Resignation of a registered agent

(1)(a) A registered agent may resign as agent for a corporation by delivering to the department a signed statement of resignation and mailing a copy of such statement to the corporation at its mailing address of the respective corporation that then appears in the records of the department; provided, however, that if a composite statement of resignation is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b), the registered agent must promptly mail a copy of either the composite statement of resignation or a separate notice of resignation for each respective corporation, in each case using the respective mailing address of the respective corporation that then appears in the records of the department. (b) If a registered agent is resigning as registered agent from one or more corporations that each have been dissolved, either voluntarily, administratively, or by court action, for a continuous period of 10 years or longer, the registered agent may elect to file the statement of resignation separately for each such corporation or may elect to file a single composite statement of resignation covering two or more corporations. Any such composite statement of resignation must set forth, for each such corporation covered by the statement of resignation, the name of the respective corporation and the date that dissolution became effective for the respective corporation. This paragraph is applicable only to resignations by registered agents from domestic corporations. (2) A registered agent is terminated upon the earlier of: (a) The 31st day after the department files the statement of resignation; or(b) When a statement of change or other record designating a new registered agent is filed by the department. (3) When a statement of resignation takes effect, the registered agent ceases to have responsibility for a matter thereafter tendered to it as agent for the corporation. The resignation does not affect contractual rights that the corporation has against the agent or that the agent has against the corporation. (4) A registered agent may resign from a corporation regardless of whether the corporation has active status.