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Office and agent for service of process in commonwealth

M.G.L. c. 156C, § 5
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c. 156C, § 5. Office and agent for service of process in commonwealth Section 5. Each limited liability company shall have and maintain in the commonwealth: (1) an office, which may but need not be a place of its business in the commonwealth at which shall be kept the records required by section nine to be maintained; and (2) a resident agent for service of process on the limited liability company, which agent must be an individual resident of the commonwealth, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the commonwealth.
Source: Massachusetts General Court (malegislature.gov)URL: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter156C/Section5Fetched: 10/20/2026

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