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AK Stat § 10.20.550 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.550. Merger of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state.

When a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state is a party to a statutory merger permitted by the laws of the state or country where it is incorporated, and the corporation is the surviving corporation, it shall, within 30 days after the merger becomes effective, file with the commissioner a copy of the articles of merger authenticated by the proper office of the state or country under whose laws the statutory merger was carried out. It is not necessary for the corporation to procure either a new or amended certificate of authority to transact business in the state unless the name of the corporation is changed or unless the corporation desires to pursue in the state other or additional purposes than those that it is authorized to conduct in the state.
AK Stat § 10.20.555 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.555. When amended certificate of authority required.

A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state shall procure an amended certificate of authority if it changes its corporate name, or desires to pursue in the state other or additional purposes than those set out in its earlier application for a certificate of authority, by making application to the commissioner.
AK Stat § 10.20.560 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.560. Withdrawal of foreign corporation.

A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state may withdraw from the state upon procuring from the commissioner a certificate of withdrawal. To procure a certificate of withdrawal, the foreign corporation shall deliver to the commissioner an application for withdrawal.
AK Stat § 10.20.565 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.565. Contents of application for withdrawal.

The application for withdrawal must set out (1) the name of the corporation and the state or country where it is incorporated; (2) that the corporation is not transacting business in the state; (3) that the corporation surrenders its authority to transact business in the state; (4) that the corporation revokes the authority of its registered agent in the state to accept service of process and consents that service of process in an action, suit, or proceeding based upon a cause of action arising in the state during the time the corporation was authorized to transact business in the state may be made on the corporation by service on the commissioner; (5) a post office address to which the commissioner may mail a copy of a process against the corporation that may be served on the commissioner; (6) additional information necessary or appropriate to enable the commissioner to determine and assess unpaid fees payable as prescribed in this chapter.
AK Stat § 10.20.570 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.570. Form and execution of application for withdrawal.

The application for withdrawal shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the commissioner and shall be executed by the corporation by its president or a vice-president and by its secretary or an assistant secretary, or, if the corporation is in the hands of a receiver or trustee, the application shall be executed on behalf of the corporation by the receiver or trustee.
AK Stat § 10.20.575 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.575. Filing of application for withdrawal.

(a) Duplicate originals of the application for withdrawal shall be delivered to the commissioner. Upon finding that the application conforms to the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner shall, when all fees prescribed in this chapter have been paid, (1) endorse on each duplicate original the word “filed,” and the date of the filing; (2) file one duplicate original in the commissioner's office; (3) issue a certificate of withdrawal and affix the other duplicate original to it. (b) The certificate of withdrawal, together with the duplicate original of the application for withdrawal affixed by the commissioner shall be returned to the corporation or its representative.
AK Stat § 10.20.580 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.580. Effect of certificate of withdrawal.

Upon the issuance of the certificate of withdrawal, the authority of the corporation to transact business in the state ceases.
AK Stat § 10.20.585 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.585. Grounds for revocation of certificate of authority.

The certificate of authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in the state may be revoked by the commissioner when (1) the corporation fails to file its biennial report within the time required by this chapter, or fails to pay fees or penalties prescribed in this chapter when they are due and payable; (2) the corporation fails to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this state; (3) the corporation fails, after change of its registered office or registered agent, to file with the commissioner a statement of the change as required by this chapter; (4) the corporation fails to file with the department an amendment to its articles of incorporation or articles of merger within the time prescribed by this chapter; (5) a misrepresentation has been made of a material matter in an application, report, affidavit, or other document submitted under this chapter; or (6) the corporation is 90 days delinquent in filing a notice of change of an officer or director as required by this chapter.
AK Stat § 10.20.590 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.590. Limitations on revocation of certificate of authority.

The commissioner may not revoke a certificate of authority of a foreign corporation unless (1) the commissioner has given the corporation at least 60 days' notice by mail addressed to its registered office in the state; and (2) the corporation fails, before revocation, to file the biennial report, or pay the fees, or file the required statement of change of registered agent or registered office, or file the articles of amendment or articles of merger, or correct the misrepresentation.
AK Stat § 10.20.595 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.595. Issuance of certificate of revocation.

Upon revoking a certificate of authority, the commissioner shall (1) issue a certificate of revocation in duplicate; (2) file one of the certificates in the commissioner's office; (3) mail to the corporation at its registered office in the state a notice of the revocation accompanied by one of the certificates.
AK Stat § 10.20.600 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.600. Effect of certificate of revocation.

Upon the issuance of the certificate of revocation, the authority of the corporation to transact business in the state ceases.
AK Stat § 10.20.605 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.605. Transacting business without certificate of authority as a bar to right to sue.

