Ind. Code § 23-0.5-5-9
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Dissolution; statement of withdrawal; service of process
Official statutory text
Sec. 9. (a) A registered foreign entity that has dissolved and completed winding up or has converted to a domestic or foreign entity that is not a filing entity shall deliver a statement of withdrawal to the secretary of state for filing. The statement must be signed by the dissolved or converted entity and state:
(1) in the case of a foreign entity that has completed winding up:
(A) its name and jurisdiction of formation; and
(B) that the foreign entity surrenders its registration to do business in Indiana; and
(2) in the case of a foreign entity that has converted to a domestic or foreign entity that is not a filing entity:
(A) the name of the converting foreign entity and its jurisdiction of formation;
(B) the type of entity other than a filing entity to which it has converted and its jurisdiction of formation;
(C) that it surrenders its registration to do business in Indiana and revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf; and
(D) a street address to which service of process may be made under subsection (c).
(b) A statement of withdrawal under this section may include an electronic mail address to which service of process may be made under subsection (c).
(c) After a withdrawal under this section is effective, service of process in any action or proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign entity was registered to do business in Indiana may be made under IC 23-0.5-4-10.
As added by P.L.118-2017, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.52-2018, SEC.19; P.L.177-2019, SEC.8.
(1) in the case of a foreign entity that has completed winding up:
(A) its name and jurisdiction of formation; and
(B) that the foreign entity surrenders its registration to do business in Indiana; and
(2) in the case of a foreign entity that has converted to a domestic or foreign entity that is not a filing entity:
(A) the name of the converting foreign entity and its jurisdiction of formation;
(B) the type of entity other than a filing entity to which it has converted and its jurisdiction of formation;
(C) that it surrenders its registration to do business in Indiana and revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf; and
(D) a street address to which service of process may be made under subsection (c).
(b) A statement of withdrawal under this section may include an electronic mail address to which service of process may be made under subsection (c).
(c) After a withdrawal under this section is effective, service of process in any action or proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign entity was registered to do business in Indiana may be made under IC 23-0.5-4-10.
As added by P.L.118-2017, SEC.5. Amended by P.L.52-2018, SEC.19; P.L.177-2019, SEC.8.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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