16-1a-411. Designation of a registered agent by a nonregistered foreign entity or a nonfiling domestic entity.
(1) A nonregistered foreign entity or a nonfiling domestic entity may deliver to the division for filing a statement that designates a registered agent signed by the nonregistered foreign entity or the nonfiling domestic entity that states: the name, type of entity, and jurisdiction of formation of the nonregistered foreign entity or the nonfiling domestic entity; and the information required by Subsection. 16-1a-404(1)
(2) A statement described in Subsectionis effective for five years after the day on which the division files the statement, unless the nonregistered foreign entity or the nonfiling domestic entitycancels the statement earlier. (1)
(3) A person authorized to manage the affairs of the nonregistered foreign entity or the domestic nonfiling entity shall sign the statement described in Subsection. (1) By signing the statement in Subsection, the person signing affirms that: (1) the person is authorized to manage the affairs of the nonregistered foreign entity or the nonfiling domestic entity; and the registered agent consents to serve as the registered agent for the nonregistered foreign entity or the nonfiling domestic entity.
(4) The designation of a registered agent in accordance with Subsectiondoes not register a nonregistered foreign entity to do business in this state. (1)
(5) The division may not reject a statement described in Subsectionfor filing because the name of the nonregistered foreign entity or the nonfiling domestic entityis not distinguishable on the division's records from the name of another entity that appears on the division's records. (1)
(6) The division filing a statement described in Subsectiondoes not make the name of the nonregistered foreign entity or the nonfiling domestic entitysigning the statement available for use by another entity. (1)
(7) A nonregistered foreign entity or a nonfiling domestic entitythat delivers to the division for filing a statement described in Subsectionmay cancel the statement by delivering to the division for filing a statement of cancellation that states: (1) the name of the nonregistered foreign entity or the nonfiling domestic entity; and that the nonregistered foreign entity or the nonfiling domestic entitycancels the nonregistered foreign entity's or the nonfiling domestic entity's designation as a registered agent in this state.
(8) A statement described in Subsectionfor a nonregistered foreign entity terminates on the day on which the nonregistered foreign entity becomes a registered foreign entity. (1)