eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 617.1504. Amended certificate of authority.  


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  • 1(1) 2A foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state shall make application to the Department of State to obtain an amended certificate of authority if it changes:
    31(a) 32Its corporate name;
    35(b) 36The period of its duration;
    41(c) 42The purpose or purposes which it intends to pursue in this state; or
    55(d) 56The jurisdiction of its incorporation.
    61(2) 62Such application shall be made within 90 days after the occurrence of any change mentioned in subsection (1), shall be made on forms prescribed by the department, shall be executed and filed in the same manner as an original application for authority, and shall set forth:
    108(a) 109The name of the foreign corporation as it appears on the department’s records;
    122(b) 123The jurisdiction of its incorporation;
    128(c) 129The date it was authorized to conduct its affairs in this state;
    141(d) 142If the name of the foreign corporation has changed, the name relinquished, the new name, a statement that the change of name has been effected under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and the date the change was effected;
    183(e) 184If the period of duration has changed, a statement of such change and the date the change was effected;
    203(f) 204If the jurisdiction of incorporation has changed, a statement of such change and the date the change was effected; and
    224(g) 225If the purposes that the corporation intends to pursue in this state have changed, a statement of such new purposes, and a further statement that the corporation is authorized to pursue such purposes in the jurisdiction of its incorporation.
    264(3) 265The requirements of s. 269617.1503 270for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section.
History.-s. 94, ch. 90-179; s. 64, ch. 93-281; s. 46, ch. 2009-205.

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