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4-33-1530. Grounds for revocation.
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4-33-1530. Grounds for revocation.
(a) The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under § 4-33-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if:
(1) the foreign corporation does not pay within one hundred twenty (120) days after they are due any franchise taxes or penalties imposed by this chapter or other law;
(2) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for one hundred twenty (120) days or more;
(3) the foreign corporation does not inform the Secretary of State under § 4-33-1508 or § 4-33-1509 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued within ninety (90) days of the change, resignation, or discontinuance;
(4) an incorporator, director, officer, or agent of the foreign corporation signed a document such person knew was false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing;
(5) the Secretary of State receives a duly authenticated certificate from the Secretary of State or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger; or
(6) the corporation does not file the annual disclosure statement required under § 4-33-131 within sixty (60) days after it is due.
(b) The Attorney General may commence a proceeding under § 4-33-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if:
(1) the corporation has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon i
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-33-1530
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4-33-1530. Grounds for revocation.
(a) The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under § 4-33-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if:
(1) the foreign corporation does not pay within one hundred twenty (120) days after they are due any franchise taxes or penalties imposed by this chapter or other law;
(2) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for one hundred twenty (120) days or more;
(3) the foreign corporation does not inform the Secretary of State under § 4-33-1508 or § 4-33-1509 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued within ninety (90) days of the change, resignation, or discontinuance;
(4) an incorporator, director, officer, or agent of the foreign corporation signed a document such person knew was false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing;
(5) the Secretary of State receives a duly authenticated certificate from the Secretary of State or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger; or
(6) the corporation does not file the annual disclosure statement required under § 4-33-131 within sixty (60) days after it is due.
(b) The Attorney General may commence a proceeding under § 4-33-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if:
(1) the corporation has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by law; or
(2) the corporation would have been a public benefit corporation had it been incorporated in this state and that its corporate assets in this state are being fraudulently misapplied or wasted.
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4-33-131. Annual disclosure of information.
Each nonprofit domestic corporation, nonprofit foreign corporation, and nonprofit corporation organized under § 4-28-101 et seq., authorized to transact business in this state shall annually file with the Secretary of State by August 1 a statement that sets forth:
(1) The name of the corporation;
(2) The corporation's jurisdiction of incorporation;
(3) The name and address of the corporation's registered agent for service of process;
(4) The address of the corporation's principal office;
(5) The names of the corporation's principal officers; and
(6) The names and addresses of the corporation's directors.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-33-131
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4-33-1508. Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign corporation.
(a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may change its registered office or registered agent by delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of change that sets forth:
(1) its name;
(2) the street address of its current registered office;
(3) if the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of its new registered office;
(4) the name of its current registered agent;
(5) if the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of its new registered agent and the new agent's written consent (either on the statement or attached to it) to the appointment; and
(6) that after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the office of its registered agent will be identical.
(b) If a registered agent changes the street address of its business office, the agent may change the address of the registered office of any foreign corporation for which the agent is the registered agent by notifying the corporation in writing of the change and signing (either manually or in facsimile) and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing a statement of change that complies with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section and recites that the corporation has been notified of the change.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-33-1508
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 4-33-1508. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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4-33-1509. Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.
(a) The registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign as agent by signing and delivering to the Secretary of State for filing the original and two (2) exact or conformed copies of a statement of resignation. The statement of resignation may include a statement that the registered office is also discontinued.
(b) After filing the statement, the Secretary of State shall attach the filing receipt to one (1) copy and mail the copy and receipt to the registered office if not discontinued. The Secretary of State shall mail the other copy to the foreign corporation at its principal office address, if known.
(c) The agency is terminated, and the registered office discontinued if so provided, on the thirty-first day after the date on which the statement was filed.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-33-1509
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 4-33-1509. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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4-33-1531. Procedure and effect of revocation.
(a) The Secretary of State upon determining that one (1) or more grounds exist under § 4-33-1530 for revocation of a certificate of authority shall serve the foreign corporation with written notice of that determination under § 4-33-1510.
(b) The Attorney General upon determining that one or more grounds exist under § 4-33-1530(b) for revocation of a certificate of authority shall request the Secretary of State to serve, and the Secretary of State shall serve the foreign corporation with written notice of that determination under § 4-33-1510.
(c) If the foreign corporation does not correct each ground for revocation or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Secretary of State that each ground for revocation determined by the Secretary of State does not exist within sixty (60) days after service of the notice is perfected under § 4-33-1510, the Secretary of State may revoke the foreign corporation's certificate of authority by signing a certificate of revocation that recites the ground or grounds for revocation and its effective date. The Secretary of State shall file the original of the certificate and serve a copy on the foreign corporation under § 4-33-1510.
(d) The authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state ceases on the date shown on the certificate revoking its certificate of authority.
(e) The Secretary of State's revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority appoints the Secretary of State the foreign corporation's agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action that arose during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact business in this state. Service of process on the Secretary of State under this subsection
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 4-33-1531
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 4-33-1531. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.