N.Y. NPC Law § 803-A
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Certificate of change; contents
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§ 803-A. Certificate of change; contents.\n (a) Any one or more of the changes authorized by paragraph (c) of\nsection 802 (Authorization of amendment or change, class vote) may be\naccomplished by filing a certificate of change which shall be entitled\n"Certificate of Change of .................. (name of corporation) under\nsection 803-A of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law" and shall be signed\nand delivered to the department of state. It shall set forth:\n (1) The name of the corporation and if it has been changed, the name\nunder which it was formed.\n (2) The date its certificate of incorporation was filed by the\ndepartment of state.\n (3) Each change effected thereby.\n (4) The manner in which the change was authorized.\n (b) A certificate of change which changes only the post office address\nto which the secretary of state shall mail a copy of any process against\nthe corporation served upon him or her, and/or the email address to\nwhich the secretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that\nprocess against it has been electronically served upon the secretary of\nstate, and/or the address of the registered agent, provided such address\nbeing changed is the address of a person, partnership or other\ncorporation whose address, as agent, is the address to be changed,\nand/or the email address being changed is the email address of a person,\npartnership or other corporation, whose email address, as agent, is the\nemail address to be changed, and/or who has been designated as\nregistered agent for such corporation, may be signed and delivered to\nthe department of state by such agent. The certificate of change shall\nset forth the statements required under subparagraphs (1), (2) and (3)\nof paragraph (a) of this section; that a notice of the proposed change\nwas mailed to the corporation by the party signing the certificate not\nless than thirty days prior to the date of delivery to the department\nand that such corporation has not objected thereto; and that the party\nsigning the certificate is the agent of such corporation to whose\naddress the secretary of state is required to mail copies of any process\nagainst the corporation served upon him or her, and/or the agent of the\ncorporation to whose the email address the secretary of state is\nrequired to email a notice of the fact that process against the\ncorporation has been electronically served upon him or her, and/or the\nregistered agent, if such be the case. A certificate signed and\ndelivered under this paragraph shall not be deemed to effect a change of\nlocation of the office of the corporation in whose behalf such\ncertificate is filed.\n
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