180.1507 Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall continuously maintain in this state a registered office and registered agent. The registered office may, but need not, be the same as any of its places of business. The registered agent shall be any of the following:
(1) A natural person who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office.
(2) A domestic corporation, a nonstock corporation, a limited partnership, a limited liability partnership, or a limited liability company, incorporated or organized in this state or that has in effect a statement of qualification under s. 178.0901, whose business office is identical with the registered office.
(3) A foreign corporation, nonstock corporation, limited partnership, registered limited liability partnership, or limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state, whose business office is identical with the registered office.
History: 1989 a. 303; 1993 a. 112; 2001 a. 44; 2015 a. 295.
Appointing a registered agent does not signify consent to general personal jurisdiction. This section is devoid of any language regarding either consent or jurisdiction. It merely requires that every foreign corporation authorized to do business in Wisconsin maintain a registered office and registered agent in the state. Subs. (1) to (3) describe the persons and entities eligible to serve as registered agents. Section 180.1510 (1) does mention “service of process" but service of process is an act distinct from the grounds necessary to confer general jurisdiction. The Segregated Account of Ambac Assurance Corporation v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. 2017 WI 71, 376 Wis. 2d 528, 898 N.W.2d 70, 15-1493.