(1) A foreign corporation that is authorized to transact business in this state that has dissolved and completed winding up, has merged into a foreign eligible entity that is not authorized to transact business in this state, or has converted to a domestic or foreign eligible entity that is not organized, incorporated, registered, or otherwise formed through the public filing of a record, shall deliver a notice of withdrawal of certificate of authority to the department for filing in accordance with s. 607.1520.
(2) After a withdrawal under this section of a foreign corporation that has converted to another type of entity is effective, service of process in any action or proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact business in this state may be made pursuant to s. 607.15101.
History.—s. 212, ch. 2019-90.