                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT (§ 13.1-1015)

A. Each domestic limited liability company and each foreign limited liability
company registered pursuant to Article 10 (§ 13.1-1051 et seq.) of this chapter
shall continuously maintain in the Commonwealth:

   1. A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business;
   and

   2. A registered agent who shall be either:
   				a. An individual who is a resident of the Commonwealth and is (i) a member
   or manager of the limited liability company, (ii) a member or manager of a
   limited liability company that is a member or manager of the limited liability
   company, (iii) an officer or director of a corporation that is a member or
   manager of the limited liability company, (iv) a general partner of a general
   or limited partnership that is a member or manager of the limited liability
   company, (v) a trustee of a trust that is a member or manager of the limited
   liability company, or (vi) a member of the Virginia State Bar, and whose
   business office is identical with the registered office;
   				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; or
   				c. A Virginia resident who is an officer of the limited liability company,
   provided that such a registered agent or a natural person designated by the
   registered agent shall be available during regular business hours at the
   registered office to accept service of any process, notice, or demand.
   Whenever any such person accepts service, a photographic copy of such
   instrument shall be attached to the return. As used in this subdivision,
   &#8220;officer of the limited liability company&#8221; means any employee of
   the limited liability company, other than a member or manager of the limited
   liability company, who has been designated by the limited liability company by
   instrument in writing as a person upon whom any process, notice, or demand may
   be served.

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

HISTORY: 1991, c. 168; 1993, c. 113; 1994, c. 348; 1996, c. 265; 2000, cc. 162,
537; 2001, cc. 517, 541; 2004, c. 314; 2005, c. 255; 2016, c. 275.