N.Y. Business Corporation Law § 1530: Filing requirements

§ 1530. Filing requirements.

(a) A foreign professional service corporation may apply for authority

to do business in this state. An application entitled "Application for

Authority of .......... (name of corporation) under Section fifteen

hundred thirty of the Business Corporation Law," shall be signed and

delivered to the department of state. It shall set forth:

(1) The name of the foreign professional service corporation. If the

name does not end with the words "Professional Corporation" or the

abbreviation "P.C.", it shall in addition to the foregoing set forth the

name to be used in this state, ending with the words "Professional

Corporation" or the abbreviation "P.C."

(2) The jurisdiction and date of its incorporation.

(3) A statement of the profession or professions to be practiced in

this state and a statement that the foreign professional service

corporation is authorized to practice such profession or professions in

the jurisdiction of its incorporation.

(4) The name, address and license number of each person within the

foreign professional service corporation who is licensed to practice the

profession or professions in this state.

(5) The city, incorporated village or town and the county within this

state in which its office is to be located.

(6) A designation of the secretary of state as its agent upon whom

process against it may be served and the post office address within or

without this state to which the secretary of state shall mail a copy of

any process against it served upon him.

(7) If it is to have a registered agent, his name and address within

this state and a statement that the registered agent is to be its agent

upon whom process against it may be served.

(8) A statement that the foreign professional service corporation has

not since its incorporation or since the date its authority to do

business in this state was last surrendered, engaged in any activity in

this state, or in lieu thereof, the consent of the state tax commission

to the filing of the application, which consent shall be attached

thereto.

(b) Attached to the application for authority shall be:

(1) A certificate by an authorized officer of the jurisdiction of its

incorporation that the foreign professional service corporation is an

existing corporation.

(2) A certificate or certificates issued by the licensing authority

that each individual within the corporation intending to practice the

profession or professions in this state is licensed to practice said

profession or professions in this state. In order to obtain said

certificate or certificates, a copy of the certificate of incorporation

shall be furnished to the licensing authority.

(3) A certificate or certificates issued by the licensing authority in

the case of a foreign professional service corporation providing health

services that each shareholder, officer and director of the foreign

professional service corporation is licensed to practice said profession

in this state.

(c) The fee for filing the application for authority shall be two

hundred dollars, payable to the department of state, and the fee for a

certificate of authority issued by the state education department shall

be fifty dollars.