The Florida Senate

617.1422  Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.--

(1)(a)  A corporation administratively dissolved under s. 617.1421 may apply to the Department of State for reinstatement at any time after the effective date of dissolution. The application must:

1.  Recite the name 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 and that no further grounds currently exist for dissolution;

3.  State that the corporation's name satisfies the requirements of s. 617.0401; and

4.  State that all fees owed by the corporation and computed at the rate provided by law at the time the corporation applies for reinstatement have been paid; or

(b)  Submit a current annual report, signed by the registered agent and an officer or director, which substantially complies with the requirements of paragraph (a).

(2)  If the Department of State determines that the application contains the information required by subsection (1) and that the information is correct, it shall file the document, cancel the certificate of dissolution, and reinstate the corporation effective on the date which the reinstatement document is filed.

(3)  When the 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 affairs as if the administrative dissolution had never occurred.

(4)  If the name of the dissolved corporation has been lawfully assumed in this state by another corporation, the Department of State shall require the dissolved corporation to amend its articles of incorporation to change its name before accepting its application for reinstatement.

History.--s. 84, ch. 90-179.