                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

REGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT (§ 13.1-634)

A. Each corporation 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:
   				a. An individual who is a resident of the Commonwealth and (i) either an
   officer or director of the corporation or (ii) 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, § 13.1-9; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 407; 1976, c. 4; 1985, c.
522; 1993, c. 113; 2000, c. 162; 2001, cc. 517, 541; 2019, c. 734.