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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 an Amended Certificate of Authority for a Foreign Non-Proft Corporation
Section 7-6-82 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: How to pay the filing fee:
1. List the corporation’s ID number. The ID number can The filing fee is payable either by mail via check made
be found by looking up your entity in the Corporate payable to RI Department of State or in person via cash,
Database. credit card, or check at the Business Services Division, 148
2. List the name of the corporation. The entity name can be W. River Street, Ste. 1, Providence, RI 02904. Contact our
verified through our Corporate Database. office at (401) 222-3040 for further information.
3. List the date the RI Department of State issued the
Certificate of Authority. This date can be verified through How to confirm your filing:
our Corporate Database. Entity records are retrievable and viewable through our
4. If the entity’s name has changed, state the new name. website. Successful filings will NOT result in a mailed
The new name must match the name on your Certificate confirmation. Filings that cannot be processed will be posted
of Good Standing/Letter of Status from the state or online and then returned. To confirm your submission and
country of formation, which must be attached to this obtain evidence of your filing:
form. The Certificate of Good Standing/Letter of Status • Go to our Corporate Database.
must be issued by the state or country of formation and • Enter the name or ID number of your entity and click
dated within sixty days of when you file this form. You “Search.”
may check name availability on our website. If there is
• Click on the link to your entity record, scroll down,
no change to the name, check the box to indicate no
select “All Filings” and then “View Filing.”
change.
• Identify the desired type of filing and click on “PDF”
4a. If the name is unavailable for use in Rhode Island, list under “View PDF” to view and print the record.
an elected name and complete a Fictitious Business
Name Statement, Form 626, to be submitted with this
application. The Fictitious Business Name Statement has How to maintain your status:
a $20 filing fee. The entity is responsible for filing an annual report each
5. If the entity’s purpose is changing, so state. If there is calendar year, excluding the year of incorporation, between
no change to the purpose, check the box to indicate no February 1 and May 1. A courtesy reminder will be mailed
change. to the registered agent prior to February 1 of each year. Be
6. If the entity is changing its principal place of business, sure to follow up with your registered agent concerning the
indicate the new address. If there is no change to the filing of this report. Failure to file an annual report or maintain
entity’s principal address, check the box to indicate no a registered agent/office will result in revocation proceedings.
change.
7. Except as herein modified, the original Application for Every entity registered with the RI Department of State -
Certificate of Authority continues in full force and effect Business Services Division will have filing requirements with
and is hereby confirmed, ratified and incorporated by the Rhode Island Division of Taxation, even if no business
reference into this Application for Amended Certificate of is conducted within Rhode Island for a particular year. Your
Authority. business may require additional licensing. Please visit our
website for further information.
8. The President OR Vice President AND the Secretary OR
Assistant Secretary MUST sign and date the form. Two Your entity may also be required to report (and update, if
signatures are required. necessary) information about the business and its beneficial
owners to the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Visit FinCEN.gov/
boi for more information.
FORM 251 - Revised: 8/2023
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