2011 Washington Code
Title 23B Washington business corporation act
23B.01 General provisions.
23B.01.280 Certificate of existence or authorization.

(1) Any person may apply to the secretary of state to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authorization for a foreign corporation.

     (2) A certificate of existence or authorization means that as of the date of its issuance:

     (a) The domestic corporation is duly incorporated under the laws of this state, or that the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state;

     (b) All fees and penalties owed to this state under this title have been paid, if (i) payment is reflected in the records of the secretary of state, and (ii) nonpayment affects the existence or authorization of the domestic or foreign corporation;

     (c) The corporation's initial report or its most recent annual report required by RCW 23B.16.220 has been delivered to the secretary of state; and

     (d) Articles of dissolution or an application for withdrawal have not been filed by the secretary of state.

     (3) A person may apply to the secretary of state to issue a certificate covering any fact of record.

     (4) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence or authorization issued by the secretary of state may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the domestic or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in the corporate form in this state.

[1991 c 72 § 27; 1989 c 165 § 11.]