(1) A registered agent may resign as agent for a represented entity by delivering to the secretary of state for filing, a statement of resignation, executed by the agent.
(2) A statement of resignation takes effect on the 31st day after the day on which it is filed by the secretary or the designation of a new registered agent, whichever is earlier.
(3) A resigning registered agent must promptly furnish each represented entity notice in a record of the date on which a statement of resignation was filed. Notice must include the warning that the entity may be administratively dissolved if a new registered agent is not appointed within sixty days of the resignation of the agent.
[Statutory Authority: 2015 c 176, and chapters
11.110, 18.100, 19.77, 23.86, 23.90, 23B.01, 24.03, 24.06, 25.10, 25.15, 43.07, and
46.64 RCW. WSR 15-22-047, § 434-112-057, filed 10/29/15, effective 1/1/16.]