eLaws of Florida

  SECTION 617.1530. Grounds for revocation of authority to conduct affairs.  


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  • 1The Department of State may commence a proceeding under s. 11617.1531 12to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to conduct its affairs in this state if:
    31(1) 32The foreign corporation has failed to file its annual report with the Department of State by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the third Friday in September.
    58(2) 59The foreign corporation does not pay, within the time required by this act, any fees, taxes, or penalties imposed by this act or other law.
    84(3) 85The foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for 30 days or more.
    104(4) 105The foreign corporation does not notify the Department of State under s. 117617.1508 118or s. 120617.1509 121that its registered agent has resigned or that its registered office has been discontinued within 30 days after the date of such resignation or discontinuance.
    146(5) 147An incorporator, director, officer, or agent of the foreign corporation signed a document he or she knew was false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Department of State for filing.
    184(6) 185The department receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the jurisdiction under the law of which the foreign corporation is incorporated stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger.
    232(7) 233The foreign corporation has failed to answer truthfully and fully, within the time prescribed by this act, interrogatories propounded by the Department of State.
History.-s. 102, ch. 90-179; s. 99, ch. 97-102; s. 19, ch. 2009-72; s. 48, ch. 2009-205.

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