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PUBLIC LAW 389-JUNE 8, 1954

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cal with such registered office, or a corporation authorized by the articles of incorporation to act as such agent and authorized to transact business in the District of Columbia having a business office identical with such registered office. C H A N G E OF REGISTERED OFFICE OR REGISTERED A G E N T

SEC, 11. (a) A corporation may change its registered office or change its registered agent, or both, by filing with the Commissioners a statement setting forth— (1) the name of the corporation; (2) the address, including street and number, if any, of its then registered office; (3) if the address of its registered office be changed, the address, including street and number, if any, to which the registered office is to be changed; (4) the name of its then registered agent; (5) if its registered agent be changed, the name of its successor registered agent; (6) that the address of its registered office and the address of the business office of its registered agent as changed, will be identical; and (7) that such change was authorized by resolution duly adopted by its board of directors or was authorized by an officer of the corporation duly empowered to make such change. (b) Such statement shall be executed by the corporation by its president or a vice president, and verified by him, and the corporate seal shall be thereto affixed, attested by its secretary or an assistant secretary, and delivered to the Commissioners. If the Commissioners find that such statement conforms to the provisions of this Act, they shall file such statement. (c) The change of address of the registered office, or the change of registered agent, or both, as the case may be, shall become effective upon the filing of such statement by the Commissioners. REGISTERED AGENT AS AN AGENT FOR SERVICE

SEC. 12, (a) The registered agent so appointed by a corporation shall be an agent of such corporation upon whom process against the corporation may be served, and upon whom any notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be served. Service of any process, notice, or demand upon a corporate agent, as such agent, may be had by delivering a copy of such process, notice, or demand to the president, vice president, the secretary, or an assistant secretary of such corporate agent. (b) I n the event a corporation shall fail to appoint or maintain a registered agent, then the Connnissioners are hereby irrevocably appointed as an agent of such corporation upon whom any such process, notice, or demand may be served. Service on the Commissioners of any such process, notice, or demand shall be made by delivering to and leaving with them duplicate copies of such process, notice, or demand. I n the event any such process, notice, or demand is served on the Commissioners, they shall immediately cause one of such copies thereof to be forwarded by registered mail, addressed to the corporation at its registered office. Any service so had on the Commissioners shall be returnable in not less than thirty days. (c) The Commissioners shall keep a record of all processes, notices, and demands served upon them under this section, and shall record therein the time of such service and their action with respect thereto. (d) Nothing herein contained shall limit or affect the right to serve

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