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CA Corp Code § 2103 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2103.

2103.  Nothing in this chapter repeals, alters or amends the provisions of Sections 1600 to 1607, inclusive, of the Insurance Code or prevents any foreign insurance company from carrying out contracts made before the surrender of its right to engage in intrastate business or contracts made with citizens of other states who subsequently become citizens of or residents in this state.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 682.)
CA Corp Code § 2104 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2104.

2104.  Any foreign lending institution which has not qualified to do business in this state and which engages in any of the activities set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 191 shall be considered by such activities to have appointed the Secretary of State as its agent for service of process for any action arising out of any such activities, and, on or before June 30th of each year, shall file a statement showing the address to which any notice or process may be sent in the manner and with the effect provided in Section 2111.No foreign lending institution solely by reason of engaging in any one or more of the activities set forth in subdivision (d) of Section 191 shall be required to qualify to do business in this state nor be subject to (a) any of the provisions of the Bank and Corporation Tax Law (commencing with Section 23001) of the Revenue and Taxation Code or (b) any of the provisions of this code or the Financial Code or Insurance Code relating to qualifications for doing or transacting business in this state or to requirements pertaining thereto or to the effects or results of failure to qualify to do business in this state.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 641.)
CA Corp Code § 2105 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2105.

2105.  (a) A foreign corporation shall not transact intrastate business without having first obtained from the Secretary of State a certificate of qualification. To obtain that certificate it shall file, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, a statement and designation signed by a corporate officer or, in the case of a foreign association that has no officers, signed by a trustee stating:(1) Its name and the state or place of its incorporation or organization.(2) The street address of its principal executive office.(3) The street address of its principal office within this state, if any.(4) The mailing address of its principal executive office, if different from the addresses specified pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3).(5) The name of an agent upon whom process directed to the corporation may be served within this state. The designation shall comply with subdivision (b) of Section 1502.(6) (A) Its irrevocable consent to service of process directed to it upon the agent designated and to service of process on the Secretary of State if the agent designated or the agent’s successor is no longer authorized to act or cannot be found at the address given.(B) Consent under this paragraph extends to service of process directed to the foreign corporation’s agent in this state for a search warrant issued pursuant to Section 1524.2 of the Penal Code, or for any other validly issued and properly served search warrant, for records or documents that are in the possession of the foreign corporation and are located inside or outside of this state. This subparagraph shall apply to a foreign corporation that is a party or a nonparty to the matter for which the search warrant is sought. For purposes of this subparagraph, “properly served” means delivered by hand, or in a manner reasonably allowing for proof of delivery if delivered by United States mail, overnight delivery service, or facsimile to a person or entity listed in Section 2110, or any other means specified by the foreign corporation, including, but not limited to, email or submission via an Internet Web portal that the foreign corporation has designated for the purpose of service of process.(7) If it is a corporation that will be subject to the Insurance Code as an insurer, it shall state that fact.(b) Annexed to the statement and designation shall be a certificate by an authorized public official of the state or place of incorporation of the corporation to the effect that the corporation is an existing corporation in good standing in that state or place or, in the case of an association, an officers’ certificate stating that it is a validly organized and existing business association under the laws of a specified foreign jurisdiction.(c) Before it may be designated by a foreign corporation as its agent for service of process, a corporate agent must comply with Section 1505.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 47. (SB 1171) Effective January 1, 2017.)
CA Corp Code § 2106 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2106.

2106.  (a) Subject to the provisions of subdivision (b), upon payment of the fees required by law the Secretary of State shall file the statement and designation prescribed in Section 2105 and shall issue to the corporation a certificate of qualification stating the date of filing of said statement and designation and that the corporation is qualified to transact intrastate business, subject, however, to any licensing requirements otherwise imposed by the laws of this state.(b) No foreign corporation having a name which would not be available pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 201 to a new corporation organized under this division shall transact intrastate business in this state or qualify to do so under this chapter or file an amended statement and designation containing such name unless either: (1) it obtains and files an order from a court of competent jurisdiction permanently enjoining the other corporation having a conflicting name from doing business in this state under that name; or (2) the Secretary of State finds, upon proof by affidavit or otherwise as the Secretary of State may determine, that the business to be conducted in this state by the foreign corporation is not the same as or similar to the business being conducted by the corporation (or to be conducted by the proposed corporation) with whose name it may conflict and that the public is not likely to be deceived, and the foreign corporation agrees that it will transact business in this state under an assumed name disclosed to the Secretary of State and that it will use such assumed name in all of its dealings with the Secretary of State and in the conduct of its affairs in this state. Such assumed name may be its name with the addition of some distinguishing word or words acceptable to the Secretary of State or a name available for the name of a domestic corporation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 201. A corporation which has made such an agreement with the Secretary of State shall not do business in this state except under the name agreed upon, so long as the agreement remains in effect.This subdivision shall not apply to any corporation which is subject to the Insurance Code as an insurer unless the insurer has first obtained from the Insurance Commissioner a certificate approving the assumed name.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 737.)
CA Corp Code § 2106.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2106.5.

