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WA Rev Code § 23.95.450 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.450 - Service of process, notice, or demand on entity.

RCW 23.95.450 Service of process, notice, or demand on entity.(1) A represented entity may be served with any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law by serving its registered agent.(2) If a represented entity ceases to have a registered agent, or if its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the entity may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by similar commercial delivery service, addressed to the entity at the entity's principal office. The address of the principal office must be as shown in the entity's most recent annual report filed by the secretary of state. Service is effected under this subsection on the earliest of:(a) The date the entity receives the mail or delivery by the commercial delivery service;(b) The date shown on the return receipt, if executed by the entity; or(c) Five days after its deposit with the United States postal service or commercial delivery service, if correctly addressed and with sufficient postage or payment.(3) If process, notice, or demand cannot be served on an entity pursuant to subsection (1) or (2) of this section, service may be made by handing a copy to the individual in charge of any regular place of business or activity of the entity if the individual served is not a plaintiff in the action.(4) The secretary of state shall be an agent of the entity for service of process if process, notice, or demand cannot be served on an entity pursuant to subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section.(5) Service of process, notice, or demand on a registered agent must be in a tangible medium, but service may be made on a commercial registered agent in other forms, and subject to such requirements, as the agent has stated in its listing under RCW 23.95.420 that it will accept.(6) Service of process, notice, or demand may be made by other means under law other than this chapter.[ 2020 c 57 § 33; 2015 c 176 § 1411.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.455 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.455 - Duties of registered agent.

RCW 23.95.455 Duties of registered agent.The only duties under this chapter of a registered agent that has complied with this chapter are:(1) To forward to the represented entity at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the entity any process, notice, or demand pertaining to the entity which is served on or received by the agent;(2) To provide the notices required by this chapter to the entity at the address most recently supplied to the agent by the entity;(3) If the agent is a noncommercial registered agent, to keep current the information required by RCW 23.95.415(1) in the most recent registered agent filing for the entity; and(4) If the agent is a commercial registered agent, to keep current the information listed for it under RCW 23.95.420(1).[ 2015 c 176 § 1412.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.460 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.460 - Jurisdiction and venue.

RCW 23.95.460 Jurisdiction and venue.The designation or maintenance in this state of a registered agent does not by itself create the basis for personal jurisdiction over the represented entity in this state. The address of the agent does not determine venue in an action or a proceeding involving the entity.[ 2015 c 176 § 1413.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.500 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.500 - Governing law.

RCW 23.95.500 Governing law.(1) This chapter does not authorize this state to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign entity registered to do business in this state, or govern the liability that a person has as an interest holder or governor for a debt, obligation, or other liability of the foreign entity.(2) A foreign entity is not precluded from registering to do business in this state because of any difference between the law of the entity's jurisdiction of formation and the law of this state.(3) Registration of a foreign entity to do business in this state does not authorize the foreign entity to engage in any activity or exercise any power that a domestic entity of the same type may not engage in or exercise in this state. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or other applicable law of this state, a foreign entity is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties, and liabilities now or later imposed on a domestic entity of the same type.[ 2015 c 176 § 1501.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.505 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.505 - Registration to do business in this state.

RCW 23.95.505 Registration to do business in this state.(1) A foreign entity may not do business in this state until it registers with the secretary of state under this chapter.(2) A foreign entity doing business in this state may not maintain an action or proceeding in this state unless it is registered to do business in this state and has paid to this state all fees and penalties for the years, or parts thereof, during which it did business in this state without having registered.(3) The successor to a foreign entity that transacted business in this state without a certificate of registration and the assignee of a cause of action arising out of that business may not maintain a proceeding based on that cause of action in any court in this state until the foreign entity, or its successor, obtains a certificate of registration.(4) A court may stay a proceeding commenced by a foreign entity, its successor, or assignee until it determines whether the foreign entity, or its successor, requires a certificate of registration. If it so determines, the court may further stay the proceeding until the foreign entity, or its successor, obtains the certificate of registration.(5) A foreign entity that transacts business in this state without a certificate of registration is liable to this state, for the years or parts thereof during which it transacted business in this state without a certificate of registration, in an amount equal to all fees which would have been imposed by this chapter upon the entity had it applied for and received a certificate of registration to transact business in this state and thereafter filed all reports required by this chapter, plus all penalties imposed by this chapter for failure to pay such fees.(6) The failure of a foreign entity to register to do business in this state does not: (a) Impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign entity; (b) impair the right of any other party to the contract to maintain any action, suit, or proceeding on the contract; or (c) preclude the foreign entity from defending an action or proceeding in this state.(7) A limitation on the liability of an interest holder or governor of a foreign entity is not waived solely because the foreign entity does business in this state without registering.(8) RCW 23.95.500 (1) and (2) applies even if a foreign entity fails to register under this Article 5.[ 2015 c 176 § 1502.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.510 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.510 - Foreign registration statement.

