New Jersey Statutes 42:2C-58. Application for certificate of authority; amendments to certificate of authority
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 42:2C-58
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
Before doing business in this State, a foreign limited liability company shall obtain a certificate of authority to transact business in this State.
a. A foreign limited liability company may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State by delivering an application to the filing office for filing. The application shall state:
(1) the name of the company and, if the name does not comply with section 8 of this act, an alternate name adopted pursuant to subsection a. of section 61 of this act;
(2) the name of the state or other jurisdiction under whose law the company is formed;
(3) the street and mailing addresses of the company’s principal office and, if the laws of the jurisdiction under which the company is formed require the company to maintain an office in that jurisdiction, the street and mailing addresses of the required office; and
(4) the name and street and mailing addresses of the company’s initial agent for service of process in this State.
b. If any statement in the application for a certificate of authority of a foreign limited liability company was false when made or any arrangements or other facts described have changed, making the application false in any respect, the foreign limited liability company shall promptly file in the filing office an amended application, executed by an authorized person, correcting the statement.
L.2012, c.50, s.58.