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NC Gen Stat § 55D-31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 55D - Filings, Names, and Registered Agents for Corporations, Nonprofit Corporations, and Partnerships|Article 4 - Registered Office and Registered Agent.|§ 55D-31 - Change of registered office or registered agent.

 55D-31. Change of registered office or registered agent.(a) An entity required to maintain a registered office and registered agent under G.S. 55D-30 may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of change that sets forth all of the following:(1) The name of the entity.(2) The street address, and the mailing address if different from the street address, of its current registered office, and the county in which it is located.(3) If the address of the entity's registered office is to be changed, the street address, and the mailing address if different from the street address, of the new registered office, and the county in which it is located.(4) The name of its current registered agent.(5) If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent and the new agent's written consent (either on the statement or attached to it) to the appointment.(6) That after the change or changes are made, the addresses of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.(b) If a registered agent changes the address of the agent's business office, the agent may change the address of the registered office of any entity for which the agent is the registered agent in this State by notifying the entity in writing of the change and signing and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement that complies with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section and recites that the entity has been notified of the change.(c) A domestic corporation, limited liability company, limited liability limited partnership, registered limited liability partnership, foreign corporation, foreign limited liability company, or foreign limited liability partnership may change its registered office or registered agent by including in its annual report required by G.S. 55-16-22, 57D-2-24, 59-84.4, or 59-210 the information and any written consent required by subsection (a) of this section.  (1901, c. 2, s. 31; Rev., s. 1176; C.S., s. 1133; G.S., s. 55-34; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1957, c. 979, ss. 6, 7; 1965, c. 298, s. 1; 1967, c. 823, s. 17; 1973, c. 262; c. 469, s. 3; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 1991, c. 645, s. 3; 2001-358, ss. 44, 45; 2001-387, ss. 167, 173, 175(a); 2001-413, s. 6; 2013-157, s. 14.)
NC Gen Stat § 55D-32 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 55D - Filings, Names, and Registered Agents for Corporations, Nonprofit Corporations, and Partnerships|Article 4 - Registered Office and Registered Agent.|§ 55D-32 - Resignation of registered agent.

 55D-32. Resignation of registered agent.(a) The registered agent of an entity may resign by signing and filing with the Secretary of State a statement of resignation which may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued. The statement must include or be accompanied by a certification from the registered agent that the agent has mailed or delivered to the entity at its last known address written notice of this resignation. This certification shall include the name and title of the individual notified, if any, and the address to which the notice was mailed or delivered.(b) After filing the statement the Secretary of State shall mail a copy to the registered office (if not discontinued) and a copy to the entity at its principal office address on file with the Secretary of State or, if none is on file, at the address contained in the certification included in or accompanying the statement of resignation.(c) The agency appointment is terminated, and, if applicable, the registered office discontinued on the 31st day after the date on which the statement was filed. (1901, c. 2, s. 31; Rev., s. 1176; C.S., s. 1133; G.S., s. 55-34; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1957, c. 979, ss. 6, 7; 1965, c. 298, s. 1; 1967, c. 823, s. 17; 1973, c. 262; c. 469, s. 3; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1024, s. 12.6; 2001-358, ss. 44, 45; 2001-387, ss. 168, 173, 175(a); 2001-413, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 55D-33 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 55D - Filings, Names, and Registered Agents for Corporations, Nonprofit Corporations, and Partnerships|Article 4 - Registered Office and Registered Agent.|§ 55D-33 - Service on entities.

 55D-33. Service on entities.(a) Service of process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served on an entity may be served on the registered agent required by G.S. 55D-30.(b) When an entity required to maintain a registered office and registered agent under G.S. 55D-30 fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this State, or when its registered agent cannot with due diligence be found at the registered office, or when the Secretary of State revokes a certificate of authority or a statement of foreign registration of a foreign entity authorized to transact business or conduct affairs in this State, the Secretary of State becomes an agent of the entity upon whom any such process, notice or demand may be served. Service on the Secretary of State of any such process, notice or demand is made by delivering to and leaving with the Secretary of State or any clerk authorized by the Secretary of State to accept service of process, duplicate copies of the process, notice or demand and the applicable fee. In the event any such process, notice or demand is served on the Secretary of State in the manner provided by this subsection, the Secretary of State shall immediately mail one of the copies thereof, by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the entity at its principal office or, if there is no mailing address for the principal office on file, to the entity at its registered office. Service on an entity under this subsection is effective for all purposes from and after the date of the service on the Secretary of State.(c) The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all processes, notices and demands served upon the Secretary of State under this section and shall record therein the date of service and the Secretary of State's action with reference thereto.(d) Nothing in this section affects the right to serve any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon an entity in any other manner now or hereafter permitted by law. (1937, c. 133, ss. 1-3; G.S., s. 55-39; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1977, 2nd Sess., c. 1219, s. 33; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 2000-140, s. 43; 2001-358, ss. 44, 45; 2001-387, ss. 173, 175(a); 2001-413, s. 6.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-1-01 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 57D-1-01 - Short title.

