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TL;DR; Can a staffed virtual office be used for the director address when incorporating a company in BC?

I'm struggling to find a definitive answer on what can be used as director address when incorporating a company in BC. I've had one lawyer tell me it must be a residential address, and another point me to the BC Registry definition which seems to be more flexible:

>Definition of Director's Addresses

>The director may select to provide either (a) the delivery address and, if different, the mailing address for the office at which the individual can usually be served with records between 9:00 a.m. and 4 p.m. on business days or (b) the delivery address and, if different, the mailing address of the individual's residence.  The delivery address must not be a post office box.

I'm using a lawyers office for the company's registered and records office address, but I would like to also avoid using my residential address for the director's address since this is in the public domain. Lawyer's generally won't allow their office to be used for director addresses.

In the absence of having a physical business location, the best option seems to be a staffed virtual office, as that seems to satisfy the requirements above but I'm not 100% sure. Indeed, many virtual offices mention their ability to be used as a company's registered office to maintain privacy, but are silent on the use as a director address (even when they allow individuals to be named alongside the company for their mail handling).

I'm incorporating a new company in BC and am trying to keep my home address off the public record. I am using my lawyer for the Registered and Records Office addresses, but they won't act as an "address for service" for directors.

If I have a company mailing address that is a UPS mailbox, which is not a PO Box number, can I legally use that for the director address? Though I'm not anticipating this, will staff at the UPS Store accept any records that are served against the directors?

I'm incorporating a new company in BC and am trying to keep my home address off the public record. I am using my lawyer for the Registered and Records Office addresses, but they won't act as an "address for service" for directors.

If I have a company mailing address that is a UPS mailbox, which is not a PO Box number, can I legally use that for the director address? Though I'm not anticipating this, will staff at the UPS Store accept any records that are served against the directors?

I'm trying to work out the best path forwards to incorporate with Ownr and use a registered and records office address that protects my home address. I have either confused myself or am over complicating this!

It's my understanding that in BC you are required to have both a registered address where legal documents can be served, and a records office where company records are held and can be viewed. Both of those are in the public domain, I think.

If (whilst in most cases unlikely) members of public can show up at the records office and ask to view corporate records, I don't see how this can be any location other than a lawyers office? However, a lawyers office doesn't make sense to me as they generally won't unbundle doing annual resolutions etc from their service, which seems to defeat the purpose of using Ownr in the first place.

Are there alternatives to lawyers for fulfilling both the registered and records office addresses? I can't find much information about what options there are when using something like Ownr, which makes me think I'm headed down the wrong path. I have only seen things about virtual offices, UPS etc, which I thought would only satisfy the registered address requirement, not the records office.