Section 1309-A. Certificate of change; contents  


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  • (a)  In  lieu  of  a  certificate  of amendment, an authorized foreign
      corporation, upon compliance with this section, may make any or  all  of
      the following changes in its application for authority:
        (1) To change the location of its office in this state.
        (2)  To  specify  or  change  the  post  office  address  to which the
      secretary of state shall mail a copy of any process  against  it  served
      upon him.
        (3) To make, revoke or change the designation of a registered agent or
      specify or change his address.
        (b)  To accomplish such change, a certificate entitled "Certificate of
      change of application for authority of .......... (name of  corporation)
      under  section  1309-A  of the Business Corporation Law" shall be signed
      and delivered to the department of state.
        It shall set forth:
        (1) The name of the foreign corporation as it appears on the index  of
      names  of  existing  domestic and authorized foreign corporations of any
      type or kind in the department of state, division  of  corporations  and
      the  fictitious  name  the  corporation  has agreed to use in this state
      pursuant to paragraph (d) of section 1301 of this chapter.
        (2) The jurisdiction of its incorporation.
        (3) The date it was authorized to do business in this state.
        (4) Each change effected thereby.
        (c) A certificate of change of application for authority which changes
      only the post office address to which the secretary of state shall  mail
      a  copy  of any process against an authorized foreign corporation served
      upon him or which changes the address of its registered agent,  provided
      such   address  is  the  address  of  a  person,  partnership  or  other
      corporation whose address, as agent, is the address to be changed or who
      has been designated as registered  agent  for  such  authorized  foreign
      corporation,  may  be signed and delivered to the department of state by
      such agent. The certificate of change of application for authority shall
      set forth the statements required under subparagraphs (1), (2), (3)  and
      (4)  of  paragraph  (b)  of  this section; that a notice of the proposed
      change was mailed by the party signing the certificate to the authorized
      foreign corporation not less than thirty  days  prior  to  the  date  of
      delivery  to  the  department and that such corporation has not objected
      thereto; and that the party signing the certificate is the agent of such
      foreign corporation to whose address the secretary of state is  required
      to  mail copies of process or the registered agent, if such be the case.
      A certificate signed and delivered under this  paragraph  shall  not  be
      deemed  to  effect a change of location of the office of the corporation
      in whose behalf such certificate is filed.