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State of Rhode Island This legal document
Department of State - Business Services Division should be typed.
All illegible
documents
Instructions for Filing will be REJECTED.
Application for Amended Certificate of Authority
Section 7-1.2-1411 of the General Laws of Rhode Island, 1956, as amended
The attached form is designed to meet minimal statutory filing requirements pursuant to the relevant statutory provision.
This form and the information provided are not substitutes for the advice and services of an attorney and/or tax specialist.
All filings are public records under RIGL 38-2-1, et seq. This means all information is available to the public by a variety of
methods including, without limitations, inspections at our office, telephone inquiries and electronically through our online database.
How to complete the form:
1. List the entity’s ID number. The ID number can be found issue, itemized by class and series if applicable. Include
by looking up your entity in the Corporate Database. a $10 filing fee with the statement.
2. List the name of the corporation. The entity name can be Complete sections 8a and 8b in the following manner:
verified through our Corporate Database. a. List the percentage of the corporation’s property to be
3. List the state or country under whose laws the located in Rhode Island (obtained from worksheet).
corporation was incorporated. b. List the percentage of the corporation’s total business
4. List the date the RI Department of State issued the that will be conducted in Rhode Island (obtained from
Certificate of Authority. worksheet).
5. If the entity’s name has changed, state the new name. 9. This section acknowledges that the entity has paid all
You may check name availability on our website. If required fees and taxes.
there is no change to the entity name, check the box to 10. This section acknowledges that except as herein
indicate no change. modified, the original Application for Certificate of
6. Complete section 6 ONLY if you will be conducting Authority continues in full force and effect and is hereby
business under a different name in Rhode Island. If the confirmed, ratified and incorporated by reference into this
name of your corporation does not include the words Application for Amended Certificate of Authority.
“corporation,” “company,” “incorporated,” “limited,” 11. Check “Date received” unless you prefer that the
or one of these abbreviations: “inc.,” “co.,” “corp.,” Application go into effect at a later date than when it is
or “ltd”, you MUST complete section 6(a). received in this office. Any later date must be within 90
a. ONLY complete section 6(a) if your entity’s name days of filing.
does not does not include the words “corporation,” 12. An Authorized Officer MUST sign and date the form.
“company,” “incorporated,” “limited,” or one of these
abbreviations: “inc.,” “co.,” “corp.,” or “ltd.” To
complete section 6(a) re-write the name so that it
includes one of these words or abreviations. How to complete the worksheet:
b. Complete section 6(b) if the new name is unavailable This section is to be completed to obtain the percentages
for use in Rhode Island. If this is the case, you must required in sections 8a and 8b on the form.
also file a Fictitious Business Name Statement, Form
1. Complete sections 1a, 1b and 1c in the folowing manner:
624A, attached to this application. The Fictitious
Business Name Statement has a $50 filing fee. a. State the estimated value of ALL property owned by
the corporation, regardless of its location.
7. If the entity’s purpose is changing, state so. If there is
not a change to the purpose check the box to indicate no b. State the estimated value of the property owned by
change. the corporation that will be located in Rhode Island.
8. If there is an increase of authorized shares, list the total
number of shares the corporation has the authority to c. Estimate the percentage of the corporation’s
issue, itemized by class and series if applicable. The property to be located in Rhode Island.
filing fee for an increase in authorized shares is $235.
If there is not a change to the total authorized shares,
check the box to indicate no change. If there is a
decrease in the authorized shares, DO NOT complete
this form. To decrease the number of total authorized
shares, you must submit to this office a statement listing
the number of shares the corporation has authority to
FORM 151 - Revised: 3/2024
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