Alaska Statutes Title 10, Chapter 10.20, Article 06 - Foreign Corporations

• Sec. 10.20.455 Certificate of Authority Required.
  A foreign nonprofit corporation may not transact business in the state until it has procured a certificate of authority from the commissioner. A foreign...
• Sec. 10.20.460 Activities Not Constituting Transacting Business in the State.
  Without excluding other activities which may not constitute transacting business in the state, a foreign corporation does not transact business in the state by...
• Sec. 10.20.465 Equal Status As Domestic Corporations.
  A foreign corporation that has received a certificate of authority enjoys the same, but no greater, rights and privileges as a domestic corporation organized...
• Sec. 10.20.470 Corporate Name of Foreign Corporation.
  A certificate of authority may not be issued to a foreign corporation unless the corporate name of the corporation(1) does not contain a word...
• Sec. 10.20.471 Assumed Corporate Name.
  When a foreign corporation, applying for a certificate of authority, has a name that is not available for use by the foreign corporation under...
• Sec. 10.20.475 Change of Name by Foreign Corporation.
  When a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state changes its name to one under which a certificate of authority would not...
• Sec. 10.20.480 Application for Certificate of Authority.
  To procure a certificate of authority to transact business in the state, a foreign corporation shall file an application in duplicate with the commissioner.
• Sec. 10.20.485 Contents of Application.
  The application must set out(1) the name of the corporation and the state or country under the laws of which it is incorporated;(2) the...
• Sec. 10.20.490 Form and Execution of Application.
  The application must be on forms prescribed and furnished by the commissioner and shall be executed in duplicate by the corporation by its president...
• Sec. 10.20.495 Filing of Application for Certificate of Authority.
  (a) Upon finding that the application conforms to law, the commissioner shall, when all fees prescribed in this chapter have been paid(1) endorse on...
• Sec. 10.20.500 Effect of Certificate of Authority.
  Upon the issuance of a certificate of authority by the commissioner, the corporation may transact business in the state for the purpose set out...
• Sec. 10.20.505 Registered Office and Registered Agent of Foreign Corporation.
  Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state shall have and continuously maintain in the state a registered(1) office which may be,...
• Sec. 10.20.510 List of Foreign Corporations and Registered Offices and Agents.
  The commissioner shall provide each clerk of the superior court with a current list of the names of all foreign corporations, the address of...
• Sec. 10.20.515 Change of Registered Office or Registered Agent of Foreign Corporation.
  A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state may change its registered office or change its registered agent, or both, upon filing...
• Sec. 10.20.520 Execution, Filing, and Effective Date of Statement.
  The statement shall be executed by the corporation by its president or a vice-president and delivered to the commissioner. Upon finding that the statement...
• Sec. 10.20.525 Service of Process on Foreign Corporation.
  The registered agent appointed by a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state shall be an agent of the corporation upon whom...
• Sec. 10.20.530 Service on Commissioner.
  When a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state, or not authorized to transact business in the state but doing so, fails...
• Sec. 10.20.535 Records of Commissioner.
  The commissioner shall keep a record of all processes, notices, or demands served under AS 10.20.525 and 10.20.530, and shall record the time of...
• Sec. 10.20.540 Procedure Not Exclusive.
  Nothing in AS 10.20.525 - 10.20.535 limits or affects the right to serve any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to...
• Sec. 10.20.545 Amendment of Articles of Incorporation of Foreign Corporation.
  When the articles of incorporation of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state are amended, the foreign corporation shall, within 30...
• Sec. 10.20.550 Merger of Foreign Corporation Authorized to Transact Business in the State.
  When a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state is a party to a statutory merger permitted by the laws of the...
• Sec. 10.20.555 When Amended Certificate of Authority Required.
  A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state shall procure an amended certificate of authority if it changes its corporate name, or...
• Sec. 10.20.560 Withdrawal of Foreign Corporation.
  A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the state may withdraw from the state upon procuring from the commissioner a certificate of withdrawal....
• Sec. 10.20.565 Contents of Application for Withdrawal.
  The application for withdrawal must set out(1) the name of the corporation and the state or country where it is incorporated;(2) that the corporation...
• Sec. 10.20.570 Form and Execution of Application for Withdrawal.
  The application for withdrawal shall be made on forms prescribed and furnished by the commissioner and shall be executed by the corporation by its...
• Sec. 10.20.575 Filing of Application for Withdrawal.
  (a) Duplicate originals of the application for withdrawal shall be delivered to the commissioner. Upon finding that the application conforms to the provisions of...
• Sec. 10.20.580 Effect of Certificate of Withdrawal.
  Upon the issuance of the certificate of withdrawal, the authority of the corporation to transact business in the state ceases.
• Sec. 10.20.585 Grounds for Revocation of Certificate of Authority.
  The certificate of authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in the state may be revoked by the commissioner when(1) the corporation fails...
• Sec. 10.20.590 Limitations on Revocation of Certificate of Authority.
  The commissioner may not revoke a certificate of authority of a foreign corporation unless(1) the commissioner has given the corporation at least 60 days'...
• Sec. 10.20.595 Issuance of Certificate of Revocation.
  Upon revoking a certificate of authority, the commissioner shall(1) issue a certificate of revocation in duplicate;(2) file one of the certificates in the commissioner's...
• Sec. 10.20.600 Effect of Certificate of Revocation.
  Upon the issuance of the certificate of revocation, the authority of the corporation to transact business in the state ceases.
• Sec. 10.20.605 Transacting Business Without Certificate of Authority As a Bar to Right to Sue.
  A foreign corporation transacting business in the state without a certificate of authority may not maintain an action, suit, or proceeding in a court...
• Sec. 10.20.610 Transacting Business Without Certificate of Authority Not Affecting Validity of Contract or Act, and Right to Defend.
  The failure of a foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in the state does not impair the validity of...
• Sec. 10.20.615 Liability to State for Transacting Business Without Certificate of Authority.
  A foreign corporation that transacts business in the state without a certificate of authority is liable to the state, for the years or portions...

Last modified: November 15, 2016