Yes, you can serve as your own registered agent (known as an agent for service of process in California) if you're a state resident with a physical street address. However, you must be available during regular business hours to accept legal documents, and your address will become public record.
California process servers are not required to be licensed, but if a person serves more than 10 papers a year they must be registered in the County they live in or have their primary place of business. This registration is valid statewide.
LLCs are not required to have bylaws. However, they are governed by an operating agreement which is like a corporation's bylaws.
Service and filing. (1) Before filing any document, a party must serve, by any method permitted by the Code of Civil Procedure, one copy of the document on the attorney for each party separately represented, on each unrepresented party, and on any other person or entity when required by statute or rule.
To do business in California, Corporations, LLCs, and LPs must register an Agent for Service of Process with the Secretary of State. If they do not list one, or the information is out of date, you can ask the court for an order that says you can do service through the Secretary of State.
No, bylaws and operating agreements (and any amendments thereto) are maintained by the business entity and are not filed with the Secretary of State. Requests for copies or information about these documents should be directed to the business entity itself.
A California registered agent is a person or a business entity. There are very specific requirements for these individuals, such as: The individual must be over the age of 18. They must have a physical street address in California.
The purpose of Form SI-100 is to provide the California Secretary of State with updated information on domestic nonprofit, credit union, and consumer cooperative corporations. This form is essential for maintaining transparency and accountability in corporate governance.
9 A company transacting business in California without having properly registered (i.e., qualified) is subject to a penalty of $20 for each day (up to $1,000) that unauthorized intrastate business is conducted and is denied access to state courts for purposes of maintaining an action or proceeding upon any intrastate ...