 57D-1-01. Short title.This Chapter is the "North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act" and may be cited by that name.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-1-02 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 57D-1-02 - Governing law; jurisdiction of the superior courts; intent; reservation of power to amend or repeal.

 57D-1-02. Governing law; jurisdiction of the superior courts; intent; reservation of power to amend or repeal.(a) This Chapter and any other applicable laws of this State govern (i) the internal affairs of every LLC, including the interpretation, construction, and enforcement of operating agreements and determining the rights and duties of interest owners, managers, and other company officials and (ii) any liability that interest owners or managers or other company officials may have for the liabilities of the LLC.(b) The superior courts of this State have jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this Chapter.(c) The General Assembly may amend or repeal all or any part of this Chapter at any time, and all LLCs and the rights and duties of interest owners, managers, and other company officials subject to this Chapter will be subject to any such amendment or repeal. Except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, all amendments of this Chapter apply to all LLCs, foreign LLCs, interest owners, and managers and other company officials, including those LLCs and foreign LLCs in existence or person having such interests and status, at the time of the enactment of any such amendment.(d) Each provision of this Chapter is severable, such that if any provision, including any clause of any provision, of this Chapter or application thereof to any person or in a particular context is held to be invalid, such invalidity will not affect other provisions or applications of this Chapter that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-1-20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 57D-1-20 - Filing requirements.

 57D-1-20. Filing requirements.(a) A document required or permitted by this Chapter to be filed by the Secretary of State must be filed as provided in Chapter 55D of the General Statutes.(b) A document submitted on behalf of a limited liability company must be executed by one of the following:(1) A manager or other company official.(2) If the document is the articles of organization, a person acting in the capacity of an organizer or a member as provided in G.S. 57D-2-21(a)(2).(3) If the LLC has never had any members, an organizer.(4) If the LLC is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.  (2013-157, s. 2)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-1-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 57D-1-21 - Forms.

 57D-1-21. Forms.(a) The Secretary of State may promulgate and furnish on request forms for the following:(1) An application for a certificate of existence.(2) A foreign LLC's application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State.(3) A foreign LLC's application for a certificate of withdrawal.(b) If the Secretary of State so requires, use of the forms listed in subsection (a) of this section is mandatory.(c) The Secretary of State may promulgate and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this Chapter, but their use is not mandatory.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-1-22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 57D-1-22 - Filing, service, and copying fees.

 57D-1-22. Filing, service, and copying fees.(a) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to the Secretary of State for filing:Document  Fee  (1) Articles of organization  $125.00   (2) Application for reserved name  10.00   (3) Notice of transfer of reserved name  10.00   (4) Application for registered name  10.00   (5) Application for renewal of registered name  10.00   (6) Limited liability company's statement of change of registered agent or  5.00  registered office or both     (7) Agent's statement of change of registered office for each affected  5.00  limited liability company   (8) Agent's statement of resignation  No fee   (9) Designation of registered agent or registered office or both  5.00   (10) Amendment of articles of organization  50.00   (11) Restated articles of organization without amendment of articles  10.00   (12) Restated articles of organization with amendment of articles  50.00   (13) Articles of conversion (other than articles of conversion included as   50.00  part of another document)   (14) Articles of merger  50.00   (15) Articles of dissolution  30.00  (16) Cancellation of articles of dissolution  10.00   (17) Certificate of administrative dissolution  No fee   (18) Application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution  100.00   (19) Certificate of reinstatement  No fee   (20) Certificate of judicial dissolution  No fee   (21) Application for certificate of authority  250.00   (22) Application for amended certificate of authority  50.00   (23) Application for certificate of withdrawal  10.00   (24) Certificate of revocation of authority to transact business  No fee   (25) Articles of correction  10.00   (26) Application for certificate of existence or authorization (paper)  15.00   (27) Application for certificate of existence or authorization (electronic)  10.00   (28) Annual report  200.00   (29) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by this Chapter  10.00  (b) The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) each time process is served on the Secretary of State under this Chapter. The party to a proceeding causing service of process is entitled to recover this fee as costs if the party prevails in the proceeding.(c) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying a copy of any filed document relating to a limited liability company:(1) One dollar ($1.00) a page for copying.(2) Fifteen dollars ($15.00) for a paper certificate.(3) Ten dollars ($10.00) for an electronic certificate.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-1-23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 57D-1-23 - Execution by judicial act.

