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Mississippi Code 1972 (2024)
Title 79 - CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS (§§ 79-1-1 — 79-37-604)
Chapter 11 - NONPROFIT, NONSHARE CORPORATIONS AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES (§§ 79-11-1 — 79-11-761)
MISSISSIPPI NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT (§§ 79-11-101 — 79-11-407)
Section 79-11-371 - Effect of certificate of authority
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MS Code § 79-11-371 (2024)
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- (1) A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to which it is issued to transact business in this state subject, however, to the right of the state to revoke the certificate as provided in Section 79-11-101 et seq.
- (2) A foreign corporation with a valid certificate of authority has the same rights and enjoys the same privileges as, and except as otherwise provided by Section 79-11-101 et seq. is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties, liabilities now or later imposed on, a domestic corporation of like character.
- (3) Section 79-11-101 et seq. do not authorize this state to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state.
Laws, 1987, ch. 485, § 136, eff. 1/1/1988.
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