SECTION 1505, CALIFORNIA CORPORATIONS CODE
§1505.
Corporate
agent
for
service
of
process;
certificate;
filing;
supplemental certificate; qualifications
(a)
Any domestic or foreign corporation, before it may be designated as the agent
for the purpose of service of process of any entity pursuant to any law which
refers to this section, shall file a certificate executed in the name of the
corporation by an officer thereof stating all of the following:
(1)
The complete address of its office or offices in this state, wherein any
entity designating it as such agent may be served with process.
(2)
The name of each person employed by it at each such office to whom
it authorizes the delivery of a copy of any such process.
(3)
Its consent that delivery thereof to any such person at the office
where the person is employed shall constitute delivery of any such
copy to it, as such agent.
(b)
Any corporation which has filed the certificate provided for in subdivision (a) may
file any number of supplemental certificates containing all the statements
provided for in subdivision (a), which, upon the filing thereof, shall supersede the
statements contained in the original or in any supplemental certificate previously
filed.
(c)
No domestic or foreign corporation may file a certificate pursuant to this section
unless it is currently authorized to engage in business in this state and is in good
standing on the records of the Secretary of State.
(§ Added by Stats. 1978, c. 1305, p. 4267, §4, operative Jan. 1, 1980, Stats. 1984, c.
812, §1.5)
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Secretary of State Information/Instructions
1505 (REV 03/2005)