N.Y. LLC Law § 302
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Registered agent for service of process
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§ 302. Registered agent for service of process. (a) In addition to the\ndesignation of the secretary of state, each domestic limited liability\ncompany or authorized foreign limited liability company may designate a\nregistered agent upon whom process against the limited liability company\nmay be served.\n (b) The agent must be either:\n (1) a natural person who is a resident of this state or has a business\naddress in this state;\n (2) a domestic limited liability company or an authorized foreign\nlimited liability company; or\n (3) a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to do\nbusiness in this state.\n (d) The registered agent of a limited liability company may resign as\nsuch agent. The registered agent shall file a certificate with the\ndepartment of state entitled "Certificate of resignation of registered\nagent of... (name of limited liability company) under subdivision (d) of\nsection three hundred two of the Limited Liability Company Law" and\nexecuted by such registered agent. Such certificate shall set forth:\n (1) the name of the limited liability company, and if it has been\nchanged, the name under which it was formed. With respect to a foreign\nlimited liability company, there shall be set forth its name and, if\napplicable, the fictitious name the foreign limited liability company\nhas agreed to use in this state pursuant to section eight hundred two of\nthis chapter;\n (2) the date the articles of organization or application for authority\nwas filed by the department of state;\n (3) that he or she resigns as registered agent of the limited\nliability company; and\n (4) that he or she has sent a copy of the certificate of resignation\nby registered mail to the limited liability company at the post office\naddress on file with the department of state specified for the mailing\nof process or, if such address is the address of the registered agent,\nto the office of the limited liability company in the jurisdiction of\nits formation.\n (e) The designation of a registered agent shall terminate thirty days\nafter the filing with the department of state of the certificate of\nresignation. A certificate designating a new registered agent may be\ndelivered to the department of state by the limited liability company\nwithin the thirty days or thereafter.\n
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