The original application for a certificate of authority shall be delivered to the secretary of state, together with a certificate of existence (or a document of similar import) duly acknowledged by the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose laws it is incorporated. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Office of the Secretary of State. If the document is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the Office of the Secretary of State may require one exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document.

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Source: SL 1965, ch 24, § 70; SL 1989, ch 393, § 35; SL 2012, ch 222, § 9.