The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 11A V.S.A. § 2.03)
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§ 2.03. Incorporation
(a) Unless a delayed effective date is specified, the corporate existence begins when
the Secretary of State issues a certificate of incorporation, after finding that the
articles of incorporation conform to law, and that all fees imposed under section 1.22 of this title have been paid.
(b) The Secretary of State’s filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof
that the incorporators satisfied all conditions precedent to incorporation except
in a proceeding by the State to cancel or revoke the incorporation or involuntarily
dissolve the corporation.
(c) The Secretary of State shall maintain a separate record of the number of corporations
that deliver articles of incorporation to the Secretary for filing by electronic transmission. (Added 1993, No. 85, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994; amended 2009, No. 78 (Adj. Sess.), § 44c, eff. April 15, 2010.)