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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>87272</law_id><section_number>13.1-760</section_number><catch_line>Amended certificate of authority</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-615</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="9">Virginia Stock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="17">Foreign Corporations</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth shall obtain an amended certificate of authority from the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> if it: <a id="paragraph-312515" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-760/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Changes its corporate name in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of its formation; <a id="paragraph-312516" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-760/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Changes its <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction of formation</span>; or <a id="paragraph-312517" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-760/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Abandons or changes the designated name adopted by the <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> for use in the Commonwealth pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Corporate name of foreign corporation" href="/13.1-762/">13.1-762</a>. <a id="paragraph-312518" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-760/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application for certificate of authority" href="/13.1-759/">13.1-759</a> for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section. <a id="paragraph-312519" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-760/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Whenever the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> of a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> that is authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth are amended, within 30 days after the amendment becomes effective, the <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> shall file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a copy of such amendment duly authenticated by the <span class="dictionary">Secretary</span> of <span class="dictionary">State</span> or other official having <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of corporate records in its <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction of formation</span>. <a id="paragraph-312520" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-760/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13.1-112, 13.1-113; 1956, c. 428; 1976, c. 159; 1985, c. 522; 1986, c. 571; 1987, c. 431; 2015, c. 623; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
