The Secretary of the State may commence a proceeding under section 33-936 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if: (1) The foreign corporation has failed to file its annual report with the Secretary of the State; (2) the foreign corporation does not pay within sixty days after they are due any license fees, franchise taxes or penalties imposed by sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, or other law; (3) the foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for sixty days or more; (4) the foreign corporation does not inform the Secretary of the State under section 33-927 or 33-928 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned or that its registered office has been discontinued within sixty days of the change, resignation or discontinuance; (5) an incorporator, director, officer or agent of the foreign corporation signed a document he knew was false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of the State for filing; or (6) the Secretary of the State receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of the 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.

(P.A. 94-186, S. 195, 215; P.A. 95-252, S. 31, 36; P.A. 14-154, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 95-252 deleted former Subdiv. (1) that had provided as a ground for the revocation of a certificate of authority the failure of a foreign corporation to deliver its annual report to the Secretary of the State within 60 days after it is due, renumbering the remaining Subdivs. accordingly, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 14-154 added new Subdiv. (1) re revocation of certificate of authority to transact business due to foreign corporation's failure to file annual report with Secretary of the State and redesignated existing Subdivs. (1) to (5) as Subdivs. (2) to (6), effective January 1, 2015.