§ 23-0.5-4-3 — Designation of registered agent; required filings

Indiana § 23-0.5-4-3

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 23: BUSINESS AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS
• Art. 0.5: UNIFORM BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS CODE
• Ch. 4: Registered Agent of Entity

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(a) A registered agent must be an individual,
a general partnership, a domestic filing entity, or a registered foreign
entity.
(b) A registered agent filing must provide either:
(1) if the entity has a commercial registered agent, the name of the
entity's commercial registered agent; or
(2) if the entity does not have a commercial registered agent:
(A) the name of the individual, general partnership, domestic
filing entity, or registered foreign entity; and
(B) the address of the entity's registered agent.
(c) If the entity does not have a commercial registered agent, a
registered agent filing may provide the electronic mail address of the
registered agent at which the registered agent will accept electronic
service of process only in the manner prescribed by the Indiana
supreme court in the Indiana trial rules.
(d) A registered agent filing must state:
(1) the registered agent's consent; or
(2) a representation that the registered agent has consented.
(e) Each entity registered under the laws of Indiana shall provide to
the entity's registered agent, and update from time to time as necessary,
the name, business address, and business telephone number of an
individual who is:
(1) an officer, a director, an employee, or a designated agent of
the entity; and
(2) authorized to receive communications from the registered
agent.
The individual is considered to be the communications contact for the
entity.
(f) A registered agent shall retain, in paper or electronic form, the
information provided by an entity under subsection (e).
(g) If an entity fails to provide the registered agent with the
information required under subsection (e), the registered agent may
resign, as provided in section 9 of this chapter, as the registered agent
for the entity.
(h) The secretary of state may provide to the Indiana supreme court
the electronic mail address of a registered agent.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.118-2017, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.52-2018, SEC.10; P.L.177-2019, SEC.6.