82.111 - Commencement of corporate existence. - Nevada Statutes

82.111  Commencement of corporate existence.

      1.  Upon the filing of the articles of incorporation pursuant to NRS 82.081 and the payment of the filing fees, the Secretary of State shall issue to the corporation a certificate that the articles, containing the required statement of facts, have been filed. Upon the filing of the articles, the corporation is a body corporate, by the name set forth in the articles, subject to the forfeiture of its charter and dissolution as provided in this chapter.

      2.  The filing of the articles does not, by itself, constitute commencement of business by the corporation.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 1260; A 2007, 2660)

      NRS 82.116  Acceptable evidence of incorporation.  A copy of any articles of incorporation filed pursuant to this chapter, and certified by the Secretary of State under the official seal of the Secretary of State, must be received in all courts and places as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated and of the existence and due incorporation of the corporation therein named.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 1261; A 1993, 993)