Section 305. Registered agent for service of process  


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  • (a)  Every  domestic corporation or authorized foreign corporation may
      designate a registered agent in this state  upon  whom  process  against
      such  corporation may be served. The agent shall be a natural person who
      is a resident of or has a business address in this state or  a  domestic
      corporation  or  foreign  corporation  of  any  type  or kind formed, or
      authorized to do business in this state, under this chapter or under any
      other statute of this state.
        (b) Any such designation of a registered agent may be made, revoked or
      changed as provided in this chapter.
        (c) A registered agent  may  resign  as  such  agent.  A  certificate,
      entitled  "Certificate of resignation of registered agent of ...........
      (name  of  designating   corporation)   under   section   305   of   the
      Not-for-Profit Corporation Law", shall be signed by him and delivered to
      the department of state. It shall set forth:
        (1)   That   he  resigns  as  registered  agent  for  the  designating
      corporation.
        (2) The date the certificate of incorporation or the  application  for
      authority  of the designating corporation was filed by the department of
      state.
        (3) That he has sent a copy  of  the  certificate  of  resignation  by
      registered  mail  to  the  designating  corporation  at  the post-office
      address on file in the department of state specified for the mailing  of
      process  or if such address is the address of the registered agent, then
      to the office of the designating corporation in the jurisdiction of  its
      formation or incorporation.
        (d)  The designation of a registered agent shall terminate thirty days
      after the filing  by  the  department  of  state  of  a  certificate  of
      resignation  or  a  certificate containing a revocation or change of the
      designation, whichever is filed earlier. A certificate designating a new
      registered agent may be delivered to the  department  of  state  by  the
      corporation within the thirty days or thereafter.