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AR Code § 4-33-1501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part A - Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1501. Authority to transact business required

 (a) A foreign corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the Secretary of State.  (b) The following activities, among others, do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section:  (1) maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding;  (2) holding meetings of the board of directors or members or carrying on other activities concerning internal corporate affairs;  (3) maintaining bank accounts;  (4) maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of memberships or securities or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities;  (5) selling through independent contractors;  (6) soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts;  (7) creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, and security interests in real or personal property;  (8) securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts;  (9) owning, without more, real or personal property;  (10) conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within thirty (30) days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature;  (11) transacting business in interstate commerce.    (c) The list of activities in subsection (b) of this section is not exhaustive.
AR Code § 4-33-1502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part A - Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1502. Consequences of transacting business without authority

 (a) A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority.  (b) The successor to a foreign corporation that transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority and the assignee of a cause of action arising out of that business may not maintain a proceeding on that cause of action in any court in this state until the foreign corporation or its successor obtains a certificate of authority.  (c) A court may stay a proceeding commenced by a foreign corporation, its successor, or assignee until it determines whether the foreign corporation or its successor requires a certificate of authority. If it so determines, the court may further stay the proceeding until the foreign corporation or its successor obtains the certificate.  (d)  (1) A foreign corporation that transacts business in this state without a certificate of authority shall pay a civil penalty to the state not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each year and partial year during which it transacted business without a certificate of authority, beginning with the date it began transacting business in this state and ending on the date it obtains a certificate of authority.  (2)  (A) The civil penalty imposed by this subsection may be recovered in a suit brought by the Secretary of State.  (B)  (i) In addition to any civil penalty, if the court finds that a foreign corporation has transacted business in violation of this chapter, the court shall issue an injunction restraining the foreign corporation from any further transactions or the exercise of any rights and privileges in this state.  (ii) The injunction shall remain in effect until:  (a) All civil penalties and any interest and court costs assessed by the court have been paid; and  (b) The foreign corporation has complied with the provisions of this subchapter.          (e) The failure of a foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority does not impair the validity of its corporate acts or prevent it from defending any proceeding in this state.
AR Code § 4-33-1503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part A - Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1503. Application for certificate of authority

 (a) A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the Secretary of State. The application must set forth:  (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 § 4-33-1506;  (2) the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated;  (3) the date of incorporation and period of duration;  (4) the street address of its principal office;  (5) the information required by § 4-20-105(a);  (6) the names and usual business or home addresses of its current directors and officers;  (7) whether the foreign corporation has members; and  (8) whether the corporation, if it had been incorporated in this state, would be a public benefit, mutual benefit or religious corporation.    (b) The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of existence (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.
AR Code § 4-33-1504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part A - Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1504. 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;  (3) any of the information required by § 4-20-105(a); or  (4) the state or country of its incorporation.    (b) The requirements of § 4-33-1503 for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section.
AR Code § 4-33-1505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part A - Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1505. 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 rights and enjoys the same 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.
AR Code § 4-33-1506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part A - Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1506. Corporate name of foreign corporation

 (a) If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not satisfy the requirements of § 4-33-401, the foreign corporation, to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, may use a 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) Except as authorized by subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the corporate name (including a fictitious name) of a foreign corporation must be distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from:  (1) the corporate name of a nonprofit or business corporation incorporated or authorized to transact business in this state;  (2) a corporate name reserved or registered under § 4-33-402 or § 4-33-403 of this chapter or § 4-27-402 or § 4-27-403; and  (3) the fictitious name of another foreign business or nonprofit corporation authorized to transact business in this state.    (c) A foreign corporation may apply to the Secretary of State for authorization to use in this state the name of another corporation (incorporated or authorized to transact business in this state) that is not distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from the name applied for. The Secretary of State shall authorize use of the name applied for if:  (1) the other corporation consents to the use in writing and submits an undertaking in form satisfactory to the Secretary of State to change its name to a name that is distinguishable upon the records of the Secretary of State from the name of the applying corporation; or  (2) the applicant delivers to the Secretary of State a certified copy of a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to use the name applied for in this state.    (d) A foreign corporation may use in this state the name (including the fictitious name) of another domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation that is used in this state if the other corporation is incorporated or authorized to transact business in this state and the foreign corporation:  (1) has merged with the other corporation;  (2) has been formed by reorganization of the other corporation; or  (3) has acquired all or substantially all of the assets, including the corporate name, of the other corporation.    (e) If a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state changes its corporate name to one that does not satisfy the requirements of § 4-33-401, it shall not transact business in this state under the changed name until it adopts a name satisfying the requirements of § 4-33-401 and obtains an amended certificate of authority under § 4-33-1504.
AR Code § 4-33-1507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part A - Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1507. Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation

 Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state must continuously maintain in this state:   (1) a registered office with the same address as that of its registered agent; and  (2) a registered agent, who may be:  (i) an individual who resides in this state and whose office is identical with the registered office;  (ii) a domestic business or nonprofit corporation whose office is identical with the registered office; or  (iii) a foreign business or nonprofit corporation authorized to transact business in this state whose office is identical with the registered office.
AR Code § 4-33-1508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part A - Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1508. 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 office of its registered agent will be identical.    (b) If a registered agent changes the street address of its business office, the agent may change the address of the registered office of any foreign corporation for which the agent is the registered agent by notifying the corporation in writing of the change and signing (either manually or in facsimile) and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of change that complies with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.
AR Code § 4-33-1509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part A - Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1509. Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation

 (a) The registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign as agent by signing and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing the original and two (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 (1) 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, if known.  (c) The agency is terminated, and the registered office discontinued if so provided, on the thirty-first day after the date on which the statement was filed.
AR Code § 4-33-1510 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part A - Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1510. 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 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 § 4-33-1520; or  (3) has had its certificate of authority revoked under § 4-33-1531.    (c) Service is perfected under subsection (b) of this section 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 (5) 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.
AR Code § 4-33-1520 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part B - Withdrawal|§ 4-33-1520. 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 do business in this state;  (4) a mailing address to which the Secretary of State may mail a copy of any process served on him or her under subdivision (b)(3) of this section; and  (5) a commitment to notify the Secretary of State in the future of any change in the mailing address.    (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 post office address set forth in its application for withdrawal.
AR Code § 4-33-1530 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part C - Revocation of Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1530. Grounds for revocation

 (a) The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under § 4-33-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if:  (1) the foreign corporation does not pay within one hundred twenty (120) days after they are due any franchise taxes or penalties imposed by this chapter or other law;  (2) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for one hundred twenty (120) days or more;  (3) the foreign corporation does not inform the Secretary of State under § 4-33-1508 or § 4-33-1509 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued within ninety (90) days of the change, resignation, or discontinuance;  (4) an incorporator, director, officer, or agent of the foreign corporation signed a document such person knew was false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing;  (5) 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; or  (6) the corporation does not file the annual disclosure statement required under § 4-33-131 within sixty (60) days after it is due.    (b) The Attorney General may commence a proceeding under § 4-33-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if:  (1) the corporation has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by law; or  (2) the corporation would have been a public benefit corporation had it been incorporated in this state and that its corporate assets in this state are being fraudulently misapplied or wasted.
AR Code § 4-33-1531 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part C - Revocation of Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1531. Procedure and effect of revocation

 (a) The Secretary of State upon determining that one (1) or more grounds exist under § 4-33-1530 for revocation of a certificate of authority shall serve the foreign corporation with written notice of that determination under § 4-33-1510.  (b) The Attorney General upon determining that one or more grounds exist under § 4-33-1530(b) for revocation of a certificate of authority shall request the Secretary of State to serve, and the Secretary of State shall serve the foreign corporation with written notice of that determination under § 4-33-1510.  (c) 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 for revocation determined by the Secretary of State does not exist within sixty (60) days after service of the notice is perfected under § 4-33-1510, the Secretary of State may revoke the foreign corporation's certificate of authority by signing a certificate of revocation that recites the ground or grounds for revocation and its effective date. The Secretary of State shall file the original of the certificate and serve a copy on the foreign corporation under § 4-33-1510.  (d) 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.  (e) The Secretary of State's revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority appoints the Secretary of State the foreign corporation's agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action that arose during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact business in this state. Service of process on the Secretary of State under this subsection is service on the foreign corporation. Upon receipt of process, the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of the process to the secretary of the foreign corporation at its principal office shown in its application for a certificate of authority or in any subsequent communications received from the corporation stating the current mailing address of its principal office.  (f) Revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation.
AR Code § 4-33-1532 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 3 - Corporations and Associations|Chapter 33 - The Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act of 1993|Subchapter 15 - Foreign Corporations|Part C - Revocation of Certificate of Authority|§ 4-33-1532. Appeal from revocation

 (a) A foreign corporation may appeal the Secretary of State's revocation of its certificate of authority to the Circuit Court of Pulaski County within thirty (30) days after the service of the certificate of revocation is perfected under § 4-33-1510. 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.