(805 ILCS 105/104.25) (from Ch. 32, par. 104.25)

Sec. 104.25. Registered name of foreign corporation. Any foreign corporation not conducting affairs in this State and not authorized to conduct affairs in this State may register its corporate name, provided its corporate name is available for use as determined by the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(a) Such registration shall be made:

(1) By executing and filing in accordance with Section 101.10 of this Act:

(i) An application for registration, stating the name of the corporation, the state or place under the laws of which it is incorporated, the date of its incorporation, a brief statement of the affairs which it is conducting or plans to conduct, the post office address of the corporation to which the Secretary of State may mail notices as required or permitted by this Act and that it desires to register its name under this Section; and

(ii) A certificate setting forth that such corporation is in good standing under the laws of the state or place wherein it is organized executed by the Secretary of State of such state or by such other public official as may have custody of the records pertaining to corporations; and

(2) By paying to the Secretary of State the fee prescribed by this Act.

(b) Such registration shall be effective from the date of filing by the Secretary of State until the first day of the 12th month following such date.

(c) Such registration may be renewed from year to year by filing an application for renewal setting forth the facts required in an original application for registration and a certificate of good standing as required for the original registration and by paying the fee prescribed by this Act within 60 days immediately preceding the first day of the 12th month following the date of filing the original registration or prior renewal. Such renewal shall extend the registration for 12 months, to expire on the first day of the month in which the original registration was filed the next year.

(d) Any foreign corporation which has in effect a registration of its corporate name may cancel such registration at any time by filing an application for cancellation in the same manner and setting forth the same facts required to be set forth in an original registration and paying the fee prescribed by this Act.

(e) The Secretary of State may cancel any registration if, after a hearing, he or she finds that the application therefor or any renewal thereof was made contrary to this Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-1423.)