Florida § 617.1504 - Amended certificate of authority.

§ 617.1504. Amended certificate of authority.

(1) A foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state shall make application to the department to obtain an amended certificate of authority if it changes: (a) Its corporate name; (b) The period of its duration; (c) The purpose or purposes which it intends to pursue in this state; (d) The jurisdiction of its incorporation; or (e) The name and street address in this state of the foreign corporation’s registered agent in this state, unless the change was timely made in accordance with s. 617.1508. (2) Such application must be made within 90 days after the occurrence of any change mentioned in subsection (1) on forms prescribed by the department, and must be executed and filed in the same manner as an original application for authority, and must set forth: (a) The name of the foreign corporation as it appears on the department’s records; (b) The jurisdiction of its incorporation; (c) The date it was authorized to conduct its affairs in this state; (d) If the name of the foreign corporation has changed, the name relinquished, the new name, a statement that the change of name has been effected under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, and the date the change was effected; (e) If the period of duration has changed, a statement of such change and the date the change was effected; (f) If the jurisdiction of incorporation has changed, a statement of such change and the date the change was effected; and (g) If the purposes that the foreign corporation intends to pursue in this state have changed, a statement of such new purposes, and a further statement that the foreign corporation is authorized to pursue such purposes in the jurisdiction of its incorporation. (3) The requirements of s. 617.1503 for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section unless the official having custody of the foreign corporation’s publicly filed records in its jurisdiction of incorporation did not require an amendment to effectuate the change on its records. (4) Subject to subsection (3), a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may make an application to the department to obtain an amended certificate of authority to add, remove, or change the name, title, capacity, or address of an officer or director of the foreign corporation.