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NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.04 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.04 - Amended Certificate of Authority.

    293-A:15.04 Amended Certificate of Authority. –||(a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state must obtain an amended certificate of authority from the secretary of state if it changes:||(1) its corporate name;||(2) the period of its duration; or||(3) the state or country of its incorporation.||(b) The requirements of RSA 293-A:15.03 for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.05 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.05 - Effect of Certificate of Authority.

    293-A:15.05 Effect of Certificate of Authority. –||(a) A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to which it is issued to transact business in this state subject, however, to the right of the state to revoke the certificate as provided in this chapter.||(b) A foreign corporation with a valid certificate of authority has the same but no greater rights and has the same but no greater privileges as, and except as otherwise provided by this chapter is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties, and liabilities now or later imposed on, a domestic corporation of like character.||(c) This chapter does not authorize this state to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.06 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.06 - Corporate Name of Foreign Corporation.

    293-A:15.06 Corporate Name of Foreign Corporation. –||(a) If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not satisfy the requirements of RSA 293-A:4.01, the foreign corporation to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state:||(1) may add the word "corporation," "incorporated," or "limited," or the abbreviation "corp.," "inc.," or "ltd." to its corporate name for use in this state; or||(2) may use an available fictitious name to transact business in this state if its real name is unavailable and it delivers to the secretary of state for filing a copy of the resolution of its board of directors, certified by its secretary, adopting the fictitious name.||(b) If a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state changes its corporate name to one that does not satisfy the requirements of RSA 293-A:4.01, it may not transact business in this state under the changed name until it adopts a name satisfying the requirements of subsection (a) and obtains an amended certificate of authority under RSA 293-A:15.04.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.07 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.07 - Registered Office and Registered Agent of Foreign Corporation.

    293-A:15.07 Registered Office and Registered Agent of Foreign Corporation. –||(a) Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall continuously maintain in this state:||(1) a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and||(2) a registered agent, who may be:||(i) an individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office;||(ii) a corporation organized or authorized under RSA 292, RSA 293-A, or RSA 294-A whose business office is identical with the registered office;||(iii) a limited liability company formed or authorized under RSA 304-C whose business office is identical with the registered office; or||(iv) a limited liability partnership formed or authorized under RSA 304-A:44 whose business office is identical with the registered office.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.08 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.08 - Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent of Foreign Corporation.

    293-A:15.08 Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent of Foreign Corporation. –||(a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that sets forth:||(1) its name;||(2) the street address of its current registered office;||(3) if the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of its new registered office;||(4) the name of its current registered agent;||(5) if the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of its new registered agent and the new agent's written consent (either on the statement or attached to it) to the appointment; and||(6) that after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the business office of its registered agent will be identical.||(b) If the street address of a registered agent's business office changes, the agent may change the street address of the registered office of any foreign corporation for which the person is the registered agent by notifying the corporation in writing of the change, and signing and delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that complies with the requirements of RSA 293-A:15.08(a) and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.09 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.09 - Resignation of Registered Agent of Foreign Corporation.

    293-A:15.09 Resignation of Registered Agent of Foreign Corporation. –||(a) The registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign the agency appointment by signing and delivering to the secretary of state for filing the signed original and 2 exact or conformed copies of a statement of resignation. The statement of resignation may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued.||(b) After filing the statement, the secretary of state shall attach the filing receipt to one copy and mail the copy and receipt to the registered office if not discontinued. The secretary of state shall mail the other copy to the foreign corporation at its principal office address shown in its most recent annual report.||(c) The agency appointment is terminated, and the registered office discontinued if so provided, on the 31st day after the date on which the statement was filed.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.10 - Service on Foreign Corporation.

    293-A:15.10 Service on Foreign Corporation. –||(a) The registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state is the corporation's agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign corporation.||(b) A foreign corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the secretary of the foreign corporation at its principal office shown in its application for a certificate of authority or in its most recent annual report if the foreign corporation:||(1) has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served;||(2) has withdrawn from transacting business in this state under RSA 293-A:15.20; or||(3) has had its certificate of authority revoked under RSA 293-A:15.31.||(c) Service is perfected under RSA 293-A:15.10(b) at the earliest of:||(1) the date the foreign corporation receives the mail;||(2) the date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign corporation; or||(3) five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.||(d) This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a foreign corporation.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.20 - Withdrawal of Foreign Corporation.

