1. A.

   1. 1. Any foreign corporation which has qualified to do business in this state may change its registered agent and substitute therefor another registered agent by filing a certificate with the Secretary of State, acknowledged in accordance with the provisions of Section 1007 of this title, setting forth:

      1. a. The name and street address of its registered agent designated in this state upon whom process directed to the corporation may be served; and
      2. b. A revocation of all previous appointments of agent for such purposes.
   2. 2. The registered agent shall be either an individual residing in this state when appointed or a corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership authorized to transact business in this state.
2. B. Any individual or corporation designated by a foreign corporation as its registered agent for service of process may resign by filing with the Secretary of State a signed statement that the agent is unwilling to continue to act as the registered agent of the corporation for service of process, including in the statement the post office address of the main or headquarters office of the foreign corporation, but the resignation shall not become effective until thirty (30) days after the statement is filed. The statement shall be acknowledged by the registered agent and shall contain a representation that written notice of resignation was given to the corporation at least thirty (30) days prior to the filing of the statement by mailing or delivering the notice to the corporation at its address given in the statement.
3. C. If any agent designated and certified as required by the provisions of Section 1130 of this title shall die, remove himself from this state or resign, then the foreign corporation for which the agent had been so designated and certified, within ten (10) days after the death, removal or resignation of its agent, shall substitute, designate and certify to the Secretary of State, the name of another registered agent for the purposes of the Oklahoma General Corporation Act, and all process, orders, rules and notices may be served on or given to the substituted agent with like effect.

Added by Laws 1986, HB 1979, c. 292, § 133, eff. November 1, 1986; Amended by Laws 1996, HB 2556, c. 69, § 7, eff. November 1, 1996; Amended by Laws 1998, SB 1300, c. 422, § 27, eff. November 1, 1998 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, SB 684, c. 421, § 21, eff. November 1, 1999 (superseded document available).