Montana Code 35-4-208. Filing of articles with licensing authority
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35-4-208. Filing of articles with licensing authority. No professional corporation, domestic or foreign, may begin to render professional services in this state until it has filed a copy of its articles of incorporation with each licensing authority having jurisdiction of a type of professional service described in its articles of incorporation. Nothing in this chapter restricts or limits the authority or duty of a licensing authority with respect to natural persons rendering a professional service within the jurisdiction of the licensing authority or any law or rule pertaining to standards of professional conduct.
Terms Used In Montana Code 35-4-208
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Licensing authority: means an officer, board, agency, court, or other authority in this state that has the power to issue a license or other legal authorization to render a professional service. See Montana Code 35-4-109
- Professional service: means any service that may lawfully be rendered only by persons licensed under a licensing law of this state and that may not lawfully be rendered by a corporation organized under the Montana Business Corporation Act. See Montana Code 35-4-109
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201