    293-A:15.20 Withdrawal of Foreign Corporation. –||(a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may not withdraw from this state until it obtains a certificate of withdrawal from the secretary of state.||(b) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must set forth:||(1) the name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated;||(2) that it is not transacting business in this state and that it surrenders its authority to transact business in this state;||(3) that it revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and appoints the secretary of state as its agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time it was authorized to transact business in this state;||(4) a mailing address to which the secretary of state may mail a copy of any process served on the secretary of state under subparagraph (3);||(5) a commitment to notify the secretary of state in the future of any change in its mailing address; and||(6) a statement of withdrawal from the New Hampshire department of revenue administration in accordance with RSA 77-A:18, II and RSA 77-E:12, II.||(c) After the withdrawal of the corporation is effective, service of process on the secretary of state under this section is service on the foreign corporation. Upon receipt of process, the secretary of state shall mail a copy of the process to the foreign corporation at the mailing address set forth under RSA 293-A:15.20(b).|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.21 - Automatic Withdrawal Upon Certain Conversions.

    293-A:15.21 Automatic Withdrawal Upon Certain Conversions. –||A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state that converts to any form of domestic filing entity shall be deemed to have withdrawn on the effective date of the conversion.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.22 - Withdrawal Upon Conversion to a Nonfiling Entity.

    293-A:15.22 Withdrawal Upon Conversion to a Nonfiling Entity. –||(a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state that converts to a domestic or foreign nonfiling entity shall apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must set forth:||(1) the name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state or country under whose law it was incorporated before the conversion;||(2) that it surrenders its authority to transact business in this state as a foreign corporation;||(3) the type of unincorporated entity to which it has been converted and the jurisdiction whose laws govern its internal affairs;||(4) if it has been converted to a foreign unincorporated entity:||(i) that it revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and appoints the secretary of state as its agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time it was authorized to transact business in this state;||(ii) a mailing address to which the secretary of state may mail a copy of any process served on the secretary of state under paragraph (i); and||(iii) a commitment to notify the secretary of state in the future of any change in its mailing address.||(b) After the withdrawal under this section of a corporation that has converted to a foreign unincorporated entity is effective, service of process on the secretary of state is service on the foreign unincorporated entity. Upon receipt of process, the secretary of state shall mail a copy of the process to the foreign unincorporated entity at the mailing address set forth under RSA 293-A:15.22(a)(4).||(c) After the withdrawal under this section of a corporation that has converted to a domestic unincorporated entity is effective, service of process shall be made on the unincorporated entity in accordance with the regular procedures for service of process on the form of unincorporated entity to which the corporation was converted.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.23 - Transfer of Authority.

    293-A:15.23 Transfer of Authority. –||(a) A foreign business corporation authorized to transact business in this state that converts to any form of foreign unincorporated entity that is required to obtain a certificate of authority or make a similar type of filing with the secretary of state if it transacts business in this state shall file with the secretary of state an application for transfer of authority signed by any officer or other duly authorized representative. The application shall set forth:||(1) the name of the corporation;||(2) the type of unincorporated entity to which it has been converted and the jurisdiction whose laws govern its internal affairs; and||(3) any other information that would be required in a filing under the laws of this state by an unincorporated entity of the type the corporation has become seeking authority to transact business in this state.||(b) The application for transfer of authority shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing and shall take effect at the effective time provided in RSA 293-A:1.23.||(c) Upon the effectiveness of the application for transfer of authority, the authority of the corporation under this subdivision to transact business in this state shall be transferred without interruption to the converted entity which shall thereafter hold such authority subject to the provisions of the laws of this state applicable to that type of unincorporated entity.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.30 - Grounds for Revocation.