 57D-1-23. Execution by judicial act.Any person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal of any person to execute and deliver to the Secretary of State for filing any document to be filed under this Chapter may petition the superior court in the county where the limited liability company's principal office or, if none in this State, its registered office is or was last located or, if there is no such office, in the County of Wake to direct the execution and delivery to the Secretary of State for filing of the document. If the court finds that it is proper for the document to be executed and delivered to the Secretary of State for filing and there has been failure or refusal by the applicable company officials to do so, it shall order the Secretary of State to make the filing.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-1-24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 57D-1-24 - Certificate of existence; certificate of authorization.

 57D-1-24. Certificate of existence; certificate of authorization.(a) Anyone may apply to the Secretary of State for a certificate of existence for an LLC or a certificate of authorization for a foreign LLC.(b) A certificate of existence or authorization sets forth the following:(1) The limited liability company's name and, in the case of a foreign LLC, any different name that the foreign LLC is authorized under Article 3 of Chapter 55D of the General Statutes to use to transact business in this State, as provided in the foreign LLC's certificate of authority.(2) That (i) the articles of organization for the LLC have been filed and are in effect and the date on which the filed articles of organization became effective or (ii) a certificate of authority has been issued to the foreign LLC and is in effect and the date on which the certificate of authority became effective.(3) That the articles of organization of an LLC or the certificate of authority of a foreign LLC are not suspended under G.S. 57D-1-32(a) (or for limited liability companies formed before January 1, 2014, former G.S. 57C-1-32(a)) for failure to answer interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of State or under G.S. 105-230 for failure to pay a tax or fee or file a report or return.(4) That the LLC has not been administratively dissolved under G.S. 57D-6-06 (or for limited liability companies formed before January 1, 2014, former G.S. 57C-6-03) and no decree of judicial dissolution has been filed under G.S. 57D-6-05 (or, for limited liability companies formed before January 1, 2014, former G.S. 57C-6-02) or, with respect to a foreign LLC, no application for a certificate of withdrawal or a certificate of revocation has been filed under Article 7 of this Chapter (or, for limited liability companies formed before January 1, 2014, former Article 7 of Chapter 57C of the General Statutes).(5) That, in the case of an LLC, articles of dissolution have not been filed nor have articles of merger or conversion been filed causing it to merge or convert into another entity or form of entity.(6) Other facts of record in the Office of the Secretary of State pertaining to the limited liability company that may be requested by the applicant.(c) A certificate of existence or authorization issued by the Secretary of State may be relied upon as conclusive evidence as to the accuracy of its contents.(d) A nonresident business solely performing disaster-related work in this State during a disaster response period at the request of a critical infrastructure company is not required to obtain a certificate of authority from the Secretary of State. The definitions and provisions of G.S. 166A-19.70A apply to this subsection.  (2013-157, s. 2; 2019-187, s. 1(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-1-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 57D-1-30 - Powers of the Secretary of State.

 57D-1-30. Powers of the Secretary of State.The Secretary of State has the power necessary to perform the duties required by this Chapter.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-1-31 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 57D-1-31 - Interrogatories by Secretary of State.

