48-65-103 - Application for certificate of authority. - Tennessee Statutes

48-65-103. Application for certificate of authority.

(a)  A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must set forth:

     (1)  The name of the foreign corporation, and, if different, the name under which the certificate of authority is to be obtained pursuant to § 48-65-106;

     (2)  The name of the state or the country under whose law it is incorporated;

     (3)  Its date of incorporation and period of duration, if other than perpetual;

     (4)  The street address, including the zip code, of its principal office;

     (5)  The street address, including the zip code, of its registered office in this state, the county in which the office is located and the name of its registered agent at that office;

     (6)  The names and business addresses, including the zip code of its current directors and officers;

     (7)  Whether the foreign corporation has members;

     (8)  A statement that the corporation is not for-profit; and

     (9)  Whether the corporation, if it had been incorporated in this state, would be a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation.

(b)  The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of existence (or a document of similar import) duly authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law it is incorporated. The certificate shall not bear a date of more than two (2) months prior to the date the application is filed in this state.

[Acts 1987, ch. 242, § 15.03; 1989, ch. 445, § 16; 1991, ch. 188, § 7.]