(a) The registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign his agency appointment by signing and delivering to the Secretary of the State for filing the original and one exact or conformed copy of a statement of resignation. The statement of resignation may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued.
(b) After filing the statement, the Secretary of the State shall mail the copy to the foreign corporation at its principal office address shown in its most recent annual report.
(c) The agency appointment is terminated, and the registered office discontinued if so provided, on the thirty-first day after the date on which the statement was filed.
(P.A. 96-256, S. 147, 209; P.A. 97-246, S. 78, 99.)
History: P.A. 96-256 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-246 amended Subsec. (a) to reduce from two to one the number of copies of the statement of resignation that must be delivered to the Secretary of the State and amended Subsec. (b) to delete the requirement that the Secretary of the State attach the filing receipt to one copy and mail that copy and the receipt to the registered office if not discontinued, effective June 27, 1997.