Chapter 55D Filings, Names, and Registered Agents for Corporations, Nonprofit Corporations, and Partnerships
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Article 2 - Submission of Documents to the Secretary of State for Filing.
- § 55D-10 Filing requirements
(a) To be entitled to filing by the Secretary of State under Chapter 55, 55A, 55B, 57C, or 59 of the General Statutes, a document...
- § 55D-11 Expedited filings
A person submitting a document for filing may request an expedited filing only at the time the document is submitted. The Secretary of State shall...
- § 55D-12 Advisory review of documents
Upon request, the Secretary of State shall review a document prior to its submission for filing to determine whether it satisfies applicable filing requirements. Submission...
- § 55D-13 Effective time and date of document
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and in G.S. 55D‑14, a document accepted for filing is effective: (1) At the time...
- § 55D-14 Correcting filed document
(a) A person on whose behalf a document was filed in the Office of the Secretary of State may correct that document if it (i)...
- § 55D-15 Filing duty of Secretary of State
(a) If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of this Chapter and of Chapter 55,...
- § 55D-16 Appeal from Secretary of State's refusal to file document
(a) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document delivered to the Secretary of State's office for filing, the person on whose behalf...
- § 55D-17 Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document
A certificate attached to a copy of a document filed by the Secretary of State, bearing the Secretary of State's signature and the seal of...
- § 55D-18 Penalty for signing false document
(a) A person commits an offense if the person signs a document the person knows is false in any material respect with intent that the...
- § 55D-19 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 3 - Names.
- § 55D-20 Name requirements
(a) In addition to the requirements of any other applicable section of the General Statutes: (1) The name of a corporation must contain the word...
- § 55D-21 Entity names on the records of the Secretary of State; availability
(a) The following entities are subject to this section: (1) Domestic corporations, nonprofit corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, and registered limited liability partnerships. (2)...
- § 55D-22 Names of foreign entities
(a) If the name of a foreign corporation, foreign nonprofit corporation, foreign limited liability company, foreign limited partnership, or foreign limited liability partnership does not...
- § 55D-23 Reserved name
(a) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a name for an entity, including a fictitious name for a foreign corporation, foreign nonprofit corporation,...
- § 55D-24 Registered name
(a) A foreign corporation, foreign nonprofit corporation, foreign limited liability company, foreign limited partnership, or foreign limited liability partnership may register its name, or its...
- § 55D-25 Reserved and registered names; powers of the Secretary of State
The Secretary of State may revoke any reservation or registration of a name if the Secretary of State: (1) Gives written notice by registered or...
- § 55D-26 Real property records
(a) A certificate issued by the Secretary of State as described in subsection (b) of this section must be recorded when: (1) The name of...
- § 55D-27 through 55D-29 Reserved for future codification purposes
Article 4 - Registered Office and Registered Agent.
- § 55D-30 Registered office and registered agent required
(a) Each domestic corporation, nonprofit corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, and limited liability partnership, each foreign limited liability partnership maintaining a statement of foreign...
- § 55D-31 Change of registered office or registered agent
(a) An entity required to maintain a registered office and registered agent under G.S. 55D‑30 may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering...
- § 55D-32 Resignation of registered agent
(a) The registered agent of an entity may resign by signing and filing with the Secretary of State a statement of resignation which may include...
- § 55D-33 Service on entities
(a) Service of process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served on an entity may be served on the registered agent...
