(a) Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall continuously maintain in this state: (1) A registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and (2) a registered agent at such registered office, who may be: (A) A natural person who is a resident of this state; (B) a domestic corporation; (C) a foreign corporation which has procured a certificate of authority to transact business or conduct its affairs in this state; (D) a domestic limited liability company; (E) a limited liability company not organized under the laws of this state and which has procured a certificate of registration to transact business or conduct its affairs in this state; (F) a domestic registered limited liability partnership; (G) a registered limited liability partnership not organized under the laws of this state and which has procured a certificate of authority to transact business or conduct its affairs in this state; (H) a domestic statutory trust; or (I) a statutory trust not organized under the laws of this state and which has procured a certificate of registration to transact business or conduct its affairs in this state. The appointment of such registered agent shall be in writing and shall be signed by the registered agent therein appointed. If a natural person is appointed as the registered agent, such appointment shall include the residence address of such person.
(b) In addition to persons or entities who may act as a registered agent pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a foreign corporation may appoint the Secretary of the State and his successors in office to act as its registered agent.
(P.A. 94-186, S. 190, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 139, 254; P.A. 97-246, S. 32, 99; P.A. 04-240, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended said Subsec. to replace in Subdiv. (2)(A) “An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office” with “A natural person who is a resident of this state”, delete in Subdiv. (2)(B) “or not-for-profit domestic corporation whose business office is identical with the registered office” and replace in Subdiv. (2)(C) “a foreign corporation or foreign not-for-profit corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose business office is identical with the registered office” with “a corporation not organized under the laws of this state and which has procured a certificate of authority to transact business in this state” and added Subsec. (b) to authorize a foreign corporation to appoint the Secretary of the State or his successor in office as its registered agent, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-246 amended Subsec. (a) to require the corporation to maintain a registered agent “at such registered office” and amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change, effective June 27, 1997; P.A. 04-240 added Subsec. (a)(2)(D) to (I) re limited liability companies, registered limited liability partnerships and statutory trusts as registered agents, added provisions re appointment of registered agent in writing signed by the agent and re inclusion of residence address in appointment of natural person and made technical changes.
When a foreign corporation is authorized to conduct business in this state and appoints a registered agent under section, it has consented to the exercise of jurisdiction over it by the courts of the state, and nothing in Sec. 33-929(f) limits a court's exercise of personal jurisdiction. 113 CA 845.
Notes of Decisions
Minholz v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 227 F. Supp. 3d 249 (N.D.N.Y. 2016).
· cites it 2× “(quoting Conn. Gen. Stat. § 33-926 ). When examined in the context of the provisions of Conn.”
Talenti v. Morgan & Brother Manhattan Storage Co., 968 A.2d 933 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009).
· cites it 5× “We find that there are two bases in this case for the successful assertion of personal jurisdiction over the defendant, decisional and statutory. First, when a foreign corporation complies with the requisites of General *855 Statutes § 33-920 11 by obtaining a certificate of…”
WorldCare Ltd. Corp. v. World Ins. Co., 767 F. Supp. 2d 341 (D. Conn. 2011).
· cites it 2× “20 First, most relevant to the plaintiff in the case at bar, “when a foreign corporation complies with the requisites of General Statutes § 33-920 by obtaining a certificate of authority and complies with the requisites of General Statutes § 33-926 by authorizing a public…”
Falls Mill of Vernon Condo. Ass'n v. Sudsbury, 15 A.3d 1210 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011).
· cites it 2× “” The defendant previously had appointed CT Corporation System (agent) as its registered agent in Connecticut pursuant to General Statutes § 33-922. 3 See also General Statutes § 33-926.”
Uniformed Prof'l Fire Fighters Ass'n of Connecticut; Stamford Prof'l Fire Fighters Ass'n, Int'l Ass'n of Fire Fighters Local 786; Fairfield Fire Fighters Ass'n, Iaff Local 1426; Stratford Prof'l Fire Fighters, Iaff Local 998; Hamden Prof'l Fire Fighters, Iaff Local 2687; City of Groton Fire Fighters Union, Iaff Local 1964; Hartford Fire Fighters Ass'n, Iaff Local 760; New Canaan Fire Dep't, Iaff Local 3224; Torrington Fire Fighters Ass'n, Iaff Local 1567; Westport Uniformed Firefighters Ass'n, Iaff Local 1081; Wilton Fire Fighters, Iaff Local 2233; Sikorsky Aircraft Fire Fighters (D. Conn. 2026).
· cites it 3× “” Conn. Gen. Stat. § 33-926 (a). “A foreign limited liability company may not transact business in this state until it registers with the Secretary of the State under sections 34-275 to 34-275i, inclusive.”
Mossack Fonseca & Co., S.A. v. Netflix Inc. (D. Conn. 2019).
· cites it 2× “The Second Circuit observed that the Connecticut business registration statute, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 33-926 , lacks any “express language alerting the potential registrant that by complying with the statute and appointing an agent it would be agreeing to submit to the general…”
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