§ 617.1505, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 617. NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS
Effect of certificate of authority.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) Unless the department determines that an application for a certificate of authority does not comply with the filing requirements of this chapter, upon payment of all filing fees, a certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to which it is issued to conduct its affairs in this state subject, however, to the right of the department to suspend or revoke the certificate as provided in this chapter.
(2) A foreign corporation with a valid certificate of authority has the same but no greater rights and has the same but no greater privileges as, and except as otherwise provided by this chapter is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties, and liabilities now or later imposed on, a domestic corporation of like character.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 95, ch. 90-179; s. 88, ch. 2026-168.
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