Ind. Code § 27-1-10-1

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Surrender of certificate of incorporation; time; procedure

Official statutory text

Sec. 1. With the approval in writing of the department, the incorporators named in the articles of incorporation of any corporation organized under the provisions of this article may surrender the certificate of incorporation and all of the corporate rights and franchises of the corporation at any time within one (1) year from the date of the issuance of the certificate and before the issuance of any of the shares of capital stock of the corporation and before the beginning by it of the business for which it was formed, by presenting to the secretary of state at his office, accompanied by the fees prescribed by law, a certificate in triplicate, signed and verified by the joint and several oaths of a majority of the incorporators in the form prescribed by the secretary of state, showing that no shares of the capital stock of the corporation have been issued and that the amount, if any, actually paid in on the shares, less any part thereof disbursed for necessary expenses, had been returned to those entitled thereto, that such business has not been begun, that no debts remain unpaid, and that they surrender all rights and franchises.

Formerly: Acts 1935, c.162, s.131. As amended by P.L.252-1985, SEC.47.

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