2106.5.  The Secretary of State shall not file any statement and designation pursuant to Section 2106 or any amended statement and designation pursuant to Section 2107, where it appears that the business is that of an insurer subject to the Insurance Code unless a certificate of the Insurance Commissioner approving the corporate name is attached thereto.(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 737.)
CA Corp Code § 2107 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2107.

2107.  (a) If any foreign corporation (but not a foreign association) qualified to transact intrastate business shall change its name or make a change affecting an assumed name under Section 2106, it shall file, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, an amended statement signed by a corporate officer setting forth the change made. The amended statement shall set forth the name relinquished as well as the new name assumed and there shall be annexed to the amended statement a certificate of an authorized public official of its state or place of incorporation that the change of name was made in accordance with the laws of that state or place. Upon the filing of the amended statement, the Secretary of State shall issue a new certificate of qualification.(b) If any foreign association qualified to transact intrastate business shall change its name, the address of its principal office in this state, the address of its principal executive office or its agent for the service of process, or if the stated address of any natural person designated as agent is changed, it shall file, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State, an amended statement and designation signed by an officer or, in the case of a foreign association that has no officers, signed by a trustee setting forth the change or changes made. In the case of a change of name, the amended statement and designation shall set forth the name relinquished as well as the new name assumed and there shall be annexed to the amended statement and designation an officer’s certificate, or trustee’s certificate, if applicable, stating that such change of name was made in accordance with its declaration of trust. If the change includes a change of name, or a change affecting an assumed name pursuant to Section 2106, upon the filing of the amended statement, the Secretary of State shall issue a new certificate of qualification.(c) If the change includes a change of name of an insurer subject to the Insurance Code, the form shall include a statement that the corporation is such an insurer if it does not already so appear.(d) If a foreign corporation qualified to transact business in this state shall change the address of its principal office in this state, the address of its principal executive office, or its agent for the service of process, or if the stated address of any natural person designated as agent is changed, the filing of a statement pursuant to Section 2117 shall supersede the statement and designation with respect thereto.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 834, Sec. 6. (SB 1041) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Corp Code § 2110 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2110.

2110.  Delivery by hand of a copy of any process against a foreign corporation (a) to any officer of the corporation or its general manager in this state, or if the corporation is a bank to a cashier or an assistant cashier, (b) to any natural person designated by it as agent for the service of process, or (c), if the corporation has designated a corporate agent, to any person named in the latest certificate of the corporate agent filed pursuant to Section 1505 shall constitute valid service on the corporation. A copy of the statement and designation, or a copy of the latest statement filed pursuant to Section 2117, certified by the Secretary of State, is sufficient evidence of the appointment of an agent for the service of process.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 438, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 2110.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2110.1.

2110.1.  In addition to the provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 413.10) of Title 5 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure, process may be served upon a foreign corporation as provided in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 235.)
CA Corp Code § 2111 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2111.

2111.  (a) If the agent designated for the service of process is a natural person and cannot be found with due diligence at the address stated in the designation or if the agent is a corporation and no person can be found with due diligence to whom the delivery authorized by Section 2110 may be made for the purpose of delivery to the corporate agent, or if the agent designated is no longer authorized to act, or if no agent has been designated and if no one of the officers or agents of the corporation specified in Section 2110 can be found after diligent search and it is so shown by affidavit to the satisfaction of the court, then the court may make an order that service be made by personal delivery to the Secretary of State or to an assistant or deputy secretary of state of two copies of the process together with two copies of the order, except that if the corporation to be served has not filed the statement required to be filed by Section 2105 then only one copy of the process and order need be delivered but the order shall include and set forth an address to which the process shall be sent by the Secretary of State. Service in this manner is deemed complete on the 10th day after delivery of the process to the Secretary of State.(b) Upon receipt of the process and order and the fee therefor the Secretary of State forthwith shall give notice to the corporation of the service of the process by forwarding by registered or certified mail, with request for return receipt, a copy of the process and order to the address specified in the order if the corporation has not filed the statement required by Section 2105 or to the two stated addresses of the corporation set forth in the latest statement filed pursuant to Section 2105 or 2117, or if only one address is set forth in the latest statement, to the sole stated address of the corporation.(c) The Secretary of State shall keep a record of all process served upon the Secretary of State and shall record therein the time of service and the Secretary of State’s action with respect thereto. The certificate of the Secretary of State, under the Secretary of State’s official seal, certifying to the receipt of process, the giving of notice thereof to the corporation, and the forwarding of the process pursuant to this section, shall be competent and prima facie evidence of the matters stated therein.(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 438, Sec. 3.)
CA Corp Code § 2112 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2112.

