{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-5-01","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-5-01","heading":"Registered office and registered agent.","body":"Each corporation must maintain a registered office and registered agent as required by Article 4 of Chapter 55D of the General Statutes and is subject to service on the Secretary of State under that Article. (1901, c. 5; Rev., s. 1243; C.S., s. 1137; 1937, c. 133, ss. 1-3; G.S., ss. 55-38, 55-39; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1957, c. 979, s. 17; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 2000-140, s. 101(a); 2001-358, ss. 44, 47(a); 2001-387, ss. 173, 175(a); 2001-413, s. 6.)","path":["Chapter 55. North Carolina Business Corporation Act.","Article 5. Office and Agent."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_55/GS_55-5-01.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:05:57Z","sha256":"69862ef953ad13599724988b9e790cd3429b099787d49de7de0ee4fc0a9db3c2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-4-01-through-55-4-05","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-5-02-through-55-5-04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}