Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 23B Washington Business Corporation Act - Chapter 23B.01 General Provisions

• 23B.01.010 Short title
  This title shall be known and may be cited as the "Washington business corporation act."[1989 c 165 § 1.] ...
• 23B.01.020 Reservation of power to amend or repeal
  The legislature has power to amend or repeal all or part of this title at any time and all domestic and foreign corporations subject to ...
• 23B.01.200 Filing requirements
  (1) A record must satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section that adds to or varies from these requirements, to be ...
• 23B.01.202 Certificate of authority as insurance company -- Filing of records
  For those corporations that have a certificate of authority, are applying for, or intend to apply for a certificate of authority from the insurance commissioner ...
• 23B.01.210 Forms
  The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish on request, forms for: (1) An application for a certificate of existence; (2) a foreign corporation's application ...
• 23B.01.220 Fees
  (1) The secretary of state shall collect in accordance with the provisions of this title: (a) Fees for filing records and issuing certificates; (b) Miscellaneous ...
• 23B.01.230 Effective time and date of record
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section and RCW 23B.01.240(3), a record accepted for filing is effective on the date it is ...
• 23B.01.240 Correcting filed records
  (1) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a record filed by the secretary of state if the record (a) contains an incorrect statement; or ...
• 23B.01.250 Filing duty of secretary of state
  (1) If a record delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of RCW 23B.01.200, the secretary of state ...
• 23B.01.260 Judicial review of secretary of state's refusal to file a record
  If the secretary of state refuses to file a record received by the office for filing, the person submitting the record, in addition to any ...
• 23B.01.270 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed record
  A certificate bearing the manual or facsimile signature of the secretary of state and the seal of the state, when attached to or located on ...
• 23B.01.280 Certificate of existence or authorization
  (1) Any person may apply to the secretary of state to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authorization ...
• 23B.01.290 Penalty for signing false document
  Any person who signs a document such person knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the secretary ...
• 23B.01.300 Powers
  The secretary of state has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of the secretary of state by this title, including adoption, amendment, ...
• 23B.01.400 Definitions
  Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this title. (1) "Articles of incorporation" include amended and restated articles of ...
• 23B.01.410 Notice
  (1) Notice under this title must be provided in the form of a record, except that oral notice of any meeting of the board of ...
• 23B.01.420 Notice -- Common address -- Address defined -- Shareholder consent
  (1) A corporation has provided notice or any other record to shareholders of record who share a common address if all of the following requirements ...
• 23B.01.500 Domestic corporations -- Notice of due date for payment of annual license fee and filing annual report
  Not less than thirty nor more than ninety days prior to July 1st of each year or to the expiration date of any staggered yearly ...
• 23B.01.510 Foreign corporations -- Notice of due date for payment of annual license fee and filing annual report
  Not less than thirty nor more than ninety days prior to July 1st of each year or to the expiration date of any staggered yearly ...
• 23B.01.520 Domestic corporations -- Filing and initial license fees
  Every domestic corporation, except one for which existing law provides a different fee schedule, shall pay for filing of its articles of incorporation and its ...
• 23B.01.530 Domestic corporations -- Inactive corporation defined -- Annual license fee
  For the privilege of doing business, every corporation organized under the laws of this state, except the corporations for which existing law provides a different ...
• 23B.01.540 Foreign corporations -- Filing and license fees on qualification
  A foreign corporation doing an intrastate business or seeking to do an intrastate business in the state of Washington shall qualify so to do in ...
• 23B.01.550 Foreign corporations -- Annual license fees
  All foreign corporations doing intrastate business, or hereafter seeking to do intrastate business in this state shall pay for the privilege of doing such intrastate ...
• 23B.01.560 License fees for reinstated corporation
  (1) A corporation seeking reinstatement shall pay the full amount of all annual corporation license fees which would have been assessed for the license years ...
• 23B.01.570 Penalty for nonpayment of annual corporate license fees and failure to file a substantially complete annual report -- Payment of delinquent fees -- Rules
  In the event any corporation, foreign or domestic, fails to file a full and complete initial report under RCW 23B.02.050(4) and 23B.16.220(3) or does business ...
• 23B.01.580 Waiver of penalty fees
  The secretary of state may, where exigent or mitigating circumstances are presented, waive penalty fees due from any licensed corporation previously in good standing which ...
• 23B.01.590 Public service companies entitled to deductions
  The annual fee required to be paid to the Washington utilities and transportation commission by any public service corporation shall be deducted from the annual ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009