The appointment and maintenance of an in-state registered agent is required

Oregon is a popular state to live and do business in, thanks to its business-friendly tax climate and natural beauty. Home to a growing technology sector, the state has much to offer entrepreneurs. However, doing business in Oregon requires compliance with many federal, state, and local laws and regulations.

Your registered agent must handle essential documents (such as annual reports and service of process) correctly and deliver them swiftly to the right people. CT Corporation’s experience and expertise remove that worry from your shoulders.

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Roadmap to compliance
What to look for when choosing an Oregon registered agent

A registered agent should be reliable, accurate, and consistent.  They must always be available and physically present at the registered office during normal business hours. This ensures any hand-delivered legal documents get proper attention. 

 

They must also know all business entity and compliance rules, have professionally trained staff with expert knowledge on how to properly handle and forward SOP papers, have state-of-the-art processes in place to deliver crucial documents to you, and to follow-up with you regarding delivery. 

 

It is also important to have a registered agent that has the coverage and expertise to support your business as it expands into other states where an additional registration is often necessary.  
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The importance of having an Oregon registered agent

Having a professional registered agent ensures that things such as personal emergencies, vacations, business trips, and meetings never leave your company without this physical presence. Keep in mind, a lawsuit can proceed against you, even if your registered agent is not available to receive service. You may lose the opportunity to defend yourself in court or incur extra legal fees.

 

In addition to the registered agent’s statutory responsibilities of receiving and forwarding documents, professional service companies often provide a full range of services for LLCs, corporations, and other types of business entities to help them with their compliance needs. The right professional services company can help you stay in compliance and make sure all of your documents are handled correctly.
Foreign qualification requires expert support
You can rely on CT Corporation to:
  • Record your registered agent information with the state—essential to keep your business in good standing
  • Receive state documents and legal notices, including Service of Process and wage garnishment notices, and promptly relay them to your designated contacts—so nothing gets overlooked
  • Monitor laws and regulations—to make sure you aren’t caught off guard by changes
  • Designate a specific team to serve as your go-to resource for answers to your questions—you won’t get the round around
  • Customize your registered agent services if you wish to include alerts of upcoming deadlines and forwarding of business documents—so you’ll have less to manage

Legislative updates

Senate Bill 185, effective January 1, 2022, amends provisions of the nonprofit corporation law regarding the members and board of directors discussing issues and taking action by electronic mail or other electronic means without a meeting.

Senate Bill 359, effective January 1, 2020, creates procedures whereby a corporation’s board of directors may ratify a defective corporate action. It also requires the filing of articles of validation under certain circumstances, and authorizes the circuit court to take certain actions regarding the determination of the validity of corporate actions or ratifications. A defective corporate action is defined as an action that, but for a failure of authorization, is within the corporation’s power to take and would have been within the corporation’s power to take at the time the corporation took the action; and an overissue.

Senate Bill 360, operative January 1, 2020, amends numerous provisions of the Nonprofit Corporations Act on issues including electronic transmissions and notice, shell corporations, bylaws, directors, committees, quorums, rights of members, mergers, and inspection of records.

Case summaries

There are no new summaries at this time.

Other notices

February 2022 – The Oregon Secretary of State has posted a business alert concerning a mailing it called “deceptive and confusing” that resembles the official annual report notice form, but that comes from a private company, not affiliated with the Secretary of State. The alert, which includes a copy of the annual report notice form that is being mailed by the private company, can be read in full from the Secretary of State’s website here.


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