§ 13.1-924 Corporate name of foreign corporation
A. No certificate of authority shall be issued to a foreign corporation unless the corporate name of such foreign corporation satisfies the requirements of § 13.1-829.
B. If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not satisfy the requirements of § 13.1-829, to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority to transact business in the Commonwealth, if its real name is unavailable, the foreign corporation may use a designated name that is available, and that satisfies the requirements of § 13.1-829, if it informs the Commission of the designated name.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1950, as §§ 13.1-267, 13.1-268, and 13.1-277. It has been modified 8 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 428; in 1975, chapter 500; in 1985, chapter 522; in 1986, chapters 232 and 571; in 2003, chapter 592; in 2005, chapter 379; in 2007, chapter 925; in 2012, chapter 63.
Code 1950, §§ 13.1-267, 13.1-268, 13.1-277; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 1986, cc. 232, 571; 2003, c. 592; 2005, c. 379; 2007, c. 925; 2012, c. 63.