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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. If the entity is changing its principal place of business,
You may check name availability on our website. If indicate the new address. If there is no change to the
there is no change to the entity name, check the box to entity’s principal address, check the box to indicate no
indicate no change. change.
6. Complete section 6 ONLY if you will be conducting 10. This section acknowledges that the entity has paid all
business under a different name in Rhode Island. If the required fees and taxes.
name of your corporation does not include the words 11. This section acknowledges that except as herein
“corporation,” “company,” “incorporated,” “limited,” modified, the original Application for Certificate of
or one of these abbreviations: “inc.,” “co.,” “corp.,” Authority continues in full force and effect and is hereby
or “ltd”, you MUST complete section 6(a). confirmed, ratified and incorporated by reference into this
a. ONLY complete section 6(a) if your entity’s name Application for Amended Certificate of Authority.
does not does not include the words “corporation,” 12. Check “Date received” unless you prefer that the
“company,” “incorporated,” “limited,” or one of these Application go into effect at a later date than when it is
abbreviations: “inc.,” “co.,” “corp.,” or “ltd.” To received in this office. Any later date must be within 90
complete section 6(a) re-write the name so that it days of filing.
includes one of these words or abreviations. 13. An Authorized Officer MUST sign and date the form.
b. Complete section 6(b) if the new name is unavailable
for use in Rhode Island. If this is the case, you must
also file a Fictitious Business Name Statement, Form
624A, attached to this application. The Fictitious How to complete the worksheet:
Business Name Statement has a $50 filing fee. This section is to be completed to obtain the percentages
7. If the entity’s purpose is changing, state so. If there is required in sections 8a and 8b on the form.
not a change to the purpose check the box to indicate no
1. Complete sections 1a, 1b and 1c in the folowing manner:
change.
a. State the estimated value of ALL property owned by
8. If there is an increase of authorized shares, list the total
the corporation, regardless of its location.
number of shares the corporation has the authority to
issue, itemized by class and series if applicable. The b. State the estimated value of the property owned by
filing fee for an increase in authorized shares is $235. the corporation that will be located in Rhode Island.
If there is not a change to the total authorized shares,
check the box to indicate no change. If there is a c. Estimate the percentage of the corporation’s
decrease in the authorized shares, DO NOT complete property to be located in Rhode Island.
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: 12/2023
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