RCW 23.95.510 Foreign registration statement.(1) To register to do business in this state, a foreign entity must deliver a foreign registration statement to the secretary of state for filing. The statement must be executed by the entity and state:(a) The name of the foreign entity and, if the name does not comply with RCW 23.95.300, an alternate name adopted pursuant to RCW 23.95.525;(b) The type of entity and, if it is a foreign limited partnership, whether it is a foreign limited liability limited partnership;(c) The entity's jurisdiction of formation;(d) The street and mailing addresses of the entity's principal office and, if the law of the entity's jurisdiction of formation requires the entity to maintain an office in that jurisdiction, the street and mailing addresses of the office;(e) The information required by RCW 23.95.415(1);(f) The names and addresses of the entity's governors and, if the entity is a business corporation or nonprofit corporation, the names and addresses of its officers;(g) The date of the entity's formation and period of duration;(h) The nature of the entity's business or purposes to be conducted or promoted in this state; and(i) The date on which the entity first did, or intends to do, business in this state.(2) The foreign entity shall deliver with the registration statement a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, issued no more than sixty days before the date of submission of the registration statement and duly authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of the entity's records in the entity's jurisdiction of formation.[ 2015 c 176 § 1503.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.515 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.515 - Amendment of foreign registration statement.

RCW 23.95.515 Amendment of foreign registration statement.A registered foreign entity shall promptly deliver to the secretary of state for filing an amendment to its foreign registration statement if there is a change in:(1) The name of the entity;(2) The type of entity, including, if it is a foreign limited partnership, whether the entity became or ceased to be a foreign limited liability limited partnership;(3) The entity's jurisdiction of formation;(4) An address required by RCW 23.95.510(1)(d); or(5) The information required by RCW 23.95.415(1).[ 2015 c 176 § 1504.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.520 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.520 - Activities not constituting doing business.

RCW 23.95.520 Activities not constituting doing business.(1) Activities of a foreign entity that do not constitute doing business in this state under this chapter include, but are not limited to:(a) Maintaining, defending, mediating, arbitrating, or settling an action or proceeding, or settling claims or disputes;(b) Carrying on any activity concerning its internal affairs, including holding meetings of its interest holders or governors;(c) Maintaining accounts in financial institutions;(d) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of securities of the entity or maintaining trustees or depositories with respect to those securities;(e) Selling through independent contractors;(f) Soliciting or obtaining orders by any means if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become binding contracts and where the contracts do not involve any local performance other than delivery and installation;(g) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, or security interests in property;(h) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages or security interests in property securing the debts;(i) Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within thirty days and that is not in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature;(j) Owning, without more, property;(k) Doing business in interstate commerce; and(l) Operating an approved branch campus of a foreign degree-granting institution in compliance with chapter 28B.90 RCW and in accordance with subsection (2) of this section.(2) In addition to those acts that are specified in subsection (1) of this section, a foreign degree-granting institution that establishes an approved branch campus in the state under chapter 28B.90 RCW shall not be deemed to transact business in the state solely because it:(a) Owns and controls an incorporated branch campus in this state;(b) Pays the expenses of tuition or room and board charged by the incorporated branch campus for its students enrolled at the branch campus or contributes to the capital thereof; or(c) Provides personnel who furnish assistance and counsel to its students while in the state but who have no authority to enter into any transactions for or on behalf of the foreign degree-granting institution.(3) A person does not do business in this state solely by being an interest holder or governor of a domestic entity or foreign entity that does business in this state.(4) This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign entity to service of process, taxation, or regulation under law of this state other than this chapter.[ 2015 c 176 § 1505.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.525 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.525 - Noncomplying name of foreign entity.

RCW 23.95.525 Noncomplying name of foreign entity.(1) A foreign entity whose name does not comply with RCW 23.95.300 for an entity of its type may not register to do business in this state until it adopts, for the purpose of doing business in this state, an alternate name that complies with RCW 23.95.300. A registered foreign entity that registers under an alternate name under this subsection need not comply with chapter 19.80 RCW. After registering to do business in this state with an alternate name, a registered foreign entity shall do business in this state under:(a) The alternate name;(b) Its entity name, with the addition of its jurisdiction of formation clearly identified; or(c) An assumed or fictitious name the entity is authorized to use under chapter 19.80 RCW.(2) If a registered foreign entity changes its name to one that does not comply with RCW 23.95.300, it may not do business in this state until it complies with subsection (1) of this section by amending its foreign registration statement to adopt an alternate name that complies with RCW 23.95.300.[ 2015 c 176 § 1506.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.530 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.530 - Withdrawal of registration of registered foreign entity.

