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14A.2-140 Certificate of authorization.
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Anyone may apply to the Secretary of State to furnish a certificate of authorization
for a foreign entity.
A certificate of authorization shall set forth:
(a) The foreign entity's real name and, if applicable, its fictitious name as adopted
for use in this Commonwealth;
(b) That the foreign entity is authorized to transact business in this
Commonwealth;
(c) That all fees, taxes, and penalties owed to this Commonwealth have been
paid, if:
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Payment is reflected in the records of the Secretary of State; and
2.
Nonpayment affects the authorization of the foreign entity to transact
business in this Commonwealth;
(d) That its most recent annual report required by KRS 14A.6-010 or predecessor
law has been filed by the Secretary of State;
(e) That no certificate of withdrawal or document of similar import under prior
law has been filed; and
(f) Other facts of record in the office of the Secretary of State that may be
requested by the applicant.
Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of authorization
issued by the Secretary of State may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the
foreign entity is authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth.
This section shall not apply to:
(a) A foreign partnership except as provided in KRS 14A.9-030(5);
(b) A foreign rural telephone cooperative or foreign rural electric cooperative not
obligated to qualify to transact business by filing an application for a
certificate of authority or document of similar import with the Secretary of
State; or
(c) An individual series of a series entity.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 81, effective July 12, 2012. -- Created
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 21, effective January 1, 2011.
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