CHAPTER 219

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 12-
41.1, relating to certain duties to be performed by the clerk of the
Corporation Commission, upon request, and the fees therefor. an)

Approved March 10, 1962

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia be amended by adding a section numbered
12-41.1, as follows: ;

§ 12-41.1. The clerk of the Commission shall, when requested, certify
any one or more of the following facts:

(1) That a named domestic corporation is organized and existing
under and by virtue of the laws of Virginia and is in good standing. By
“in good standing” is meant that the corporation has paid all registration
fees and franchise taxes due from it and that an annual report delivered
by it to the Commission has been filed by the Commission within the pre-
ceding fourteen months.

(2) That a named foreign corporation of a named state is authorized
to do business in Virginia.

3) That a named domestic corporation has been dissolved, together
with the date of dissolution and the reason for the dissolution.

(4) That a named domestic corporation has filed a statement of in-
tent to dissolve, together with the date thereof, and whether or not vol-
untary dissolution proceedings have been revoked.

(5) That a named domestic corporation that was automatically dis-
solved has been reinstated, together with the dates thereof.

(6) That a named foreign corporation of a named state is not author-
ized to do business in Virginia; and, if it was previously authorized to do
business in Virginia, the date when it ceased to be so authorized, and the
reason therefor.

(7) That a name alleged or supposed to be the name of a corporation
is not the name of a domestic corporation or of a foreign corporation au-
thorized to do business in Virginia.

(8) The names and addresses of the officers and directors of a cor-
poration contained in its annual report of a particular date.

(9) The name and address of the registered agent and registered
office of a corporation, together with the date of his appointment.

(10) The name and address of a former registered agent and regis-
tered office of a corporation, together with the date of his appointment and
the date when the corporation filed a statement appointing a new registered
agent.

(11) That a particular security has or has not been registered for sale
in Virginia pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act.

(12) That a statement or other document required or permitted by
law to be filed in the office of the clerk of the Commission has not been filed
in his office.

(13) The existence or nonexistence of any other fact appearing from
the official records of the Commission, unless the disclosure of such fact is
forbidden by law.

The certificate shall be signed by the clerk or the first assistant clerk
or an assistant clerk and shall be sealed with the seal of the Commission.
When so sealed, the certificate shall be admitted in evidence in all cases,
civil and criminal, as prima facie evidence of the facts contained in it.

The clerk shall charge and collect a fee of three dollars for each cer-
tificate, which fee includes the tax on the seal. If a certificate requires more
than two pages, there shall be an additional fee of $1.00 for each page in
excess of two.