Filing requirements; required provisions of application for registration. Before transacting business in this State, a foreign limited-liability company must register with the Secretary of State. In order to register, a foreign limited-liability company must submit to the Secretary of State an application for registration as a foreign limited-liability company, signed by a manager of the company or, if management is not vested in a manager, a member of the company and a signed certificate of acceptance of a resident agent. The application for registration must set forth:
1. The name of the foreign limited-liability company and, if different, the name under which it proposes to register and transact business in this State;
2. The state and date of its formation;
3. The name and address of the resident agent in this State whom the foreign limited-liability company elects to appoint;
4. A statement that the Secretary of State is appointed the agent of the foreign limited-liability company for service of process if the authority of the resident agent has been revoked, or if the resident agent has resigned or cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence;
5. The address of the office required to be maintained in the state of its organization by the laws of that state or, if not so required, of the principal office of the foreign limited-liability company;
6. The name and business address of each manager or, if management is not vested in a manager, each member; and
7. The address of the office at which is kept a list of the names and addresses of the members and their capital contributions, together with an undertaking by the foreign limited-liability company to keep those records until the registration in this State of the foreign limited-liability company is cancelled or withdrawn.
Last modified: February 26, 2006