Iowa Code § 490.1503
Foreign registration statement
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2012
1. A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must set forth all of the following:
1. To register to do business in this state, a foreign corporation shall deliver a foreign registration statement to the secretary of state for filing. The registration statement must be signed by the foreign corporation and state all of the following:
a. The name of the foreign corporation or, if its name is unavailable for use in this state, a corporate name that satisfies the requirements of section 490.1506.
a. The corporate name of the foreign corporation and, if the name does not comply with section 490.401, an alternate name as required by section 490.1506.
b. The name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated.
c. Its date of incorporation and period of duration.
d. The street address of its principal office.
b. The foreign corporation’s jurisdiction of formation.
c. The street and mailing addresses of the foreign corporation’s principal office and, if the law of the foreign corporation’s jurisdiction of formation requires the foreign corporation to maintain an office in that jurisdiction, the street and mailing addresses of that office.
d. The street and mailing addresses of the foreign corporation’s registered office in this state and the name of its registered agent at that office.
e. The names and business addresses of its directors and principal officers.
2. The foreign corporation shall deliver the completed application to the secretary of state, and also deliver to the secretary of state a certificate of existence or a document of similar import duly authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law it is incorporated which is dated no earlier than ninety days prior to the date the application is filed with the secretary of state.
2. The foreign corporation shall deliver the completed foreign registration statement to the secretary of state, and also deliver to the secretary of state a certificate of existence or a document of similar import duly authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law it is incorporated which is dated no earlier than ninety days prior to the date the application is filed by the secretary of state.
89 Acts, ch 288, §163; 96 Acts, ch 1170, §14
89 Acts, ch 288, §163; 96 Acts, ch 1170, §14; 2021 Acts, ch 165, §189, 230
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