Nevada § 86.544 - Filing requirements; prohibition against registration for certain illegal purposes; required provisions of application for registration
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 86.544 — Filing requirements; prohibition against registration for certain illegal purposes; required provisions of application for registration, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 86.544. Filing requirements; prohibition against registration for certain illegal purposes; required provisions of application for registration
1. Before transacting business in this State, a foreign limited-liability company
must register with the Secretary of State. A person shall not register a foreign limited-liability company with the Secretary
of State for any illegal purpose or with the fraudulent intent to conceal any business
activity, or lack thereof, from another person or a governmental agency. 2. In order to register, a foreign limited-liability company must submit to the Secretary
of State an application for registration as a foreign limited-liability company, signed
by a manager of the company or, if management is not vested in a manager, a member
of the company, or by some other person specifically authorized by the foreign limited-liability
company to sign the application. The application for registration must set forth: (a) The name of the foreign limited-liability company and, if different, the name
under which it proposes to register and transact business in this State; (b) The jurisdiction and date of its formation; (c) A declaration of the existence of the foreign limited-liability company and that
the foreign limited-liability company is in good standing in the jurisdiction in which
it was formed; (d) The information required pursuant to NRS 77.310 ; (e) A statement that the Secretary of State is appointed the agent of the foreign
limited-liability company for service of process if the authority of the registered
agent has been revoked, or if the registered agent has resigned or cannot be found
or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence; (f) The address of the office required to be maintained in the state of its organization
by the laws of that state or, if not so required, of the principal office of the foreign
limited-liability company; (g) The name and business address of each manager or, if management is not vested
in a manager, each member; (h) The address of the office at which is kept a list of the names and addresses of
the members and their capital contributions, together with an undertaking by the foreign
limited-liability company to keep those records until the registration in this State
of the foreign limited-liability company is cancelled or withdrawn; and (i) If the foreign limited-liability company has one or more series of members and
if the debts or liabilities of a series are enforceable against the assets of that
series only and not against the assets of the company generally or another series,
a statement to that effect.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 86.544 ("Filing requirements; prohibition against registration for certain illegal purposes; required provisions of application for registration") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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