2019 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 82 - Nonprofit Corporations
NRS 82.524 - Renewal or revival of right to transact business: Procedure; fee; certificate as evidence; status of corporation.

1. A foreign nonprofit corporation which was qualified to transact business in this State pursuant to this chapter may, upon complying with the provisions of NRS 82.5237, procure a renewal or revival of its right to transact business in this State for any period, together with all the rights, franchises, privileges and immunities, and subject to all its existing and preexisting debts, duties and liabilities secured or imposed by its original qualification to transact business in this State and amendments thereto, or existing qualification to transact business in this State, by filing:

(a) A certificate with the Secretary of State, which must set forth:

(1) The name of the foreign nonprofit corporation, which must be the name of the foreign nonprofit corporation at the time of the renewal or revival, or its name at the time its original qualification to transact business in this State expired.

(2) The information required pursuant to NRS 77.310.

(3) The date on which the renewal or revival of the qualification to transact business in this State is to commence or be effective, which may be, in cases of a revival, before the date of the certificate.

(4) The time for which the renewal or revival is to continue.

(5) That the foreign nonprofit corporation desiring to renew or revive its right to transact business in this State is, or has been, organized and carrying on the business authorized by its existing or original qualification to transact business in this State and amendments thereto, and desires to renew or continue through revival its qualification to transact business in this State pursuant to and subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(b) A list of its president, secretary and treasurer, or the equivalent thereof, and all of its directors and their addresses, either residence or business.

(c) A declaration under penalty of perjury, on a form provided by the Secretary of State, that the renewal or revival is authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction in this State or by the duly elected board of directors of the foreign nonprofit corporation or, if the foreign nonprofit corporation does not have a board of directors, the equivalent of such a board.

2. A foreign nonprofit corporation whose qualification to transact business in this State has not expired and is being renewed shall cause the certificate to be signed by an officer of the corporation. The certificate must be approved by a majority of the directors of the foreign nonprofit corporation or, if the foreign nonprofit corporation does not have a board of directors, the equivalent of such a board.

3. A foreign nonprofit corporation seeking to revive its qualification to transact business in this State shall cause the certificate to be signed by a person or persons designated or appointed by the directors of the foreign nonprofit corporation, or their equivalent. The signing and filing of the certificate must be approved by the written consent of the directors of the foreign nonprofit corporation, or their equivalent, holding at least a majority of the voting power and must contain a recital that this consent was secured. The foreign nonprofit corporation shall pay to the Secretary of State the fee required to qualify a foreign nonprofit corporation to transact business in this State pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.

4. The filed certificate, or a copy thereof which has been certified under the hand and 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 qualification to transact business in this State of the foreign nonprofit corporation therein named.

5. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 82.5239, a renewal or revival pursuant to this section relates back to the date on which the foreign nonprofit corporation’s qualification to transact business in this State expired or was forfeited and renews or revives the foreign nonprofit corporation’s qualification to transact business in this State as if such right had at all times remained in full force and effect.

(Added to NRS by 2015, 1284)