                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CORPORATE NAME OF FOREIGN CORPORATION (§ 13.1-762)

A. No certificate of authority shall be issued to a foreign corporation unless
the corporate name of such foreign corporation satisfies the requirements of
&#xA7; 13.1-630.

B. If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not satisfy the
requirements of § 13.1-630, to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority to
transact business in the Commonwealth:

   1. The foreign corporation may use a designated name that adds the word
   &#8220;corporation,&#8221; &#8220;incorporated,&#8221; &#8220;company,&#8221;
   or &#8220;limited,&#8221; or the abbreviation &#8220;corp.,&#8221;
   &#8220;inc.,&#8221; &#8220;co.,&#8221; or &#8220;ltd.,&#8221; to its corporate
   name or, if it is a professional corporation, the words &#8220;professional
   corporation&#8221; or &#8220;a professional corporation&#8221; or the initials
   &#8220;P.C.&#8221; or &#8220;PC&#8221; at the end of its corporate name, if it
   informs the Commission of the designated name; or

   2. If its real name is unavailable, the foreign corporation may use a
   designated name that is available, and that satisfies the requirements of
   &#xA7; 13.1-630, if it informs the Commission of the designated name.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 13.1-104, 13.1-105, 13.1-114; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c.
564; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 1986, cc. 232, 571; 2003, c. 592; 2005, cc.
379, 765; 2012, c. 63; 2015, c. 623.