A foreign corporation transacting business in the state without a certificate of authority may not maintain an action, suit, or proceeding in a court of the state until it obtains a certificate of authority. A successor or assignee of a foreign corporation transacting business without a certificate of authority may not maintain an action, suit, or proceeding in a court of the state on a right, claim, or demand arising out of the transaction of business by the corporation in the state until a certificate of authority is obtained by the corporation or by a corporation that has acquired all or substantially all of its assets.
AK Stat § 10.20.610 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.610. Transacting business without certificate of authority not affecting validity of contract or act, and right to defend.

The failure of a foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in the state does not impair the validity of a contract or act of it, and does not prevent the corporation from defending an action, suit, or proceeding in a court of the state.
AK Stat § 10.20.615 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 6. Foreign Corporations.|Sec. 10.20.615. Liability to state for transacting business without certificate of authority.

A foreign corporation that transacts business in the state without a certificate of authority is liable to the state, for the years or portions of years during which it transacted business in the state without a certificate of authority, in an amount equal to all fees that would have been imposed by this chapter on the corporation if it had applied for and received a certificate of authority to transact business in the state as required by this chapter and filed all reports required by this chapter, plus all penalties imposed by this chapter for failure to pay the fees and a penalty of up to $5,000 per year or fraction of a year of operating without a certificate of authority. The attorney general shall bring proceedings to recover amounts due the state under this section.
AK Stat § 10.20.620 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Biennial Reports and Notices.|Sec. 10.20.620. Biennial report of domestic and foreign corporations.

Each domestic corporation and each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state shall file a biennial report within the time prescribed by this chapter. The information contained in the biennial report shall be given as of June 30 of the reporting year.
AK Stat § 10.20.625 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Biennial Reports and Notices.|Sec. 10.20.625. Contents of biennial report.

The biennial report must set out (1) the name of the corporation and the state or country where it is incorporated; (2) the address of the registered office of the corporation in the state, and the name of its registered agent in the state at that address, and, in the case of a foreign corporation, the address of its principal office in the state or country where it is incorporated; (3) a brief statement of the character of the business in which the corporation is engaged in the state; (4) the names and addresses of the directors and officers of the corporation; (5) the real and personal property assets of the corporation.
AK Stat § 10.20.630 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Biennial Reports and Notices.|Sec. 10.20.630. Filing of biennial report of domestic and foreign corporations.

(a) The biennial report of a domestic or foreign corporation must be delivered to the commissioner before July 2 of the reporting year. A domestic corporation filing its articles of incorporation and a foreign corporation receiving a certificate of authority during an even-numbered year must file the biennial report before July 2 of each even-numbered year. A corporation filing its articles of incorporation or receiving its certificate of authority during an odd-numbered year must file the biennial report before July 2 of each odd-numbered year. The biennial report is delinquent if not filed before August 1 of each odd or even year as provided in this section. Delinquent returns are subject to the penalty prescribed in AS 10.20.325. (b) [Repealed, § 48 ch 170 SLA 1976.] (c) Proof to the satisfaction of the commissioner that before August 1 the report was deposited in the United States mail in a sealed envelope, properly addressed, with postage prepaid, is compliance with (a) of this section. (d) Upon finding that the report conforms to the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall file it. Upon finding that it does not conform to the requirements of this chapter, the commissioner shall return it promptly to the corporation for necessary corrections. If the report is corrected to conform to the requirements of this chapter and returned to the commissioner in sufficient time to be filed before October 1 of the year in which it is due, the penalties for failure to file the report provided in AS 10.20.645 do not apply.
AK Stat § 10.20.631 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 7. Biennial Reports and Notices.|Sec. 10.20.631. Filing notice of change of officers or directors.

(a) In the event of a change of an officer or director during the year following the filing of the biennial report, the corporation must file a notice of change amending the report before July 2 of that year. (b) The notice must be filed in the office of the commissioner and must state the name and current address of a director or officer not stated in the corporation's last filed biennial report, and the name of the person replaced and the office held. The notice must be signed by an officer of the corporation.
AK Stat § 10.20.635 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 8. Fees and Charges.|Sec. 10.20.635. Department fees.

(a) The commissioner shall establish by regulation and charge and collect fees for filing (1) articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of incorporation; (2) articles of amendment and issuing a certificate of amendment; (3) restated articles of incorporation and issuing a restated certificate of incorporation; (4) articles of merger or consolidation and issuing a certificate of merger or consolidation; (5) a statement of change of address of registered office or change of registered agent, or both; (6) articles of dissolution; (7) an application of a foreign corporation for a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state and issuing a certificate of authority; (8) an application of a foreign corporation for an amended certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state and issuing an amended certificate of authority; (9) a copy of an amendment to the articles of incorporation of a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state; (10) a copy of articles of merger of a foreign corporation holding a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state; (11) an application for withdrawal of a foreign corporation and issuing a certificate of withdrawal; (12) any other statement or report, including a biennial report, of a domestic or foreign corporation. (b) The department may by regulation charge each corporation subject to this chapter a fixed fee in place of the various fees specified in this chapter and for routine administrative services rendered to the corporation by the department.
AK Stat § 10.20.640 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 8. Fees and Charges.|Sec. 10.20.640. Fee for certified copies of instruments.

