2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 7 - CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS (§§ 7-1-101 — 7-137-301) › CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-1005) › Article 90 - COLORADO CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS ACT (§§ 7-90-101 — 7-90-1005) › Part 7 - REGISTERED AGENT - SERVICE OF PROCESS - CHANGE OF PRINCIPAL OFFICE (§§ 7-90-701 — 7-90-710) › Section 7-90-702 - Change or resignation of registered agent

(1)
An entity that maintains a registered agent pursuant to this part 7 may change its registered agent, the registered agent address, or the registered agent name of its registered agent only by stating a different registered agent, different registered agent address, or different registered agent name for its registered agent, as the case may be, in one of the following:
(a)
A statement of change filed pursuant to section
7-90-305.5
;
(b)
A periodic report filed pursuant to section
7-90-501
; or
(c)
Any form or cover sheet filed by the secretary of state pursuant to part 3 of this article, which form or cover sheet has been prescribed by the secretary of state for effecting such change.
(2)
If the registered agent address or the registered agent name of the registered agent of an entity that is required to maintain a registered agent pursuant to this part 7 changes, the registered agent shall deliver to the secretary of state, for filing pursuant to part 3 of this article, a statement of change that, in addition to the information required to be stated in the statement of change pursuant to section
7-90-305.5
, states that the person appointed as registered agent has delivered notice of the change to the entity.
(3)
(Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 1490, § 232, effective July 1, 2004.)
(4)
If a person appointed as the registered agent for an entity in a filed document has resigned or otherwise is no longer the registered agent, the person, or if such person is deceased or a court of competent jurisdiction has appointed a guardian or general conservator for the person, the person's executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, or other legal representative, may deliver to the secretary of state, for filing pursuant to part 3 of this article, a statement of change that, in addition to the information required to be stated in the statement of change pursuant to section
7-90-305.5
, states:
(a)
The registered agent name and registered agent address as contained in the records of the secretary of state;
(b)
The date on which the person resigned or otherwise ceased to be the registered agent for the entity; and
(c)
That notice of the change has been delivered to the entity.
(5)
Notwithstanding the provisions of section
7-90-304
, a statement of change delivered by a person pursuant to subsection (4) of this section is effective on the thirty-first day after the date that the statement of change is filed in the records of the secretary of state or on a delayed effective date stated in the statement of change effecting the resignation that is not earlier than the thirty-first day, and not later than the ninetieth day, after the date the statement of change effecting the resignation is filed in the records of the secretary of state or on the effective date of a statement of change appointing a different person as registered agent, whichever occurs first.
(6)
A statement of change pursuant to this section shall not be required to comply with section
7-90-305.5 (2)(b)
.
L. 2003: Entire part added, p. 2302, § 217, effective 7/1/2004. L. 2004: IP(1), (2), (3), IP(4), and (4)(c) amended and (6) added, p. 1490, § 232, effective July 1. L. 2005: IP(1) amended, p. 1210, § 16, effective October 1. L. 2007: (5) amended, p. 244, § 37, effective May 29. L. 2008: IP(4) and (4)(c) amended, p. 20, § 7, effective August 5. L. 2010: (1)(b) amended, (HB 10 -1403), ch. 404, p. 1998, § 17, effective August 11.