{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-14a.9-030","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 14A.9-030","heading":"Application for certificate of authority.","body":"(1) A foreign entity may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this\nCommonwealth by delivering an application to the Secretary of State for filing. The\napplication shall set forth:\n(a) The real name of the foreign entity and, if its real  name is unavailable for use\nin this Commonwealth, a name that satisfies the requirements of KRS 14A.3 -\n010;\n(b) The name of the state or country under whose law it is organized;\n(c) Its form of organization;\n(d) Its date of organization;\n(e) Its period of duration or a statement that its duration is perpetual;\n(f) The street address of its principal office;\n(g) The address of its registered office in this Commonwealth and the name of its\nregistered agent at that office;\n(h) The names and usual business addresses of:\n1. The secretary, the other principal officers, and the directors, if the entity\nis a foreign corporation or foreign limited cooperative association;\n2. Each of the general partners, if the entity is a foreign limited partnership;\n3. Each of the managers, if the entity is a foreign limited liability company\nwith managers; or\n4. Each of the trustees, if the entity is a foreign business trust;\n(i) If the foreign entity is a foreign limited partnership, whether it is a foreign\nlimited liability limited partnership; and\n(j) If the foreign entity is a foreign professional service corporation, a\nrepresentation that all of the shareholders, not less than  one-half (1/2) of the\ndirectors, and all officers other than the secretary and treasurer would be\nqualified persons with respect to the corporation were it incorporated in this\nCommonwealth.\n(2) The execution of a certificate of authority shall constitute  a representation by that\nperson that the foreign entity validly exists under the laws of its jurisdiction of\norganization.\n(3) Unless the registered agent signs the application, the foreign entity shall deliver\nwith the application for certificate of authority the registered agent's written consent\nto the appointment.\n(4) A certificate of authority or document of similar import of record with the Secretary\nof State as of the date immediately preceding January 1, 2011, including a statement\nof foreign qualification, shall remain effective, but its amendment shall be governed\nby KRS 14A.9-040.\n(5) A foreign general partnership, being a general partnership not governed as to its\ninternal affairs by Subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 362, or predecessor law, may for\npurposes of complying with KRS 45A.480 and 176.085 apply for and receive a\ncertificate of authority. The application for the certificate of authority shall satisfy\nthe requirements of subsection (1) of this section and as well list the names and\nusual business addresses of each partner in the partnership.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=40424","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:48:32Z","sha256":"e3f9c90795f9f796429a4ccad7e3c8eae5b3d2e9acd19c4ddc639cdd9962a091","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-14a.9-020","next":"us-ky/krs-14a.9-040"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}