                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CHANGE OF REGISTERED OFFICE OR REGISTERED AGENT (§ 13.1-1221)

A. A business trust or a foreign business trust registered to transact business
in the Commonwealth may change its registered office or registered agent, or
both, upon filing with the Commission a statement of change on a form prescribed
and furnished by the Commission that sets forth:

   1. The name of the business trust or foreign business trust;

   2. The address of its current registered office;

   3. 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;

   4. The name of its current registered agent;

   5. If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new
   registered agent; and

   6. That after the change or changes are made, the domestic or foreign business
   trust will be in compliance with the requirements of &#xA7; 13.1-1220.

B. A statement of change shall forthwith be filed with the Commission by a
domestic or foreign business trust whenever its registered agent dies, resigns
or ceases to satisfy the requirements of &#xA7; 13.1-1220.

C. A domestic or foreign business trust&#8217;s registered agent may sign a
statement as required above if (i) the business address of the registered agent
changes to another post office address within the Commonwealth or (ii) the name
of a registered agent has been legally changed. A domestic or foreign business
trust&#8217;s new registered agent may sign and submit for filing a statement as
required above if (a) the former registered agent is a business entity that has
been merged into the new registered agent, (b) the instrument of merger is on
record in the office of the clerk of the Commission, and (c) the new registered
agent is an entity that is qualified to serve as a registered agent pursuant to
&#xA7; 13.1-1220. In either instance, the registered agent or surviving entity
shall forthwith file a statement as required above, which shall recite that a
copy of the statement shall be mailed to the principal office address of the
domestic or foreign business trust on or before the business day following the
day on which the statement is filed.

HISTORY: 2002, c. 621; 2003, c. 597; 2010, c. 434.