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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73137</law_id><section_number>12.1-20</section_number><catch_line>Facts to be certified by clerk upon request; signing and sealing; fees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>12.1-21.1</reference><reference>12.1-21.2</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="12.1">State Corporation Commission</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Subordinate Employees of the Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The clerk of the Commission shall, when requested, certify any one or more of the following <span class="dictionary">facts</span>:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> That a named domestic corporation is organized and existing under and by virtue of the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth and whether it is in good standing. <a id="paragraph-263346" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/12.1-20/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> That a named foreign corporation of a named state or other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> is authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth and whether it is in good standing in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-263347" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/12.1-20/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> That a particular security has or has not been registered for sale in the Commonwealth pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/13.1-501/">13.1-501</a> et seq.). <a id="paragraph-263348" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/12.1-20/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> That a statement or other document required or permitted by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to be filed in the office of the clerk of the Commission has not been filed in that office. <a id="paragraph-263349" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/12.1-20/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The existence or nonexistence of any other <span class="dictionary">fact</span> appearing from the official records of the Commission, unless the disclosure of such <span class="dictionary">fact</span> is forbidden by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, regulation, or legal <span class="dictionary">privilege</span>.
			The certificate shall be signed by the clerk or by a member of the clerk&#x2019;s staff and shall be <span class="dictionary">sealed</span> with the seal of the Commission, or a facsimile thereof. Any signature may be a facsimile. When so <span class="dictionary">sealed</span>, the certificate shall be admitted in <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> in all cases, civil and criminal, as prima facie <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> of the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> contained in it.
			For each certificate, the clerk shall charge and collect fees pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Fees to be charged by clerk for certain information and certificates" href="/12.1-21.1/">12.1-21.1</a> or subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Miscellaneous charges" href="/12.1-21.2/">12.1-21.2</a>. <a id="paragraph-263350" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/12.1-20/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 12-41.1; 1962, c. 219; 1971, Ex. Sess., c. 157; 1982, c. 564; 1985, c. 522; 1991, c. 123; 2001, c. 545; 2002, c. 1; 2010, c. 669; 2015, c. 446.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
