Why change Registered Agent to 140 miles away?

Why would the HOA change its Registered Agent from an individual two miles from its office to a business that is 144 miles away? And do so without official corporate action? Who said OK to that?

What is a Registered Agent? The Registered Agent is the person designated to receive official communications; say, a registered letter from IRS, notification of a lawsuit; a demand letter from a government.

Why should a person, not a business, be named? In a word, accountability. When Notice of a legal action is given to a Registered Agent, he (or she) is responsible for informing the business. If Notice is given to a business, who receives it? The mailroom? A receptionist? A secretary? Somebody who might not still be employed, when a court appearance is required to prove the Notice was received?

Why should a Registered Agent be local? For convenience. If an officer or attorney of the business needs to meet with the Registered Agent to hash out details of receipt of the Notice, it's a lot easier and less costly to travel two miles than 144 miles.

On August 11, 2023 the HOA changed its Registered Agent from Richard D. Sweyer at 101 Rice Bent Way, Columbia, to S & S Services Group, LLC in Myrtle Beach. 

There is no record in the June, July (no board meeting; no Minutes), August, or September Minutes that addresses this change in Registered Agent.

Did the Board never vote on it? Or did it do so in a secret, private, pre-board meeting? Where are the Minutes of that meeting?

This might seem a minor, picky point. But the Board, presumably advised by the CAMS Property Manager, should know how to do business.

S & S Services Group, LLC is a Foreign Limited Liability Corporation. Its headquarters is in North Carolina, and it is believed to be an affiliate of CAMS.

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