2005 Vermont Code - § 16.20. — Financial statements for shareholders

§ 1.20. Filing requirements

(a) A document must satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section that adds to or varies these requirements, to be entitled to filing by the secretary of state.

(b) This title must require or permit filing the document in the office of the secretary of state.

(c) The document must contain the information required by this title. It may contain other information as well.

(d) The document must be typewritten or printed.

(e) The document must be in the English language. A corporate name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals, and the certificate of existence required of foreign corporations need not be in English if accompanied by a reasonably authenticated English translation.

(f) The document must be executed:

(1) by the chair of the board of directors of a domestic or foreign corporation, or by any officer of the corporation;

(2) if directors have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed, by an incorporator; or

(3) if the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.

(g) The person executing the document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite his or her signature his or her name and the capacity in which he or she signs. The document may but need not contain:

(1) the corporate seal;

(2) an attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary;

(3) an acknowledgement, verification, or proof.

(h) If the secretary of state has prescribed a mandatory form for the document under section 1.21 of this title, the document must be in or on the prescribed form.

(i) The document must be delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing and must be accompanied by one exact or conformed copy, the correct filing fee, and any penalty required by this title. (Added 1993, No. 85, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.)