2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 805 - BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS › 805 ILCS 105/ - General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986. › Article 5 - Office And Agent

(805 ILCS 105/Art. 5 heading)
ARTICLE 5.  
		OFFICE AND AGENT
(805 ILCS 105/105.05) (from Ch. 32, par. 105.05)
Sec. 105.05. Registered office and registered agent.
(a) Each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation
having authority to conduct affairs in this State
shall
have
and continuously maintain in this State:
(1) A registered office which may be, but need not     be, the same as its place of business in this State.
(2) A registered agent, which agent may be either an     individual, resident in this State, whose business office is identical with such registered office, or a for profit domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership  authorized to transact business in this State that is authorized by its statement of purpose to act as such agent, having a business office identical with such registered office.
(b) The address, including street and number, if any, of
the initial registered office, and the name of the initial
registered agent of each corporation organized under this
Act shall be stated in its articles of incorporation; and of
each foreign corporation shall be stated in its application
for authority to conduct affairs in this
State.
(c) In the event of dissolution of a corporation, either
voluntary, administrative, or judicial, the registered agent
and the registered office of the corporation on record with
the Secretary of State on the date of the issuance of the
certificate or judgment of dissolution shall be an agent of
the corporation upon whom claims can be served or service of
process can be had during the two year post-dissolution
period provided in Section 112.80 of this Act, unless such
agent resigns or the corporation properly reports a change
of registered office or registered agent.
(d) In the event of revocation of 
authority of a foreign corporation, the registered agent and
the registered office of the corporation on record with the
Secretary of State on the date of the issuance of the
certificate of revocation shall be an agent of the
corporation upon whom claims can be served or service of
process can be had, unless such agent resigns.
(Source: P.A. 96-988, eff. 7-2-10.)
(805 ILCS 105/105.10) (from Ch. 32, par. 105.10)
Sec. 105.10. Change of registered office or registered agent.
(a) A domestic corporation or a foreign corporation
may from time to time change the address of its registered
office.  A domestic corporation or a foreign corporation
shall change its registered agent if the office of
registered agent shall become vacant for any reason, or if
its registered agent becomes disqualified or incapacitated
to act, or if the corporation revokes the appointment of its
registered agent.
(b) A domestic corporation or a foreign corporation may
change the address of its registered office or change its
registered agent, or both,

