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PUBLIC LAW 87-569-AUG. 6, 1962

(e) Any registered agent of a corporation may resign as such agent by delivering written notice thereof, executed in triplicate, to the Commissioners, who shall file one copy thereof in their office and forthwith mail a copy thereof to the corporation at its registered office and another copy to the corporation at its principal office in the District of Columbia as shown by the records of the Commissioners. The appointment of such agent shall terminate upon the expiration of thirty days after receipt of such notice by the Commissioners or upon the appointment of a successor agent becoming effective, whichever occurs sooner. No fee or other charge of any kind shall be imposed with respect to a filing under this subsection. / REGISTERED AGENT AS A N AGENT FOR SERVICE

SEC. 11. (a) The registered agent appointed by a corporation as provided in this Act shall be an agent of such corporation upon whom any process, 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) Whenever a corporation shall fail to appoint or maintain a registered agent in the District or whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the Commissioners shall be 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 or with any clerk having charge of their office duplicate copies of such process, notice, or demand. In the event that 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 or certified mail, addressed to the corporation at its registered office. (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 any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be s e r v ^ upon a corporation in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law. MEMBERS

SEC. 12. A corporation may have one or more classes of members or may have no members. If the corporation has one or more classes of members, the designation of such class or classes, the manner of election or appointment and the qualifications and rights of the members of each class shall be set forth in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. If the corporation has no members, that fact shall be set forth in the articles of incorporation. A corporation may issue certificates evidencing membership therein. BYLAWS

SEC. 13. The initial bylaws of a corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors. The power to alter, amend, or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws shall be vested in the board of directors unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.

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