(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.
Structure 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
§ 4-33-1502. Consequences of transacting business without authority
§ 4-33-1503. Application for certificate of authority
§ 4-33-1504. Amended certificate of authority
§ 4-33-1505. Effect of certificate of authority
§ 4-33-1506. Corporate name of foreign corporation
§ 4-33-1507. Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation
§ 4-33-1508. Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign corporation
§ 4-33-1509. Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation