490.1503 - APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.

        490.1503  APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.         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:         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.         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.         e.  The address of its registered office in this state and the      name of its registered agent at that office.         f.  The names and usual business addresses of its current      directors and 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.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         89 Acts, ch 288, §163; 96 Acts, ch 1170, § 14         Referred to in § 490.1504