Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation

Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state must continuously maintain in this state: (1) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and (2) A registered agent, who may be: (A) An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office; (B) A domestic corporation, domestic business corporation, or domestic limited liability company whose business office is identical with the registered office; or (C) A foreign corporation, foreign business corporation, or foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office. (Code 1981, § 14-3-1507, enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2016, p. 225, § 3-4/SB 128.) The 2016 amendment, effective July 1, 2016, substituted ‘‘corporation, domestic business corporation, or domestic limited liability company’’ for ‘‘corporation or domestic business corporation’’ in subpar- agraph (2)(B) and substituted ‘‘corporation, foreign business corporation, or foreign limited liability company’’ for ‘‘corporation or foreign business corporation’’ in subparagraph (2)(C).