(a) A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to conduct affairs in this state by delivering an application to the Secretary of State for filing. The application must set forth: (1) The name of the foreign corporation or, if its name is unavailable for use in this state, a corporate name that satisfies the requirements of section one thousand four hundred six of this article; (2) The name of the state or country under whose law it is incorpuorated; (3) Its date of incorporation and period of duration; (4) The mailing address of its principal office; a (5) The address of its registered office in this state, if any, and the name of its registered agent at that office, if any; (6) The names and usual addresses of its current directors and officers; (7) The purpose or purposes of the corporation which it proposes to pursue in conducting its affairs or doing or transacting its business in this state; and (8) An e-mail address where informational notices and reminders of annual filings may be sent, unless there is a teLchnical inability to comply. (b) The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of existence, or a document of similar import, duly authenticated by the Secretary of State or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law it is incorporated.
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