{"data":{"id":"us-vt/11a-v.s.a.-15.03","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"11A V.S.A. § 15.03","heading":"Application for certificate of authority","body":"(a) A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State by delivering an application and the applicable filing fee to the Secretary of State for filing. The application must set forth:\n(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;\n(2) the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated;\n(3) its date of incorporation and period of duration;\n(4) the street address of its principal office;\n(5) the address of its registered office in this State and the name of its registered agent for service of process at that office, pursuant to 11 V.S.A. § 1655; and\n(6) the names and usual business addresses of its current directors and officers, and of any other principals the corporation provides.\n(b) The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of good standing (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.","path":["Title 11A: Vermont Business Corporations","Chapter 015: Foreign Corporations","Subchapter 001: CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/11A/015","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:09:57Z","sha256":"115803c9b9fea027bd3bf049fdd880b7ef7d72e63faca1b845db557363b0dcd1","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/11a-v.s.a.-15.02","next":"us-vt/11a-v.s.a.-15.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}