2015 Code of Alabama
Title 10A - ALABAMA BUSINESS AND NONPROFIT ENTITIES CODE.
Chapter 2 - BUSINESS CORPORATIONS.
Article 14 - Dissolution.
Division B - Administrative Dissolution.
Section 10A-2-14.22 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.

Section 10A-2-14.22Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.

(a) A corporation administratively dissolved under Section 10A-2-14.21 may apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement within two years after the effective date of dissolution. The application must:

(1) Recite the name and address of the corporation and the effective date of its administrative dissolution;

(2) State that the ground or grounds for dissolution either did not exist or have been eliminated;

(3) State that the corporation's name satisfies the requirements of Sections 10A-1-5.03 and 10A-1-5.04; and

(4) Contain a certificate from the Department of Revenue reciting that all taxes owed by the corporation have been paid.

(b) If the Secretary of State determines that the application contains the information required by subsection (a) and that the information is correct, he or she shall cancel the certificate of dissolution and prepare a certificate of reinstatement that recites his or her determination and the effective date of reinstatement, file the original of the certificate and deliver a copy to the judge of probate for filing, and serve a copy on the corporation under Section 10A-1-5.31, 10A-1-5.35, or 10A-1-5.36.

(c) When reinstatement is effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the administrative dissolution and the corporation resumes carrying on its business as if the administrative dissolution had never occurred.

(Acts 1994, No. 94-245, p. 343, §1; §10-2B-14.22; amended and renumbered by Act 2009-513, p. 967, §147.)