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1995 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §§ 13.1-632 and 13.1-831 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 13.1-632. Registered name.
A. A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by § 13.1-762, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the Commission from the corporate names that are not available under subsection C of § 13.1-630.
B. A foreign corporation registers its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by § 13.1-762, by:
1. Filing with the Commission (i) an application setting forth its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by § 13.1-762, the state or country and date of its incorporation, and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged; and (ii) a certificate setting forth that such corporation is in good standing, or a document of similar import, from the state or country of incorporation, executed by the official who has custody of the records pertaining to corporations; and
2. Paying to the Commission a registration fee in the amount of two
dollars for each month, or fraction of a month, between the date of filing
such application and December 31 of the calendar year in which such
application is filed twenty dollars. Except as provided in subsection
E of this section, registration is effective for one year after the date an
application is filed.
C. If the Commission finds that the corporate name applied for is available,
it shall register the name for the applicant's exclusive use. Such
registration shall expire at the end of the calendar year in which it became
effective.
D. A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for
the succeeding year by filing with the Commission between October 1 and
December 31 , during the sixty-day period preceding the date of
expiration of the registration, a renewal application, which
complies with the requirements of subsection B of this section, and paying a
renewal fee of twenty dollars. The renewal application is effective when
filed in accordance with this section and renews the registration for the
following calendar year, except as provided in subsection E of this
section, renews the registration for one year after the date the registration
would have expired if such subsequent renewal of the registration had not
occurred.
E. A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may thereafter obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this Commonwealth under that name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a corporation thereafter incorporated under this chapter or by another foreign corporation thereafter authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth. The registration terminates when the domestic corporation is incorporated or the foreign corporation obtains a certificate of authority to transact business in this Commonwealth or consents to the authorization of another foreign corporation to transact business in this Commonwealth under the registered name.
F. A foreign corporation which has in effect a registration of its corporate name may release such name by filing a notice of release of a registered name with the Commission and by paying a fee of ten dollars.
§ 13.1-831. Registered name.
A. A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its corporate name with any addition required by § 13.1-919, if the name is distinguishable upon the records of the Commission from the corporate names that are not available under subsection B of § 13.1-829.
B. A foreign corporation registers its corporate name, or its corporate name with any additions required by § 13.1-919, by:
1. Filing with the Commission (i) an application setting forth the name of the corporation, or its corporate name with any addition required by § 13.1-919, the state or country and date of its incorporation, and a brief description of the nature of the business in which it is engaged; and (ii) a certificate setting forth that such corporation is in good standing (or a document of similar import) from the state or country of incorporation, executed by the official who has custody of the records pertaining to corporations; and
2. Paying to the Commission a registration fee of two dollars for each
month, or fraction thereof, between the date of filing such application and
December 31 of the calendar year in which such application is filed
twenty dollars. Except as provided in subsection E of this section,
registration is effective for one year after the date an application is
filed.
C. If the Commission finds that the corporate name applied for is available,
it shall register the name for the applicant's exclusive use. The
registration shall expire at the end of the calendar year in which it became
effective.
D. A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for
the succeeding year by filing with the Commission between October 1 and
December 31 , during the sixty-day period preceding the date of
expiration of the registration, a renewal application which complies with
subsection B of this section, and by paying a renewal fee of twenty dollars.
The renewal application becomes effective when filed in accordance with this
section and renews the registration for the following calendar
year, except as provided in subsection E of this section, renews the
registration for one year after the date the registration would have expired
if such subsequent renewal of the registration had not occurred.
E. A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may thereafter obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this Commonwealth under that name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a corporation thereafter incorporated under this chapter or by another foreign corporation thereafter authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth. The registration terminates when the domestic corporation is incorporated or the foreign corporation obtains a certificate of authority to transact business in this Commonwealth or consents to the authorization of another foreign corporation to transact business in this Commonwealth under the registered name.
F. A foreign corporation which has in effect a registration of its corporate name may release such name by filing a notice of release of a registered name with the Commission and by paying a fee of ten dollars.