The fee for furnishing a certified copy of any instrument shall be established by the department by regulation.
AK Stat § 10.20.645 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 9. Penalties.|Sec. 10.20.645. Penalties imposed upon corporation.

(a) A domestic or foreign corporation that fails or refuses to file its biennial report for any required reporting period within the time prescribed by this chapter is subject to a penalty of $5 to be assessed by the commissioner. (b) A domestic or foreign corporation that fails or refuses to answer truthfully and fully within the time prescribed by this chapter interrogatories propounded by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
AK Stat § 10.20.650 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 9. Penalties.|Sec. 10.20.650. Penalties imposed upon officers and directors.

Each officer and director of a domestic or foreign corporation who fails or refuses within the time prescribed by this chapter to answer truthfully and fully interrogatories propounded by the commissioner in accordance with this chapter, or who signs any articles, statement, report, application, or other document filed with the commissioner that is known to the officer or director to be false in any material respect, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a fine of not more than $500.
AK Stat § 10.20.655 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 10. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 10.20.655. Interrogatories by commissioner; certification to attorney general regarding violation.

(a) The commissioner may propound to a domestic or foreign corporation and to an officer or director of a domestic or foreign corporation those interrogatories reasonably necessary and proper for ascertaining whether the corporation has complied with the provisions of this chapter. (b) The interrogatories shall be answered within 30 days after mailing, or within the additional time fixed by the commissioner, and the answers shall be full and complete, in writing and under penalty of unsworn falsification in the second degree under AS 11.56.210. If the interrogatories are directed to an individual, they shall be answered by that individual and, if directed to a corporation, they shall be answered by the president, vice-president, secretary, or assistant secretary of the corporation. (c) The commissioner need not file the document to which the interrogatories relate until the interrogatories are properly answered and need not then file the document if the answers disclose that the document does not conform to the provisions of this chapter. (d) The commissioner shall certify to the attorney general, for appropriate action, all interrogatories and answers that disclose a violation of this chapter.
AK Stat § 10.20.660 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 10. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 10.20.660. Disclosure of interrogatories, answers, and information.

Interrogatories and answers are not open to public inspection and the commissioner may not disclose facts or information obtained from the interrogatories except as an official duty of the commissioner requires or if the interrogatories or the answers are required for evidence in criminal proceedings or other action by the state.
AK Stat § 10.20.665 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 10. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 10.20.665. Notice of and appeal from disapproval of document.

If the commissioner fails to approve articles of incorporation, amendment, merger, consolidation, or dissolution, or any other document required by this chapter to be approved, the commissioner, within 10 days after delivery of the document to the commissioner, shall give written notice of disapproval to the person or corporation, domestic or foreign, delivering the document, specifying the reasons for disapproval. The person or corporation may appeal from the disapproval to the superior court by filing with the clerk of the court a petition setting out a copy of the document sought to be filed and a copy of the written disapproval. The matter shall be tried de novo by the superior court, which shall either sustain the action of the commissioner or direct the commissioner to take action the court considers proper.
AK Stat § 10.20.670 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 10. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 10.20.670. Appeal from revocation of certificate of authority.

If the commissioner revokes the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in the state under this chapter, the foreign corporation may appeal to the superior court by filing with the clerk of the court a petition setting out a copy of its certificate of authority and a copy of the notice of revocation given by the commissioner. The matter shall be tried de novo by the superior court, and the court shall either sustain the action of the commissioner or direct the commissioner to take action the court considers proper.
AK Stat § 10.20.673 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 10. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 10.20.673. Cancellation of filings.

The provisions in AS 10.06 (Alaska Corporations Code) relating to the cancellation of certain corporate filings apply to nonprofit corporations.
AK Stat § 10.20.675 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 10. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 10.20.675. Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence.

Certificates issued by the commissioner in accordance with this chapter, and copies of documents filed in the commissioner's office in accordance with the provisions of this chapter when certified by the commissioner, are prima facie evidence of the facts stated. A certificate by the commissioner under the seal of the state as to the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to corporations that do not appear from a certified copy of these documents or certificates is prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts stated.
AK Stat § 10.20.680 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 10. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 10.20.680. Use of forms furnished by the commissioner.

All reports required by this chapter to be filed with the department or the commissioner must be on forms prescribed and furnished by the commissioner. Forms for all other documents to be filed in the office of the department or the commissioner shall be furnished by the commissioner on request, but their use, unless required in this chapter, is not mandatory.
AK Stat § 10.20.685 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 10. Corporations and Associations|Chapter 20. Alaska Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 10. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 10.20.685. Greater voting or concurrence requirements.

When, with respect to any action to be taken by the members or directors of a corporation, the articles of incorporation or bylaws require the vote or concurrence of a greater proportion of the directors or members or any class of members than required by this chapter, the provisions of the articles of incorporation or bylaws control.