Ohio Revised Code Chapter 1703 - Foreign Corporations

• Section 1703.01 - Foreign Corporation Definitions.
  As used in sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code: (A) "Domestic corporation" means a corporation incorporated under the laws of this state...
• Section 1703.02 - Corporations Excepted.
  Sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code do not apply to corporations engaged in this state solely in interstate commerce, including the installation,...
• Section 1703.03 - License Required.
  No foreign corporation not excepted from sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code, shall transact business in this state unless it holds an...
• Section 1703.031 - Notice Of Transaction Of Business.
  (A) If the laws of the United States prohibit, preempt, or otherwise eliminate the licensing requirement of sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised...
• Section 1703.04 - Application For License.
  (A) To procure a license to transact business in this state, a foreign corporation for profit shall file with the secretary of state a...
• Section 1703.041 - Designated Agent.
  (A) Every foreign corporation for profit that is licensed to transact business in this state, and every foreign nonprofit corporation that is licensed to...
• Section 1703.05 - License Certificate.
  When the application of a foreign corporation for a license to transact business in this state has been accepted for filing and the filing...
• Section 1703.06 - Exclusive Use Of Name.
  Any person intending to organize a corporation under the laws of another state, or any foreign corporation intending to transact business in this state...
• Section 1703.07 - Certificate Of Merger Or Consolidation.
  If a foreign corporation has merged or consolidated with one or more foreign corporations, it shall file with the secretary of state a certificate...
• Section 1703.08 - Certificate Of Amendment To Articles.
  A foreign corporation shall file a certificate of amendment with the secretary of state if, in amending its articles of incorporation, it modifies any...
• Section 1703.09 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-29-1997
• Section 1703.10 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 06-30-1997
• Section 1703.11 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-29-1997
• Section 1703.12 - Supplemental License Certificate.
  Upon the filing of an amendment by a foreign corporation increasing its number of authorized shares in this state, the secretary of state shall...
• Section 1703.13 - Temporary License.
  Any foreign corporation which would be entitled to make application for and procure a license to transact business in this state under sections 1703.01...
• Section 1703.14 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 09-29-1997
• Section 1703.15 - Cancellation Of License.
  No foreign corporation shall transact in this state any business that could not be lawfully transacted by a domestic corporation. Whenever the secretary of...
• Section 1703.16 - Expiration Or Cancellation Not To Affect Pending Actions.
  The expiration or cancellation of a license of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state shall not affect any pending action upon...
• Section 1703.17 - Surrender Of License.
  (A) A foreign corporation may surrender its license to transact business in this state in the manner provided in this section. (B) A certificate...
• Section 1703.18 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 10-11-1955
• Section 1703.19 - Service Of Process On Secretary Of State.
  The secretary of state shall be the agent of any foreign corporation licensed to do business in this state, upon whom process against it...
• Section 1703.191 - Service Of Process On Secretary Of State In Action Against Unlicensed Foreign Corporation.
  Any foreign corporation required to be licensed under sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code, which transacts business in this state without being...
• Section 1703.20 - Freedom From Attachment.
  A foreign corporation holding an unexpired and uncanceled license under section 1703.01 to 1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall not be subject to...
• Section 1703.21 - Evidence.
  The license certificate, and any supplemental license certificate, issued under section 1703.01 to 1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, to a foreign corporation, or...
• Section 1703.22 - Recording Of Amendment And Certificate For Change Of Name.
  An amendment changing the name of a foreign corporation may be filed for record with the county recorder of any county when accompanied by...
• Section 1703.23 - Notice To Foreign Corporations.
  Except as otherwise expressly provided in section 1703.01 to 1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, any notice, statement, certificate, or decision required or permitted...
• Section 1703.24 - Secretary Of State To Keep Records And Make Monthly Report To Tax Commissioner.
  The secretary of state shall keep a record of all foreign corporations licensed to transact business in this state. Once a month the secretary...
• Section 1703.25 - Action To Recover Fees Paid Under Protest.
  If any fees required to be paid under sections 1703.01 to 1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, are paid under protest, if an action...
• Section 1703.26 - Appeals.
  A foreign corporation licensed before the effective date of this amendment and having authority on that date to transact business in this state may...
• Section 1703.27 - Foreign Nonprofit Corporations.
  No foreign nonprofit corporation shall exercise its corporate privileges in this state in a continual course of transactions until it has first procured from...
• Section 1703.28 - Forfeiture For Transacting Business Without License.
  Any foreign corporation required to be licensed under sections 1703.01 to 1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised Code, which transacts business in this state without...
• Section 1703.29 - Unlicensed Foreign Corporation Contracts Not Affected - Corporation Cannot Maintain An Action.
  (A) The failure of any corporation to obtain a license under sections 1703.01 to 1703.31 of the Revised Code, does not affect the validity...
• Section 1703.30 - Officer Of Unlicensed Foreign Corporation Shall Not Transact Business.
  No officer of a foreign corporation shall transact business in this state on its behalf, if such corporation is required by sections 1703.01 to...
• Section 1703.31 - Registration Of Corporate Name.
  (A) Any foreign corporation may register its corporate name, if its corporate name is available for use under division (D) of section 1703.04 of...
• Section 1703.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever violates section 1703.30 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Effective Date: 01-01-1974

Last modified: October 10, 2016