                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CORPORATE NAME OF FOREIGN CORPORATION (§ 13.1-924)

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; 13.1-829.

B. If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not satisfy the
requirements of &#xA7; 13.1-829, to obtain or maintain a certificate of
authority to transact business in the Commonwealth, if its real name is
unavailable, the foreign corporation may use a designated name that is
available, and that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; 13.1-829, if it informs
the Commission of the designated name.

HISTORY: Code 1950, §§ 13.1-267, 13.1-268, 13.1-277; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c.
500; 1985, c. 522; 1986, cc. 232, 571; 2003, c. 592; 2005, c. 379; 2007, c. 925;
2012, c. 63.