2112.  (a) Subject to Section 2113, a foreign corporation which has qualified to transact intrastate business may surrender its right to engage in that business within this state by filing a certificate of surrender signed by a corporate officer or, in the case of a foreign association that has no officers, signed by a trustee stating:(1) The name of the corporation as shown on the records of the Secretary of State, and the state or place of incorporation or organization.(2) That it revokes its designation of agent for service of process.(3) That it surrenders its authority to transact intrastate business.(4) That it consents that process against it in any action upon any liability or obligation incurred within this state prior to the filing of the certificate of withdrawal may be served upon the Secretary of State.(5) A post office address to which the Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process against the corporation that is served upon the Secretary of State, which address or the name to which the process should be sent may be changed from time to time by filing a statement signed by a corporate officer or, in the case of a foreign association that has no officers, signed by a trustee stating the new address or name or both.(6)  Except in the case of a foreign association, that a final franchise tax return, as described by Section 23332 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, has been or will be filed with the Franchise Tax Board, as required under Part 10.2 (commencing with Section 18401) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.(b) The Secretary of State shall notify the Franchise Tax Board of the surrender.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 834, Sec. 7. (SB 1041) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Corp Code § 2113 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2113.

2113.  (a) The filing of an agreement of merger of a foreign disappearing corporation qualified to transact intrastate business in this state pursuant to Section 1103, or the filing pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 1108 of an agreement, certificate, or other document as to a merger that includes a disappearing foreign corporation qualified to transact intrastate business, or the filing of a certificate of ownership as to a foreign subsidiary corporation qualified to transact intrastate business in this state pursuant to Section 1110, or the filing by a foreign corporation qualified to transact intrastate business in this state of an organizational document containing a statement of conversion pursuant to Section 15911.08, 16908, or 17710.08, constitutes the surrender by the foreign corporation of its right to engage in intrastate business within this state.(b) With respect to corporations for which documents have not been filed as provided in subdivision (a), a certificate of surrender as prescribed by Section 2112 shall be filed by a foreign corporation qualified to transact intrastate business upon its merger into another foreign corporation.(c) In lieu of a signature as prescribed by Section 2112, a certificate of surrender pursuant to subdivision (b) for a merged foreign corporation may be signed in the name of the surviving corporation by an officer thereof. In that case, the certificate of surrender shall be accompanied by a certificate of an authorized public official of the state or place of incorporation of the merged foreign corporation stating that the corporation has been merged into another foreign corporation and setting forth the name and state or place of incorporation of the surviving foreign corporation.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 419, Sec. 10. (SB 323) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 32 of Ch. 419.)
CA Corp Code § 2114 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2114.

2114.  (a) A foreign corporation that has transacted intrastate business and has thereafter withdrawn from business in this state may be served with process in the manner provided in this chapter in any action brought in this state arising out of that business, whether or not it has ever complied with the requirements of this chapter.(b) A foreign corporation that has surrendered its right to transact intrastate business pursuant to Section 2112 or 2113 may be served with process in any action upon a liability or obligation incurred within this state prior to that surrender by delivery of the process to the Secretary of State, or an assistant or a deputy to the Secretary of State pursuant to this chapter and no court order authorizing this service shall be required. The process shall be mailed in the manner prescribed in this chapter except that it shall be sent to the address to which process is authorized to be sent in the certificate of surrender or to the address of the surviving domestic corporation in the case of a surrender under Section 2113.(c) If a foreign corporation that is qualified to transact intrastate business has its right to transact such business forfeited by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to the Bank and Corporation Tax Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), service of process on that corporation may be effected in the manner set forth in Sections 2110 and 2111, as if the right to transact intrastate business had not been forfeited.(d) The fact that a corporation ceases to transact intrastate business without filing a certificate of surrender does not revoke the appointment of any agent for the service of process.(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 187, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1998.)
CA Corp Code § 2115.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2115.5.

2115.5.  (a) Section 301.3 shall apply to a foreign corporation that is a publicly held corporation to the exclusion of the law of the jurisdiction in which the foreign corporation is incorporated.(b) For purposes of this section, a “publicly held corporation” means a foreign corporation with outstanding shares listed on a major United States stock exchange.(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 954, Sec. 3. (SB 826) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Corp Code § 2115.6 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2115.6.

2115.6.  (a) Section 301.4 shall apply to a foreign corporation that is a publicly held corporation to the exclusion of the law of the jurisdiction in which the foreign corporation is incorporated.(b) For purposes of this section, a “publicly held corporation” means a foreign corporation with outstanding shares listed on a major United States stock exchange. (Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 316, Sec. 4. (AB 979) Effective January 1, 2021.)
CA Corp Code § 2116 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 21 - Foreign Corporations|Section 2116.

2116.  The directors of a foreign corporation transacting intrastate business are liable to the corporation, its shareholders, creditors, receiver, liquidator or trustee in bankruptcy for the making of unauthorized dividends, purchase of shares or distribution of assets or false certificates, reports or public notices or other violation of official duty according to any applicable laws of the state or place of incorporation or organization, whether committed or done in this state or elsewhere. Such liability may be enforced in the courts of this state.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 682.)