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.
Subchapter
001
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY
(Cite as: 11B V.S.A. § 15.03)
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§ 15.03. Application for certificate of authority
(a) 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. The application
must set forth:
(1) 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 15.06 of this title;
(2) the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated;
(3) the date of incorporation and period of duration;
(4) the street address of its principal office;
(5) the address of its registered office in this State and the name and email of its registered
agent for service of process at that office;
(6) the names and usual business or home addresses of its current directors and officers
and of any other principals the corporation provides;
(7) whether the foreign corporation has members; and
(8) whether the corporation, if it had been incorporated in this State, would be a public
benefit or mutual benefit corporation.
(b) The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application 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. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997; amended 2025, No. 10, § 20, eff. July 1, 2025.)