181.0502 Change of registered office or registered agent.
(1) Methods of changing office or agent. A corporation may change its registered office or registered agent, or both, by doing any of the following:
(a) Delivering to the department for filing a statement of change.
(b) Including the name of its registered agent and the street address of its registered office, as changed, in articles of amendment to its articles of incorporation, in a restatement of its articles of incorporation or in articles of merger.
(c) If a domestic corporation, including the name of its registered agent and the street address of its registered office, as changed, in its annual report under s. 181.1622. A change under this paragraph is effective on the date on which the annual report is filed by the department.
(2) Contents of statement of change. Except as provided in sub. (3), a statement of change shall include all of the following information:
(a) The name of the corporation and, if applicable, a statement that the corporation is incorporated under this chapter.
(b) The name of its registered agent, as changed.
(c) The street address of its registered agent, as changed.
(d) A statement that after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.
(3) Registered agent change of address. If the name of a registered agent changes or if the street address of a registered agent's business office changes, the registered agent may change the name of the registered agent or street address of the registered office of any corporation for which he, she, or it is the registered agent. To make a change under this subsection, the registered agent shall notify the corporation in writing of the change and deliver to the department for filing a signed statement that complies with sub. (2) and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.
History: 1997 a. 79; 2005 a. 476.
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