RCW 23.95.530 Withdrawal of registration of registered foreign entity.(1) A registered foreign entity may withdraw its registration by delivering a statement of withdrawal to the secretary of state for filing. The statement of withdrawal must be executed by the entity and state:(a) The name of the entity and its jurisdiction of formation;(b) That the entity is not doing business in this state and that it withdraws its registration to do business in this state;(c) That the entity revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf in this state; and(d) An address to which service of process may be made under subsection (3) of this section.(2) For foreign corporations, the statement of withdrawal must be accompanied by a copy of a revenue clearance certificate issued pursuant to RCW 82.32.260.(3) After the withdrawal of the registration of an entity, service of process in any action or proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the entity was registered to do business in this state may be made pursuant to RCW 23.95.450.[ 2017 c 31 § 3; 2015 c 176 § 1507.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.535 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.535 - Withdrawal deemed on conversion to domestic entity.

RCW 23.95.535 Withdrawal deemed on conversion to domestic entity.A registered foreign entity that converts to any type of domestic entity is deemed to have withdrawn its registration on the effective date of the conversion.[ 2015 c 176 § 1508.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.540 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.540 - Withdrawal on dissolution or conversion.

RCW 23.95.540 Withdrawal on dissolution or conversion.(1) A registered foreign entity that has dissolved and completed winding up or has converted to a domestic or foreign person not subject to this chapter shall deliver a statement of withdrawal to the secretary of state for filing. The statement must be executed by the dissolved or converted entity and state:(a) In the case of a foreign entity that has completed winding up:(i) Its name and jurisdiction of formation; and(ii) That the foreign entity surrenders its registration to do business in this state; and(b) In the case of a foreign entity that has converted to a domestic or foreign person not subject to chapter 176, Laws of 2015:(i) The name of the converting foreign entity and its jurisdiction of formation;(ii) The type of person to which it has converted and its jurisdiction of formation;(iii) That it surrenders its registration to do business in this state and revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf; and(iv) A mailing address to which service of process may be made under subsection (2) of this section.(2) After a withdrawal is effective under this section, service of process in any action or proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign entity was registered to do business in this state may be made pursuant to RCW 23.95.450.[ 2015 c 176 § 1509.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.545 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.545 - Transfer of registration.

RCW 23.95.545 Transfer of registration.(1) If a registered foreign entity merges into a nonregistered foreign entity or converts to a foreign entity required to register with the secretary of state to do business in this state, the foreign entity shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing an application for transfer of registration. The application must be executed by the surviving or converted entity and state:(a) The name of the registered foreign entity before the merger or conversion;(b) The type of entity it was before the merger or conversion;(c) The name of the applicant entity and, if the name does not comply with RCW 23.95.300, an alternate name adopted pursuant to RCW 23.95.525(1);(d) The type of entity of the applicant entity and its jurisdiction of formation; and(e) The following information regarding the applicant entity, if different than the information for the foreign entity before the merger or conversion:(i) The street and mailing addresses of the principal office of the entity and, if the law of the entity's jurisdiction of formation requires it to maintain an office in that jurisdiction, the street and mailing addresses of that office; and(ii) The information required pursuant to RCW 23.95.415(1).(2) When an application for transfer of registration takes effect, the registration of the registered foreign entity to do business in this state is transferred without interruption to the entity into which it has merged or to which it has been converted.[ 2015 c 176 § 1510.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.
WA Rev Code § 23.95.550 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 23 - Corporations and Associations (Profit) (Business Corporation Act: See Title 23b Rcw)|Chapter 23.95 - Uniform Business Organizations Code.|23.95.550 - Termination of registration.

RCW 23.95.550 Termination of registration.(1) The secretary of state may terminate the registration of a registered foreign entity in the manner provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section if:(a) The entity does not pay any fee, interest, or penalty required to be paid to the secretary of state under this chapter or law of this state other than this chapter;(b) The entity does not deliver to the secretary of state for filing an annual report when it is due;(c) The entity does not have a registered agent as required by RCW 23.95.405;(d) The entity does not deliver to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change under RCW 23.95.430 if change occurs in the name or address of the entity's registered agent;(e) A governor, officer, or agent of the entity executed a document knowing it was false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the secretary of state for filing; or(f) The secretary of state receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of the entity's records in the entity's jurisdiction of formation stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger.(2) If the secretary of state determines that one or more grounds for termination exist under subsection (1) of this section, the secretary of state shall deliver a notice of the determination to the registered foreign entity's registered agent or, if the entity does not have a registered agent, to the entity's principal office. The notice must state the grounds for termination under subsection (1) of this section.(3) If the entity does not cure each ground for termination stated in the notice within sixty days after the notice is effective, the secretary of state shall terminate the registration of the foreign entity by filing a statement of termination that recites the ground or grounds for termination and the effective date of termination and delivering a copy of the statement of termination to the foreign entity.(4) The authority of a registered foreign entity to do business in this state ceases on the effective date of termination shown on the statement of termination.(5) The termination of a foreign entity's registration does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the foreign entity.[ 2015 c 176 § 1511.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.