(a) Every corporation shall maintain a registered office in the Commonwealth which may be located in its same place of business or in any other place. For the purposes of this subtitle, the registered office shall be that registered with the Department of State where the registered agent of the corporation is.

(b) Whenever the terms “main office” or “main place of business” are used in the certificate of incorporation, or in any other corporate document or bylaw, such term so used shall be deemed to mean and refer to, unless otherwise stated, the designated office required by this section to be registered with the Department of State, and it shall not be necessary for a corporation to amend its certificate of incorporation and any other document to comply with the requirements of this section.

(a) Every corporation shall maintain a registered agent in the Commonwealth, who may be:

(1) The corporation itself.

(2) An individual resident in the Commonwealth.

(3) A juridical person duly organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or juridical person authorized to do business in the Commonwealth, whose place of business must coincide, in each case, with the registered office of the corporation which shall be regularly open during working hours to be served process and to conduct the duties germane to a registered agent.

(b) Whenever the terms “registered agent” or “registered agent in charge of the registered office”, or other terms with similar meanings which refer to the agent of a corporation required by law to be domiciled in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, are used in the certificate of incorporation or in any other corporate document or bylaw, such term shall be deemed to mean and refer to, unless stated to the contrary, the registered agent required by this section. It shall not be necessary for a corporation to amend its certificate of incorporation or any other document to comply with the requirements of this section.