                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FACTS TO BE CERTIFIED BY CLERK UPON REQUEST; SIGNING AND SEALING; FEES (§
12.1-20)

The clerk of the Commission shall, when requested, certify any one or more of
the following facts:

1. That a named domestic corporation is organized and existing under and by
virtue of the laws of the Commonwealth and whether it is in good standing.

2. That a named foreign corporation of a named state or other jurisdiction is
authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth and whether it is in good
standing in the Commonwealth.

3. That a particular security has or has not been registered for sale in the
Commonwealth pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act (&#xA7; 13.1-501
et seq.).

4. That a statement or other document required or permitted by law to be filed
in the office of the clerk of the Commission has not been filed in that office.

5. The existence or nonexistence of any other fact appearing from the official
records of the Commission, unless the disclosure of such fact is forbidden by
law, regulation, or legal privilege.
			The certificate shall be signed by the clerk or by a member of the
clerk&#8217;s staff and shall be sealed with the seal of the Commission, or a
facsimile thereof. Any signature may be a facsimile. When so sealed, the
certificate shall be admitted in evidence in all cases, civil and criminal, as
prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it.
			For each certificate, the clerk shall charge and collect fees pursuant to
&#xA7; 12.1-21.1 or subsection C of &#xA7; 12.1-21.2.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 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.