§ 7-6-57 — § 7-6-57. Issuance of certificate of revocation.

Rhode Island § 7-6-57

• Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
• Title 7: Corporations, Associations and Partnerships
• Ch. 7-6: Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act

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§ 7-6-57. Issuance of certificate of revocation.

(a) Upon revoking any certificate of incorporation, the secretary of state shall:

(1) Issue a certificate of revocation in duplicate;

(2) File one of the certificates in the secretary of state's office;

(3) Send to the corporation by regular mail a certificate of revocation, addressed to the registered office of the corporation in this state on file with the secretary of state's office; provided, however, that if a prior mailing addressed to the registered office of the corporation in this state currently on file with the secretary of state's office has been returned to the secretary of state as undeliverable by the United States Postal Service for any reason, or if the certificate of revocation is returned as undeliverable to the secretary of state's office by the United States Postal Service for any reason, the secretary of state shall give notice as follows:

(i) To the corporation at its principal office of record as shown in its most recent annual report, and no further notice shall be required; or

(ii) In the case of a domestic corporation that has not yet filed an annual report, then to any one of the incorporators listed on the articles of incorporation, and no further notice shall be required.

(b) Upon the issuance of the certificate of revocation, the authority of the corporation to transact business in this state ceases.

Legislative History

P.L. 1984, ch. 380, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 444, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 26, § 2; P.L. 2001, ch. 268, § 2; P.L. 2018, ch. 346, § 6.