Arkansas Code of 1987 (2024)
Title 26 - TAXATION (§§ 26-1-101 — 26-82-119)
Subtitle 5 - STATE TAXES (§§ 26-50-101 — 26-65-108)
Chapter 54 - CORPORATE FRANCHISE TAXES (§§ 26-54-101 — 26-54-116)
Section 26-54-112 - Reinstatement of corporations

• (a)
  • (1)
    • (A)
      • (i) A corporation whose charter or permit authority to do business in the state has been declared revoked by proclamation of the Governor or the Secretary of State may be reinstated to all its rights, powers, and property.
      • (ii) Reinstatement shall be retroactive to the time that the corporation's authority to do business in the state was declared revoked.
    • (B) The reinstatement shall be made after the filing of all delinquent franchise tax reports satisfactory to the Secretary of State and the payment of all taxes and penalties due for each year of delinquency.
  • (2) However, reinstatement is not allowed after five (5) years from the date the charter or permit authority to do business in the state if the corporation is declared:
    • (A) Revoked by proclamation of the Governor or the Secretary of State; and
    • (B) A forfeited charter.

• (b) If the Secretary of State issued the original corporate charter, permit, or authority, the Secretary of State shall reinstate the corporation upon payment by the corporation of all amounts due, as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

• (c)
  • (1) If the original corporate charter, permit, or authority was issued by an official other than the Secretary of State, the official shall reinstate the corporation upon the corporation's filing with the official the receipt of the Secretary of State showing payment of all amounts due, as provided in subsection (a) of this section.
  • (2) Thereafter, the corporation shall stand in all respects as though its name had never been declared revoked.

Amended by Act 2023, No. 459,§ 10, eff. 8/1/2023.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 523,§ 22, eff. 4/1/2021.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 523,§ 21, eff. 4/1/2021.

Amended by Act 2019, No. 819,§ 22, eff. 5/1/2021.

Acts 1979, No 889, § 11; A.S.A. 1947, § 84-1843; Acts 1987, No. 19, § 7; 1991, No. 1046, § 5; 1991, No. 1140, § 5; 1999, No. 522, § 1.