What is the registered office?

The address listed for the Registered Agent is referred to as the “registered office.”  The registered office need not be a place of business for the entity.  Generally speaking, the registered agent must be capable of being served at the registered office.  For organizations serving as the registered agent, Texas law states explicitly that there must be an employee on hand during normal business hours in order to receive any process, notice or demand that is sent to the organization.  While the statute does not impose the same explicit requirements on a person serving as the registered agent, Texas law nevertheless imposes a general requirement that the registered office be a “street address where process may be personally served on the registered agent” (See Texas Business Organizations Code Section 5.201(c)(1)).

Post by Iain A. Berry, Attorney