Current through Chapter 380 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 293-A:15.01 - Authority to Transact Business Required(a) A foreign corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the secretary of state.(b) The following activities, among others, do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of RSA 293-A:15.01(a):(1) maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding;(2) holding meetings of the board of directors or shareholders or carrying on other activities concerning internal corporate affairs;(3) maintaining bank accounts;(4) maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the corporation's own securities or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities;(5) selling through independent contractors;(6) soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts;(7) creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, and security interests in real or personal property;(8) securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts;(9) owning, without more, real or personal property;(10) conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within 30 days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature; or(11) transacting business in interstate commerce.(c) The list of activities in RSA 293-A:15.01(b) is not exhaustive.(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to preclude a determination that a foreign corporation is carrying on business activity within this state within the meaning of RSA 77-A:1I, XI.(e) Any so-called Massachusetts trust or business trust established by law of any other state, desiring to do business in this state, shall be deemed to be a foreign corporation and shall be required to register under and comply with the provisions of this subdivision.Entire chapter repealed and reenacted by 2013 , 142: 1, eff. 1/1/2014. 2013, 142 : 1 , eff. Jan. 1, 2014.