Title 7
Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 1.2
Rhode Island Business Corporation Act
Part 14
Foreign Corporations
R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-1.2-1412
§ 7-1.2-1412. Withdrawal of foreign corporation.
(a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may withdraw from this state upon procuring from the secretary of state a certificate of withdrawal. To procure a certificate of withdrawal, the foreign corporation must deliver to the secretary of state an application for withdrawal, stating:
(1) The name of the corporation and the state or country under the laws of which it is incorporated.
(2) That the corporation is not transacting business in this state.
(3) That the corporation surrenders its authority to transact business in this state.
(4) That the corporation revokes the authority of its registered agent in this state to accept service of process and consents that service of process in any action, suit, or proceeding based upon any cause of action arising in this state during the time the corporation was authorized to transact business in this state may subsequently be made on the corporation by service on the secretary of state.
(5) The post office address to which the secretary of state may mail a copy of any process against the corporation that is served on the secretary of state.
(b) If the corporation is in the hands of a receiver or trustee, the application for withdrawal must be executed on behalf of the corporation by the receiver or trustee.
History of Section.
P.L. 2004, ch. 216, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 274, § 2.