23B.14.220 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution -- Application. - Washington Statutes

Reinstatement following administrative dissolution — Application.

(1) A corporation administratively dissolved under RCW 23B.14.210 may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement within five years after the effective date of dissolution. The application must:

     (a) Recite the name of the corporation and the effective date of its administrative dissolution;

     (b) State that the ground or grounds for dissolution either did not exist or have been eliminated; and

     (c) State that the corporation's name satisfies the requirements of RCW 23B.04.010.

     (2) If the secretary of state determines that the application contains the information required by subsection (1) of this section and that the name is available, the secretary of state shall reinstate the corporation and give the corporation written notice of the reinstatement that recites the effective date of reinstatement. If the name is not available, the corporation must file articles of amendment changing its name with its application for reinstatement.

     (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 business as if the administrative dissolution had never occurred.

[2006 c 52 § 13; 1995 c 47 § 2; 1989 c 165 § 162.]