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West Virginia Adds Chapters to House Bill 2899


 West Virginia has added two new chapters to its Code, effective October 1, 2002. House Bill 2899 adds Chapter 31E, titled West Virginia Nonprofit Corporation Act and Senate Bill 2004 repeals Article 1 of Chapter 31 and replaces it by adding Chapter 31D, titled West Virginia Business Corporation Act. The West Virginia Secretary of State has provided us with a list of some of the substantive changes to the current law, focusing specifically on the filing procedures (see attachment).

The State has updated their forms to correspond to these changes. The revised forms are:

NR-1 Name Reservation;

NR-2 Name Registration;

AAO Agent, Officer, Address Change

Corporations-Domestic

CD-1 Articles of Incorporation;

CD-1NP Articles of Incorporation with Nonprofit Attachment;

CD-2 Amendment to Articles

CD-3 Nonprofit 501c3 Amendment;

CD-6 Articles of Dissolution;

CD-7 Dissolution for Corporation Never Commencing Business;

CD-8 Revocation of Dissolution

Corporation-Foreign

CF-1 Application for Certificate of Authority;

CF-2 Application for Exemption to Certificate of Authority;

CF-4 Amendment to Certificate of Authority;

CF-5 Withdrawal.

CSC will have these new forms on IncSpot, effective October 1, 2002. If you are working on a project in West Virginia that will not be filed until October 1 or later, please wait until October 1st to complete the form. The Secretary of State West Virginia has inmformed CSC that they will not accept the old forms after September 30, 2002.

Click here to view a shortened version that highlights the New Code Changes as provided by the Secretary of State West Virginia.