    293-A:15.30 Grounds for Revocation. –||(a) The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under RSA 293-A:15.31 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if:||(1) the foreign corporation does not deliver its annual report to the secretary of state within 60 days after it is due;||(2) the foreign corporation does not pay within 60 days after they are due any fees or penalties imposed by this chapter or other law;||(3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 60 days or more;||(4) the foreign corporation does not inform the secretary of state under RSA 293-A:15.08 or RSA 293-A:15.09 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued within 60 days of the change, resignation, or discontinuance;||(5) a misrepresentation has been made of any material matter in any application, report, affidavit or other document submitted by the corporation or on its behalf, pursuant to this subdivision; or||(6) the secretary of state receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.31 - Procedure for and Effect of Revocation.

    293-A:15.31 Procedure for and Effect of Revocation. –||(a) If the secretary of state determines that one or more grounds exist under RSA 293-A:15.30 for revocation of a certificate of authority, the secretary of state shall notify the foreign corporation in writing of such determination and shall mail such notice to the corporation at its principal office listed on the records of the New Hampshire secretary of state.||(b) If the foreign corporation does not correct each ground for revocation or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the secretary of state that each ground determined by the secretary of state does not exist within 60 days after notification, the secretary of state may revoke the foreign corporation's certificate of authority by issuing a notice of revocation that recites the ground or grounds for revocation and its effective date. The secretary of state shall mail such notice to the corporation at its principal office listed on the records of the New Hampshire secretary of state.||(c) The authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state ceases on the date shown on the certificate revoking its certificate of authority.||(d) Revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation.||(e) A foreign corporation whose certificate of authority has been revoked under this section may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement by completion of a reinstatement form together with payment of fees in arrears at the time of revocation. Beyond 120 days, a reinstatement shall be accompanied by, in addition to the above, annual fees for the years since the revocation, if the foreign corporation was doing business in this state during those years, and a certificate from the New Hampshire department of revenue administration indicating there are no taxes due to the department.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014. 2017, 183:1, eff. Aug. 28, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:15.32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:15.32 - Appeal From Revocation.

    293-A:15.32 Appeal From Revocation. –||(a) A foreign corporation may appeal the secretary of state's revocation of its certificate of authority to the superior court for Merrimack county within 30 days after revocation. The foreign corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its certificate of authority and the secretary of state's certificate of revocation.||(b) The court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the certificate of authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate.||(c) The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:16.01 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:16.01 - Corporate Records.

    293-A:16.01 Corporate Records. –||(a) A corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation.||(b) A corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.||(c) A corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each.||(d) A corporation shall maintain its records in the form of a document, including an electronic record, or in another form capable of conversion into paper form within a reasonable time.||(e) A corporation shall keep a copy of the following records at its principal office:||(1) its articles or restated articles of incorporation, all amendments to them currently in effect, and any notices to shareholders referred to in RSA 293-A:1.20(k)(5) regarding facts on which a filed document is dependent;||(2) its bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;||(3) resolutions adopted by its board of directors creating one or more classes or series of shares, and fixing their relative rights, preferences, and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;||(4) the minutes of all shareholders' meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past 3 years;||(5) all written communications to shareholders generally within the past 3 years, including the financial statements furnished for the past 3 years under RSA 293-A:16.20;||(6) a list of the names and business addresses of its current directors and officers; and||(7) its most recent annual report delivered to the secretary of state under RSA 293-A:16.21.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:16.03 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:16.03 - Scope of Inspection Right.

    293-A:16.03 Scope of Inspection Right. –||(a) A shareholder's agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the shareholder represented.||(b) The right to copy records under RSA 293-A:16.02 includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies by xerographic or other means, including copies through an electronic transmission if available and so requested by the shareholder.||(c) The corporation may comply at its expense with a shareholder's demand to inspect the record of shareholders under RSA 293-A:16.02(c)(3) by providing the shareholder with a list of shareholders that was compiled no earlier than the date of the shareholder's demand.||(d) The corporation may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the shareholder. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production, reproduction or transmission of the records.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|