The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 11 : Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
Chapter 015 : Assumed Business Names, Partnerships, And Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations; Administrative Authority; Administrative Provisions
Subchapter 003 : ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS FOR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
(Cite as: 11 V.S.A. § 1655)-
§ 1655. Designation of agent for service of process; change; resignation
(a) Duty to designate agent for service of process. A person doing business in this State that is required to designate and maintain an agent for service of process shall provide the name, email, and address information of an individual resident of this State or of a business organization that has a place of business in, and is authorized to conduct business in, this State.
(b) Attestation. A person who designates an agent for service of process attests that the agent consents to the appointment.
(c) Duty to maintain current agent information; statement of change. Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, a person registered with the Secretary of State may change its agent for service of process, or the agent’s email or address information, solely by submitting to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of change that provides its current agent information and specifies any changes to the agent information.
(d) Bulk statement of change by agent.
(1) If an agent for service of process changes its name, email, or address information in the records of the Secretary of State, the agent may submit to the Secretary for filing a bulk statement of change that:
(A) identifies the businesses for which the agent serves as the agent for service of process and whose records the Secretary shall update to reflect the change to the agent’s information; and
(B) attests that the agent has or will promptly provide notice to each business whose record is updated pursuant to the bulk statement of change.
(2) For a bulk statement of change, the Secretary of State shall collect from the agent a separate filing fee for each business whose record is amended, subject to subsection 1625(c) of this title.
(e) Agent resignation; termination.
(1) An agent for service of process may resign as agent by submitting to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of resignation and delivering a copy of the statement to the affected business.
(2) An agency for service of process terminates on the earlier of:
(A) 30 days after the Secretary files a statement of resignation; or
(B) the date on which a statement of change designating a new agent takes effect.
(3) The Secretary shall waive the filing fee for a statement of resignation if the agent on record attests that it did not consent to serve as agent for service of process. (Added 2025, No. 10, § 4, eff. July 1, 2025.)
