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2023 Florida Statutes (including 2023C)
SECTION 0902
Application for certificate of authority.
Application for certificate of authority.
605.0902 Application for certificate of authority.—
(1) A foreign limited liability company may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the department. A foreign limited liability company may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the department for filing. Such application must be made on forms prescribed by the department. The application must contain the following:
(a) The name of the foreign limited liability company and, if the name does not comply with s. 605.0112, an alternate name adopted pursuant to s. 605.0906.
(b) The name of the foreign limited liability company’s jurisdiction of formation.
(c) The principal office and mailing addresses of the foreign limited liability company.
(d) The name and street address in this state of, and the written acceptance by, the foreign limited liability company’s initial registered agent in this state.
(e) The name, title or capacity, and address of at least one person who has the authority to manage the foreign limited liability company.
(f) Additional information as may be necessary or appropriate in order to enable the department to determine whether the foreign limited liability company is entitled to file an application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state and to determine and assess the fees as prescribed in this chapter.
(2) A foreign limited liability company shall deliver with a completed application under subsection (1) a certificate of existence or a record of similar import signed by the Secretary of State or other official having custody of the foreign limited liability company’s publicly filed records in its jurisdiction of formation, dated not more than 90 days before the delivery of the application to the department.
(3) For purposes of complying with the requirements of this chapter, the department may require each individual series or cell of a foreign series limited liability company that transacts business in this state to make a separate application for certificate of authority, and to make such other filings as may be required for purposes of complying with the requirements of this chapter as if each such series or cell were a separate foreign limited liability company.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180.