10A-1-7.01
Section 10A-1-7.01 Foreign entities required to register. (a)(1) For purposes of this Article 7, the terms register, registering, and registered include (i) a foreign entity other than a foreign limited liability partnership delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an application for registration and the Secretary of State filing the application for registration, and (ii) a foreign limited liability partnership delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of foreign limited liability partnership and the Secretary of State filing the statement of foreign limited liability partnership. (2) For purposes of this Article 7, the term registration includes (i) a filed application for registration and (ii) a filed statement of foreign limited liability partnership. (b) For purposes of this Article 7, the terms transact business and transacting business shall include conducting a business, activity, not for profit activity, and any other activity, whether or not for...
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10A-1-1.03
Section 10A-1-1.03 Definitions. As used in this title, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms mean: (1) AFFILIATE. A person who controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person. An affiliate of an individual includes the spouse, or a parent or sibling thereof, of the individual, or a child, grandchild, sibling, parent, or spouse of any thereof, of the individual, or an individual having the same home as the individual, or a trust or estate of which an individual specified in this sentence is a substantial beneficiary; a trust, estate, incompetent, conservatee, protected person, or minor of which the individual is a fiduciary; or an entity of which the individual is director, general partner, agent, employee or the governing authority or member of the governing authority. (2) ASSOCIATE. When used to indicate a relationship with: (A) a domestic or foreign entity for which the person is: (i) an officer or governing person; or (ii) a beneficial...
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10A-1-7.04
Section 10A-1-7.04 Registration procedure. (a)(1) A foreign entity described in Section 10A-1-7.01(c), other than a foreign limited liability partnership, registers by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing an application for registration in accordance with the procedures in Article 4. (2) A foreign limited liability partnership registers by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of foreign limited liability partnership in accordance with the procedures in Article 4. (b) The application for registration of a foreign entity described in Section 10A-1-7.01(c) other than a foreign limited liability partnership must state: (1) the foreign entity's name or, if that name is not available for use in this state or otherwise would not comply with Article 5, a name that satisfies the requirements of Section 10A-1-7.07 under which the foreign entity will transact business in this state; (2) the foreign entity's type; (3) the foreign entity's jurisdiction of...
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10A-1-7.22
Section 10A-1-7.22 Transaction of business without registration; actions to restrain. (a) The failure of a foreign filing entity to register to transact business in this state or to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state shall not impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign entity and shall not prevent the foreign entity from defending any action or proceeding in any court of this state, but the foreign entity shall not maintain any action or proceeding in any court of this state until it has delivered to the Secretary of State for filing an application for registration or a statement of foreign limited liability partnership, as applicable, in accordance with Section 10A-1-7.04. A foreign filing entity, by transacting business in this state without filing an application for registration or a statement of foreign limited liability partnership, as applicable, appoints the Secretary of State as its agent for service of process with respect to causes of action...
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10A-1-5.03
Section 10A-1-5.03 Names prohibited. (a) A domestic entity may not have a name and a foreign filing entity may not register to transact business in this state under a name that is the same as or not distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State from: (1) the name of another existing filing entity or a general partnership that has an effective statement of partnership, statement of not for profit partnership, or limited liability partnership under Chapter 8A; (2) the name of a foreign filing entity that has a registration under Article 7; (3) a name that is reserved under Division B. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply if the other entity or the person for whom the name is reserved consents in writing to the use of a name not distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State, and submits an undertaking in form satisfactory to the Secretary of State to change its name to a name that is distinguishable on the records of the Secretary of State from the name for which...
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31-13-3
Section 31-13-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ALIEN. Any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States, as described in 8 U.S.C. § 1101, et seq., and any amendments thereto. (2) BUSINESS ENTITY. Any person or group of persons employing one or more persons performing or engaging in any activity, enterprise, profession, or occupation for gain, benefit, advantage, or livelihood, whether for profit or not for profit. Business entity shall include, but not be limited to, the following: a. Self-employed individuals, business entities filing articles of incorporation, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, foreign corporations, foreign limited partnerships, foreign limited liability companies authorized to transact business in this state, business trusts, and any business entity that registers with the Secretary of State. b. Any business entity that possesses a business...
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10A-1-7.06
Section 10A-1-7.06 Amendments to registration. (a) If any statement in an application for registration or a statement of foreign limited liability partnership was false when made or any arrangements or other facts described have changed, making the application for registration or statement of foreign limited liability partnership, as applicable, inaccurate in any respect, the foreign entity shall file with the Secretary of State an amendment correcting the false or inaccurate statement. A foreign entity must amend its registration to change its name if the name has changed. If the name of a foreign entity as changed is not available in this state or otherwise does not satisfy the requirements of Article 5, the foreign entity, pursuant to the requirements of Section 10A-1-7.07, must adopt a name that complies with Article 5 under which it will transact business in this state. (b) A foreign entity may amend its application for registration or statement of foreign limited liability...
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10A-1-7.23
Section 10A-1-7.23 Late filing fee. The Secretary of State may collect from a foreign filing entity a late filing fee equal to the application for registration fee or the statement of foreign limited liability partnership fee, as applicable, for the foreign filing entity for each year of delinquency if the foreign filing entity has transacted business in this state for more than 90 days. The Secretary of State may condition the effectiveness of a registration on the payment of the late filing fee. (Act 2009-513, p. 967, §64; Act 2018-125, §3.)...
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10A-1-4.31
Section 10A-1-4.31 Filing fees; all entities. (a) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when a filing instrument described in this title is delivered to the Secretary of State for filing: (1) Certificate of formation for all entities: Two hundred dollars ($200); (2) Amendment to a certificate of formation and a restated certificate of formation: One hundred dollars ($100); (3) Name reservations and notice of transfer of name reservation: Twenty-five dollars ($25); (4) Certificates, articles, or statements of dissolution or cancellation: One hundred dollars ($100); (5) Foreign entity registration including a statement of foreign limited liability partnership: One hundred fifty dollars ($150); (6) Certificate of existence: Twenty-five dollars ($25); (7) Certificates, articles, or statements of merger, conversion, and share exchange: One hundred dollars ($100); and (8) Any other filing instrument required or permitted to be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing...
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10A-1-5.31
Section 10A-1-5.31 Designation and maintenance of registered agent and registered office. (a) Each filing entity and each foreign filing entity with a registration under Article 7, and each general partnership that has an effective statement of partnership, statement of not for profit partnership, or statement of limited liability partnership on file with the Secretary of State in accordance with Chapter 8A, shall designate and continuously maintain in this state: (1) a registered agent; and (2) a registered office. (b) A registered agent: (1) is an agent of the entity on which may be served any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the entity; (2) may be: (A) an individual who is a resident of this state; or (B) a domestic entity or a foreign entity that is registered to transact business in this state; and (3) must maintain a business office at the same address as the entity's registered office. (c) The registered office: (1) must be located at a...
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