                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY (§ 13.1-759)

A. To obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in the
Commonwealth, a foreign corporation shall deliver an application to the
Commission. The application shall be made on a form prescribed and furnished by
the Commission. The application shall be signed in the name of the foreign
corporation and set forth:

   1. The name of the foreign corporation, and if the foreign corporation is
   prevented by &#xA7; 13.1-762 from using its name in the Commonwealth, a
   designated name that satisfies the requirements of subsection B of &#xA7;
   13.1-762;

   2. The foreign corporation&#8217;s jurisdiction of formation, and if the
   foreign corporation was previously authorized or registered to transact
   business in the Commonwealth as a foreign corporation, limited liability
   company, business trust, limited partnership, or registered limited liability
   partnership, with respect to every such prior authorization or registration,
   (i) the name of the entity; (ii) the entity type; (iii) the state or other
   jurisdiction of incorporation, organization, or formation; and (iv) the entity
   identification number issued to it by the Commission;

   3. The foreign corporation&#8217;s original date of incorporation,
   organization, or formation as an entity and its period of duration;

   4. The street address of the foreign corporation&#8217;s principal office;

   5. The address of the proposed registered office of the foreign corporation in
   the Commonwealth (including both (i) the post office address with street and
   number, if any, and (ii) the name of the county or city in which it is
   located) and the name of its proposed registered agent in the Commonwealth at
   such address and that the registered agent is either (a) an individual who is
   a resident of Virginia and either an officer or director of the corporation or
   a member of the Virginia State Bar or (b) a domestic or foreign stock or
   nonstock corporation, limited liability company, or registered limited
   liability partnership authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth, the
   business office of which is identical with the registered office;

   6. The names and business addresses of the foreign corporation&#8217;s
   directors and principal officers; and

   7. The number of shares the foreign corporation is authorized to issue,
   itemized by class.

B. The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a copy
of its articles of incorporation and all amendments and corrections thereto duly
authenticated by the Secretary of State or other official having custody of
corporate records in its jurisdiction of formation.

C. A foreign corporation is not precluded from receiving a certificate of
authority to transact business in the Commonwealth because of any difference
between the law of the foreign corporation&#8217;s jurisdiction of formation and
the law of the Commonwealth.

D. If the Commission finds that the application complies with the requirements
of law and that all required fees have been paid, it shall issue a certificate
of authority to transact business in the Commonwealth.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 13.1-106, 13.1-107; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c. 564; 1975,
c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 1994, c. 348; 2001, cc. 517, 541; 2002, c. 497; 2004, c.
274; 2015, c. 623; 2019, c. 734; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 487.