2006 Code of Virginia § 13.1-831 - Registered name

13.1-831. Registered name.

A. A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its corporatename with any addition required by 13.1-924, if the name is distinguishableupon the records of the Commission from the corporate names that are notavailable under subsection B of 13.1-829.

B. A foreign corporation registers its corporate name, or its corporate namewith any additions required by 13.1-924, by:

1. Filing with the Commission (i) an application setting forth the name ofthe corporation, or its corporate name with any addition required by 13.1-924, the state or country and date of its incorporation, and a briefdescription of the nature of the business in which it is engaged; and (ii) acertificate setting forth that such corporation is in good standing (or adocument of similar import) from the state or country of incorporation,executed by the official who has custody of the records pertaining tocorporations; and

2. Paying to the Commission a registration fee of twenty dollars. Except asprovided in subsection E of this section, registration is effective for oneyear after the date an application is filed.

C. If the Commission finds that the corporate name applied for is available,it shall register the name for the applicant's exclusive use.

D. A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for thesucceeding year by filing with the Commission, during the sixty-day periodpreceding the date of expiration of the registration, a renewal applicationwhich complies with subsection B of this section, and by paying a renewal feeof twenty dollars. The renewal application becomes effective when filed inaccordance with this section and, except as provided in subsection E of thissection, renews the registration for one year after the date the registrationwould have expired if such subsequent renewal of the registration had notoccurred.

E. A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may thereafterobtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this Commonwealthunder that name or consent in writing to the use of that name by acorporation thereafter incorporated under this chapter or by another foreigncorporation thereafter authorized to transact business in this Commonwealth.The registration terminates when the domestic corporation is incorporated orthe foreign corporation obtains a certificate of authority to transactbusiness in this Commonwealth or consents to the authorization of anotherforeign corporation to transact business in this Commonwealth under theregistered name.

F. A foreign corporation which has in effect a registration of its corporatename may release such name by filing a notice of release of a registered namewith the Commission and by paying a fee of ten dollars.

(Code 1950, 13.1-207.2; 1975, c. 500; 1981, c. 522; 1985, c. 522; 1995, c.114; 2002, c. 607.)