Effective 28 Aug 1995

358.470. Partnership must maintain an office and registered agent in state — change of office address or agent, procedure — fees — failure to appoint successor agent, cancellation of partnership. — 1. Each registered limited liability partnership and each foreign registered limited liability partnership shall have and maintain in the state of Missouri:

(1) A registered office, which may, but need not be, a place of its business in the state of Missouri; and

(2) A registered agent for service of process on the registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership, which agent may be either an individual resident of the state of Missouri whose business office is identical with the registered limited liability partnership's or foreign registered limited liability partnership's registered office, or a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the state of Missouri, having a business office identical with such registered office or the registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership itself.

2. A registered agent may change the address of the registered office of the registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships for which the agent is the registered agent to another address in the state of Missouri by paying a fee in the amount of ten dollars, and a further fee in the amount of two dollars for each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby, to the secretary of state and filing with the secretary of state a certificate, executed by such registered agent, setting forth the names of all the registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships represented by such registered agent, and the address at which such registered agent has maintained the registered office for each of such registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships, and further certifying to the new address to which such registered office will be changed on a given day, and at which new address such registered agent will thereafter maintain the registered office for each of the registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships recited in the certificate. Upon the filing of such certificate, the secretary of state shall furnish to the registered agent a certified copy of the same under the secretary of state's hand and seal of office, and thereafter, or until further change of address, as authorized by law, the registered office in the state of Missouri of each of the registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships recited in the certificate shall be located at the new address of the registered agent thereof as given in the certificate. In the event of a change of name of any person acting as a registered agent of a registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership, such registered agent shall file with the secretary of state a certificate, executed by such registered agent, setting forth the new name of such registered agent, the name of such registered agent before it was changed, the names of all the registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships represented by such registered agent, and the address at which such registered agent has maintained the registered office for each of such registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships, and shall pay a fee in the amount of twenty-five dollars, and a further fee in the amount of two dollars for each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby, to the secretary of state. Upon the filing of such certificate, the secretary of state shall furnish to the registered agent a certified copy of the same under the secretary of state's hand and seal of office. Filing a certificate under this section shall be deemed to be an amendment of the application, renewal application or notice filed pursuant to subsection 19 of section 358.440, as the case may be, of each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby, and each such registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership shall not be required to take any further action with respect thereto to amend its application, renewal application or notice filed, as the case may be, pursuant to section 358.440. Any registered agent filing a certificate under this section shall promptly, upon such filing, deliver a copy of any such certificate to each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby.

3. The registered agent of one or more registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships may resign and appoint a successor registered agent by paying a fee in the amount of fifty dollars, and a further fee in the amount of two dollars for each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby, to the secretary of state and filing a certificate with the secretary of state, stating that it resigns and the name and address of the successor registered agent. There shall be attached to such certificate a statement executed by each affected registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership ratifying and approving such change of registered agent. Upon such filing, the successor registered agent shall become the registered agent of such registered limited liability partnerships or foreign registered limited liability partnerships as have ratified and approved such substitution and the successor registered agent's address, as stated in such certificate, shall become the address of each such registered limited liability partnership's or foreign registered limited liability partnership's registered office in the state of Missouri. The secretary of state shall furnish to the successor registered agent a certified copy of the certificate of resignation. Filing of such certificate of resignation shall be deemed to be an amendment of the application, renewal application or notice filed pursuant to subsection 19 of section 358.440, as the case may be, of each registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership affected thereby, and each such registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership shall not be required to take any further action with respect thereto, to amend its application, renewal application or notice filed pursuant to subsection 19 of section 358.440, as the case may be, pursuant to section 358.440.

4. The registered agent of a registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership may resign without appointing a successor registered agent by paying a fee in the amount of ten dollars to the secretary of state and filing a certificate with the secretary of state stating that it resigns as registered agent for the registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership identified in the certificate, but such resignation shall not become effective until one hundred twenty days after the certificate is filed. There shall be attached to such certificate an affidavit of such registered agent, if an individual, or the president, a vice president or the secretary thereof if a corporation, that at least thirty days prior to and on or about the date of the filing of the certificate, notices were sent by certified or registered mail to the registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership for which such registered agent is resigning as registered agent, at the principal office thereof within or outside the state of Missouri, if known to such registered agent or, if not, to the last known address of the attorney or other individual at whose request such registered agent was appointed for such registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership, of the resignation of such registered agent. After receipt of the notice of the resignation of its registered agent, the registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership for which such registered agent was acting shall obtain and designate a new registered agent, to take the place of the registered agent so resigning. If such registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership fails to obtain and designate a new registered agent prior to the expiration of the period of one hundred twenty days after the filing by the registered agent of the certificate of resignation, the application, renewal application or notice filed pursuant to subsection 19 of section 358.440 of such registered limited liability partnership or foreign registered limited liability partnership shall be deemed to be cancelled.

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(L. 1995 H.B. 558)