Change in Registered Address of LLP
Every LLP incorporated needs to have a principal place of business activities called the registered office. The registered office of a LLP is that to which official correspondence and all formal legal notices addressed to the LLP will be sent. The registered office of a LLP can be situated anywhere in the India. In addition to a registered office, a LLP can have corporate office or administrative office or branch office.
A LLP can change its registered office address within or outside the local limits of any city, town and village or from one State to another State. The notice of change of the situation of the registered office must be given to Registrar of Companies within 30 days. The amendment in the LLP Agreement is also required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies within 30 days of the change of registered office.
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- Secretarial services relating to change in llp's registered address
- Filing of Form 3 & Form 15 with ROC
- Includes change in registered office only within the same state
- Any llp who wishes to change their registered office address
- LLP needing end-to-end assistance in drafting board resolutions, special resolutions and finally filing prescribed forms for address change
- Purchase of Plan
- Provide new registered address and connected details
- Get secretarial assistance for address change matters and gather required documents to be given to TAXAJ
- TAXAJ files Form 3 & Form 15 on your behalf
Name, Contact Number and Email Id of Authorised Partner.
Directors Identification Number, if already.
Self Attested PAN, Aadhar & Passport size photo of Authorised Partner
Specimen Signatures of Authorised Partner
Latest Utility/Electricity Bill of the new Address.
Rent Agreement in the name of LLP, if rented or leased.
NOC from Landlord in the name of LLP, if owned.
How to Change Registered Address of a LLP in India
Case I – Change of Registered Office Address within the Same State
Case I – Change of Registered Office Address within the Same State
This can be either under the jurisdiction of same ROC (Registrar of Companies) or another ROC.
- Obtain the consent of all the partners of LLP for such change by holding a meeting and passing a resolution;
- Prepare supplementary LLP agreement including the change in registered office address;
- Intimate the Registrar of Companies (ROC) regarding change in address within 30 days of the change, by filing Form- 15 (Notice for change of place of registered office) and Form- 3 (Information with regard to Limited Liability Partnership Agreement and changes, if any, made therein) along with the prescribed fee;
- On receipt of approval from ROC, make changes in all the documents or places where registered office address is mentioned like LLP letterhead, stationery, sign boards, etc.
Cost- Changing the registered office of LLP within the same state costs less. The main charges involved in it are filing charges for Form- 15 and Form- 3 plus consultancy fees of the service provider.
Process
| S.NO. | PARTICULAR | |
| 1. | Check where there is any provision of change of registered office in LLP Agreement. | As per given provisions under LLP Agreement |
| 2. | If no provision in LLP Agreement | Then as per point-3 |
| 3. | Take Consent of all the partners. | |
| 4. | File form-15 [Within 30 days of shifting of Registered office] | ATTACHMENT – Consent of all partners. – Proof of Register office. |
| 5. | Execute supplementary agreement | |
| 6. | File form LLP-3 | ATTACHMENT – Supplementary Agreement |
Case II – Change of Registered Office from one State to another State.
Case II – Change of Registered Office from one State to another State.
- Obtain the consent of all the partners of LLP for such change by holding a meeting and passing a resolution;
- Obtain consent of all the Secured Creditors;
- Prepare supplementary LLP agreement including the change in registered office address;
- Publish a general notice, not less than 21 days before filing any notice with the ROC, in a daily newspaper published in English and in the principal language of the district in which the registered office of LLP is situated and circulating in that district, giving notice of change of registered office;
- Intimate the Registrar of Companies (ROC) regarding change in address within 30 days of the change, by filing Form- 15 (Notice for change of place of registered office) and Form- 3 (Information with regard to Limited Liability Partnership Agreement and changes, if any, made therein) along with the prescribed fee;
- On receipt of approval from ROC, make changes in all the documents or places where registered office address is mentioned like LLP letterhead, stationery, sign boards, etc.
Note- File the notice in Form- 15 with ROC of the state from where LLP proposes to shift its registered office with a copy thereof for the information to ROC of the State under whose jurisdiction the registered office is proposed to be shifted.
Process
| S.NO. | PARTICULAR | |
| 1. | Check where there is any provision of change of registered office in LLP Agreement. | As per given provisions under LLP Agreement |
| 2. | If no provision in LLP Agreement | Then as per point-3 |
| 3. | Take Consent of all the partners. | |
| 4. | Publish notice in News Paper [At least 21 days before filling of form with ROC] | In one English Newspaper In one vernacular Language Newspaper |
| 5. | File form-15 [after 30 days of issue of notice in newspaper] | ATTACHMENT – Consent of all partners. – Proof of Register office. – Copy of news paper publication. |
| 6. | Execute supplementary agreement | |
| 7. | File form LLP-3 | ATTACHMENT – Supplementary Agreement |
Penalty for Non-Compliance
The Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) and it’s partners shall be liable with a minimum penalty of ₹2,000 and a maximum penalty of ₹25,000.
Conclusion
Changing the Registered office address after LLP registration is not a cumbersome task. It mainly involves intimation of the changes to the concerned Registrar of Companies (ROC) through forms available on the MCA portal. Once the changes are approved, it’s done. You just need to incorporate those changes wherever applicable.
