The Nebraska foreign corporation application for a certificate of authority

The form asks for name; fictitious name; state of incorporation; date of incorporation; period of duration; principal office; registered agent; registered office; effective date; signature, printed name and title. It also states that every filing must be signed by the chairperson of the board, the president or one of the officers, with an incorporator signing if the corporation is not yet formed and a fiduciary signing if it is in the hands of a receiver or trustee.

The corporation form wants a certificate of existence, or a paper of equal weight, authenticated by whoever holds the corporate records at home. Its age limit is 60 days, and the articles themselves, even certified, do not take its place.

The form has a block for each, with the state printed as NE and room for a post office box. An agent change later uses a separate form in which the street address of the registered office and of the agent must be identical.

A foreign nonprofit corporation files its own application under Nebraska's nonprofit corporation law. It asks for a certificate of good standing not more than 60 days old, the corporate type, which is public benefit, mutual benefit or religious, and whether the corporation has members. The fee is $25 online or $30 in the office. Leaving takes a certificate of withdrawal for $25 online, so entering and leaving costs $50 in state fees.

A corporation leaves by filing a certificate of withdrawal, $25 online or $30 in the office. The corporation states on it that its Nebraska business has ended, withdraws its agent's authority to accept service, and supplies a mailing address where later claims can reach it.

The application recites each officer's and director's name and street address. Verify them against the minute book, since an old website may be wrong. A mistaken title sits in the public record and takes a corrective filing to fix.