 57D-1-31. Interrogatories by Secretary of State.The Secretary of State may propound to any limited liability company that the Secretary of State has reason to believe is subject to the provisions of this Chapter, and to any manager or other company official thereof, such written interrogatories as may be necessary and proper to enable the Secretary of State to ascertain whether the limited liability company has complied with all of the provisions of this Chapter applicable to it. Subject to applicable jurisdictional requirements, the interrogatories must be answered within 30 days after the mailing thereof, or within such additional time as the Secretary of State may fix, and the answers thereto must be full and complete and made in writing and under oath. If the interrogatories are directed to an individual, they must be answered by the individual, and if directed to a limited liability company, they must be answered by a manager or other company official thereof. The Secretary of State shall certify to the Attorney General for such action all interrogatories and answers thereto that disclose a violation of any of the provisions of this Chapter requiring or permitting action by the Attorney General.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-1-33 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 1 - General Provisions.|§ 57D-1-33 - Information disclosed by interrogatories.

 57D-1-33. Information disclosed by interrogatories.Interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of State and the answers thereto will not be open to public inspection nor shall the Secretary of State disclose any facts or information obtained therefrom, except to the extent applicable law requires the Secretary of State to make the information public or the interrogatories or the answers thereto are required for evidence in any proceedings by this State.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-2-01 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 2 - Purposes, Powers, Formation, Annual Report, Name, Registered Office, and Agent.|§ 57D-2-01 - Nature, purposes, duration, existence.

 57D-2-01. Nature, purposes, duration, existence.(a) An LLC is an entity distinct from its interest owners.(b) An LLC has perpetual duration.(c) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, an LLC may engage in any lawful business.(d) A limited liability company engaging in a business that is subject to regulation under another statute of this State may be formed or authorized to transact business under this Chapter if not precluded by the other statute and is otherwise subject to the application of the other statute, which in the case of a limited liability company rendering a professional service requires giving effect to G.S. 57D-2-02.(e) After the dissolution of an LLC, the LLC continues its existence but shall wind up pursuant to G.S. 57D-6-07.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-2-03 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 2 - Purposes, Powers, Formation, Annual Report, Name, Registered Office, and Agent.|§ 57D-2-03 - Powers of the LLC.

 57D-2-03. Powers of the LLC.Unless this Chapter provides otherwise or the powers of the LLC are limited under the operating agreement, an LLC has the same powers as an individual or a domestic corporation to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its business.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-2-20 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 2 - Purposes, Powers, Formation, Annual Report, Name, Registered Office, and Agent.|§ 57D-2-20 - Formation.

 57D-2-20. Formation.(a) One or more persons may cause an LLC to be formed by delivering executed articles of organization to the Secretary of State for filing in accordance with this Chapter and Chapter 55D of the General Statutes. An LLC may also be formed through the conversion of another eligible entity into an LLC pursuant to Part 2 of Article 9 of this Chapter.(b) An LLC is formed at the time the articles of organization filed by the Secretary of State become effective. Filing of the articles of organization by the Secretary of State is conclusive proof that all conditions to the formation of the LLC have been satisfied except in a proceeding by the State to cancel or revoke the articles of organization or involuntarily dissolve the LLC.(c) If initial members are not identified in the articles of organization of an LLC in the manner provided in G.S. 57D-3-01(a)(1), the organizer or organizers shall either identify the initial members of the LLC or dissolve the LLC. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization, all decisions to be made by the organizers require the approval of a majority of the organizers.  (2013-157, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 57D-2-21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 57D - North Carolina Limited Liability Company Act|Article 2 - Purposes, Powers, Formation, Annual Report, Name, Registered Office, and Agent.|§ 57D-2-21 - Articles of organization.

 57D-2-21. Articles of organization.(a) The articles of organization must include the following information:(1) A name of the LLC that satisfies the provisions of G.S. 55D-20 and G.S. 55D-21.(2) The name and address of each person executing the articles of organization and whether the person is executing the articles of organization in the capacity of a member or an organizer.(3) The street address, and the mailing address if different from the street address, of the LLC's initial registered office, the county in which the initial registered office is located, and the name of the LLC's initial registered agent at that address.(4) The street address, and the mailing address if different from the street address, of the LLC's principal office, if any, and the county in which the principal office, if any, is located.(5) If the LLC is to render professional services and is subject to G.S. 57D-2-02 as a professional limited liability company, the professional services to be rendered by the LLC.(b) The articles of organization may include any other provision that is or may be included in an operating agreement.  (2013-157, s. 2.)