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303.06 APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.
    Subdivision 1. Contents. In order to procure a certificate of authority to transact business in
this state, a foreign corporation shall make application therefor to the secretary of state, which
application shall set forth:
(1) the name of the corporation and the state or country under the laws of which it is
organized;
(2) if the name of the corporation does not comply with section 303.05, then the name
which it agrees to use in this state;
(3) the address of its proposed registered office in this state and the name of its proposed
registered agent in this state;
(4) that it irrevocably consents to the service of process upon it as set forth in section 5.25, or
any amendment thereto; and
(5) a statement that the officers executing the application have been duly authorized so to do
by the board of directors of the corporation.
    Subd. 2. Forms. Such application shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the
secretary of state, and shall be executed by its president, vice-president, secretary, or assistant
secretary, and delivered to the secretary of state with a certificate of existence from the filing
officer in the state, province, or country of incorporation.
History: (7495-5) 1935 c 200 s 5; 1965 c 97 s 2; 1984 c 618 s 20; 1988 c 682 s 13; 1995
c 128 art 1 s 8

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