Registered agent for service of process

(1) A limited liability company subject to this Act shall at all times have a registered agent resident in Belize. A limited liability company which fails to maintain a registered agent in Belize shall be in contravention of this Act and be dissolved and struck from the Register in accordance with section 72 of this Act. (2) Service of process on a registered agent may be made as provided by the laws of Belize for the service of process. (3) Any registered agent of a limited liability company may resign as such upon filing a written notice thereof, executed in duplicate, with the Registrar, who shall cause a copy thereof to be sent by registered mail to the limited liability company at the address of the office of the company or, if none, at the last known address of a manager or member. No designation of a new registered agent shall be accepted for filing unless all charges owing to the former agent or to the government of Belize shall have been paid. (4) A designation of a new registered agent under this section may be made, revoked, or changed by the limited liability company by filing an appropriate notification with the (5) The designation of the previous registered agent shall terminate upon the expiration of thirty days written notice of resignation directed to the limited liability company and the filing of a copy of such notice of resignation with the Registrar; or sooner if a successor agent is designated. (6) A registered agent, when served with process, notice or demand for the limited liability company which he represents, shall transmit the same to the limited liability company by personal notification or in the following manner: Upon receipt of the process, notice or demand, the registered agent shall cause a copy of such process, notice or demand to be mailed to the limited liability company named therein at its last known address, and to a manager at his last known address; and if no manager, to a member at his last known address. Such mailing shall be by registered mail. As soon thereafter as possible, the registered agent may file with the clerk of the court issuing the process either the receipt of such registered mailing or an affidavit stating that such mailing has been made, signed by the registered agent, or if the agent is a corporation, by a properly designated officer of the same, properly notarised. Compliance with the provisions of this section shall relieve the registered agent from any further obligation to the limited liability company for service of the process, notice or demand, but the agent’s failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall in no way affect the validity of the process, notice or demand.