Corporate name of foreign corporation

Va. Code Ann. § 13.1-924
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A. No certificate of authority shall be issued to a foreign corporation unless the corporate name of such foreign corporation satisfies the requirements of § 13.1-829 . B. If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not satisfy the requirements of § 13.1-829 , to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority to transact business in the Commonwealth, if its real name is unavailable, the foreign corporation may use a designated name that is available, and that satisfies the requirements of § 13.1-829 , if it informs the Commission of the designated name. Code 1950, §§ 13.1-267, 13.1-268, 13.1-277; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 1986, cc. 232, 571; 2003, c. 592 ; 2005, c. 379 ; 2007, c. 925 ; 2012, c. 63 .
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/13.1-924/Fetched: 10/16/2026

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