§ 55-15-03. Application for certificate of authority.
§ 55‑15‑03. Application for certificate of authority.
(a) A foreigncorporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business inthis State by delivering an application to the Secretary of State for filing.The application must set forth:
(1) The name of theforeign corporation or, if its name is unavailable for use in this State, acorporate name that satisfies the requirements of Article 3 of Chapter 55D ofthe General Statutes;
(2) The name of thestate or country under whose law it is incorporated;
(3) Its date ofincorporation and period of duration;
(4) The street address,and the mailing address if different from the street address, of its principaloffice if any, and the county in which the principal office, if any, islocated;
(5) The street address,and the mailing address if different from the street address, of its registeredoffice in this State, the county in which the registered office is located, andthe name of its registered agent at that office; and
(6) The names and usual businessaddresses of its current officers.
(b) The foreigncorporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate ofexistence (or a document of similar import) duly authenticated by the secretaryof state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state orcountry under whose law it is incorporated.
(c) If the Secretary ofState finds that the application conforms to law he shall, when all fees havebeen tendered as prescribed in this Chapter:
(1) Endorse on theapplication and an exact or conformed copy thereof the word "filed"and the hour, day, month, and year of the filing thereof;
(2) File in his officethe application and the certificate of existence (or document of similar importas described in subsection (b) of this section);
(3) Issue a certificateof authority to transact business in this State to which he shall affix theexact or conformed copy of the application; and
(4) Send to the foreigncorporation or its representative the certificate of authority, together withthe exact or conformed copy of the application affixed thereto. (1901, c. 2, s. 57; 1903, c.766; Rev., s. 1194; 1915, c. 263; C.S., s. 1181; 1935, c. 44; 1939, c. 57;G.S., s. 55‑118; 1953, c. 1152; 1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1957, c. 979, s. 8;1969, c. 751, s. 41; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1024, ss.12.1(b), 12.21; 2001‑358, s. 17; 2001‑387, ss. 27A, 169(a), 173,175(a); 2001‑413, s. 6.)