Amendment In Registered Office Address
Section 12 of the Companies Act 2013 mandates all companies or LLPs to have a registered office at the time of or within 30 days of incorporation. The registered office address of a company or LLP is the principal place of business and all official correspondence from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is sent to the mentioned address only. Therefore, any change of address to the registered office should be intimated to the ROC or MCA.
A company can have other offices such as an administrative office, a corporate office, a branch office, and so on. However, only the registered office address should be notified to the MCA. No intimation to the ROC or MCA is required regarding the establishment or change of address of other offices belonging to the company.
Procedure for changing a registered office address
The procedure for a change in the registered office of LLP or a company is mentioned below-
- 1. Change in registered office address within the local limits of the city, town or village:
- With a board resolution
- By filing Form INC- 22 within 30 days of the Board Resolution
- 2. Change in the registered office of the company outside the local limits of the city, town or village- but within the same ROC and the same state:
- With a board resolution and a special resolution
- By filing Form MGT-14 within 30 days of the Special Resolution
- By filing Form INC- 22 within 30 days of the Special Resolution
- 3. Change in registered office address from one ROC to another within the same state:
- With a board resolution, a special resolution and the approval from the Regional Director
- By filing Form MGT-14 within 30 days of the Special Resolution
- By filing Form INC- 23
- By filing Form INC- 28 within 60 days from the order of the Regional Director
- By filing Form INC- 22 within 30 days from the order of the Regional Director
- 4. Change of address from one state to another, outside the existing ROC jurisdiction:
- With a board resolution, a special resolution and the approval from the Regional Director
- After a necessary alteration in the Memorandum of Association (MOA)
- By filing Form MGT-14 within 30 days of the Special Resolution
- By filing Form INC- 23, after at least 1 month of publishing newspaper Ads (as per Form INC -26) and serving notices to the creditors
- By filing Form INC- 28 within 30 days from the receipt of the order of the Regional Director
- By filing Form INC- 22 within 30 days from the order of the Regional Director
- Necessary alteration is required in the Memorandum of Association (MOA)
With OnlineFiling, you can change the registered office address in the following way –
3 Working Days
If you're moving to the office to another state, we will draft the resolution for you and inform you of the procedure before you can inform the state government of the change.
4 Working Days
Within 30 days, you must inform the MCA by submitting the necessary forms that you have changed the Office address of the business.
Documents required for changing a registered office address
It is necessary to announce the registered office the company at the time of incorporation of the company. Submit below-mentioned necessary documents at the time of finalizing a place for your company’s registered office:
- Water Bill/Electricity Bill
- Property Tax Receipt
- NOC obtained from landlord regarding Registered Office
- Lease agreement between landlord and the company
Make sure that the name and address you have provided on the electricity bill/ water bill/ property tax receipt should match with the NOC certificate provided by the landlord and mentioned in the rental agreement.