,
   acknowledged before a notary public, one or more natural persons at the office
   of the registered agent upon whom any process, notice or demand may be served
   and shall continuously maintain at least one such person at that office.
   Whenever any such person accepts service, a photographic copy of such
   instrument shall be attached to the return.

B. The sole duty of the registered agent is to forward to the corporation at its
last known address any process, notice or demand that is served on the
registered agent.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 13.1-272; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c. 564; 1985, c. 522; 1994,
c. 348; 2000, c. 162; 2001, cc. 517, 541; 2007, c. 925.