by executing and
filing in duplicate, in accordance with Section 101.10 of this Act, a
statement setting forth:
(1) the name of the corporation;
(2) the address, including street and number, or     rural route number, of its then registered office;
(3) if the address of its registered office be     changed, the address, including street and number, or rural route number, to which the registered office is to be changed;
(4) the name of its then registered agent;
(5) if its registered agent be changed, the name of     its successor registered agent;
(6) that the address of its registered office and the     address of the business office of its registered agent, as changed, will be identical;
(7) that such change was authorized by resolution     duly adopted by the board of directors.
(c) (Blank).
(d) (Blank).
(e) The change of address of the registered office, or
the
change of registered agent, or both, as the case may be,
shall become effective upon the filing of such statement by
the Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 96-1121, eff. 1-1-11.)
(805 ILCS 105/105.15) (from Ch. 32, par. 105.15)
Sec. 105.15. Resignation of registered agent.
(a)  A
registered agent may at any time resign by filing in the
office of the Secretary of State written notice thereof, and
by mailing a copy thereof to the corporation at its
principal office as such is known to said resigning agent,
such notice to be mailed at least 10 days prior to the date
of filing thereof with the Secretary of State.
(b) The notice shall set forth:
(1) The name of the corporation for which the     registered agent is acting;
(2) The name of the registered agent;
(3) The address, including street and number, or     rural route number, of the corporation's then registered office in this State;
(4) That the registered agent resigns;
(5) The effective date thereof which shall not be     less than 30 days after the date of filing;
(6) The address of the principal office of the     corporation as such is known to the registered agent;
(7) A statement that a copy of this notice has been     sent to the principal office within the time and in the manner prescribed by this Section.
(c) Such notice shall be executed by the registered agent,
if an individual, or, if a business entity, in the manner authorized by the governing statute.
(Source: P.A. 96-988, eff. 7-2-10.)
(805 ILCS 105/105.20) (from Ch. 32, par. 105.20)
Sec. 105.20. 
		Change of Address of Registered Agent.
(a) A registered agent may change the address of the registered
office of the domestic corporation or of the foreign
corporation, for which he or she or it is registered agent,
to another address in this State, by filing, in duplicate,
in accordance with Section 101.10 of this Act a statement
setting forth:
(1) the name of the corporation;
(2) the address, including street and number, or     rural route number, of its then registered office;
(3) the address, including street and number, or     rural route number, to which the registered office is to be changed;
(4) the name of its registered agent;
(5) that the address of its registered office and the     address of the business office of its registered agent, as changed, will be identical.
(b) Such statement shall be executed by the registered
agent.
(c) The change of address of the registered office shall
become effective upon the filing of such statement by the
Secretary of State.
(Source: P.A. 92-33, eff. 7-1-01; 93-59, eff. 7-1-03.)
(805 ILCS 105/105.25) (from Ch. 32, par. 105.25)
Sec. 105.25. Service of process on domestic or foreign
corporation.
(a) Any process, notice, or demand required
or permitted by law to be served upon a domestic corporation
or a foreign corporation having authority
to conduct affairs in this State may be served either upon
the registered agent appointed by the corporation or upon
the Secretary of State as provided in this Section.
(b) The Secretary of State shall be irrevocably appointed
as an agent of a domestic corporation or of a foreign
corporation having authority upon whom any
process, notice or demand may be served:
(1) Whenever the corporation shall fail to appoint or     maintain a registered agent in this State; or
(2) Whenever the corporation's registered agent     cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office in this State; or
(3) When a domestic corporation has been dissolved,     the conditions of paragraph (1) or paragraph (2) exist, and an action, suit or proceeding is instituted against or affecting the corporation within the two years after the dissolution or the filing of a judgment of dissolution; or
(3.5) When a domestic corporation has been dissolved,     the conditions of paragraph (1) or (2) exist, and a criminal proceeding has been instituted against or affecting the corporation; or
(4) When the authority of a foreign corporation to     transact business has been revoked or withdrawn.
(c) Service under subsection (b) shall be made by:
(1) Service on the Secretary of State, or on any     clerk having charge of the corporation division at his or her office, of a copy of the process, notice or demand, together with any papers required by law to be delivered in connection with service, and a fee as prescribed by subsection (b) of Section 115.15 of this Act;
(2) Transmittal by the person instituting the action,     suit or proceeding of notice of the service on the Secretary of State and a copy of the process, notice or demand and accompanying papers to the corporation being served, by registered or certified mail:
(i) At the last registered office of the         corporation as shown by the records on file in the office of the Secretary of State; or
(ii) At such address the use of which the person         instituting the action, suit or proceeding knows or, on the basis of reasonable inquiry, has reason to believe is most likely to result in actual notice; and
(3) Appendage by the person instituting the action,     suit or proceeding of an affidavit of compliance with this Section in substantially such form as the Secretary of State may by rule or regulation prescribe, to the process, notice or demand.
(d) Nothing herein contained shall limit or affect the
right to serve any process, notice, or demand required or
permitted by law to be served upon a corporation in any
other manner now or hereafter permitted by law.
(e) The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all
processes, notices, and demands served upon him or her under
this Section, and shall record therein the time of such
service and his or her action with reference thereto but
shall not be required to retain such information for a
period longer than five years from his or her receipt of the
service.
(Source: P.A. 98-171, eff. 8-5-13.)
(805 ILCS 105/105.30) (from Ch. 32, par. 105.30)
Sec. 105.30. 
		
		Service of process on foreign corporation
not authorized to conduct affairs in Illinois.  If any
foreign corporation conducts affairs in this State without
having authority to conduct
affairs, it shall be deemed that such corporation has
designated and appointed the Secretary of State as an agent
for process upon whom any notice, process or demand may be
served.  Service on the Secretary of State shall be made in
the manner set forth in subsection (c) of Section 105.25 of
this Act.
(Source: P.A. 92-33, eff. 7-1-01.)