PUBLIC Law Chapter 630

	7.__Authenticated certificate of dissolution or merger.__The
Secretary of State receives a duly authenticated certificate from
the secretary of state or other official having custody of
corporate records in the state or country under whose law the
foreign corporation is incorporated stating that the foreign
corporation has been dissolved or has disappeared as the result of
a merger.

§1210-B.__Procedure for and effect of revocation

1.__Notice of determination.__If the Secretary of State
determines that one or more grounds exist under section 1210-A
for the revocation of authority, the Secretary of State shall
issue a written notice of that determination to the foreign
corporation's last registered office in this State and to its
last registered or principal office in its jurisdiction of
incorporation.

2.__Revocation.__The foreign corporation's authority is
revoked if within 60 days after the notice under subsection 1 was
issued the Secretary of State determines that the foreign
corporation has failed to correct the ground or grounds for
revocation. The Secretary of State shall send notice to the
foreign corporation, at its last registered office address in
this State and to its last registered or principal office address
in its jurisdiction of incorporation, that recites the ground or
grounds for revocation and the effective date of revocation.

3.__Authority to carry on activities ceases.__The authority of
a foreign corporation to carry on activities in this State ceases
on the date of revocation of its authority.

4.__Secretary of State appointed as agent for service of
process.__The Secretary of State's revocation of a foreign
corporation's authority appoints the Secretary of State as the
foreign corporation's agent for service of process in any
proceeding based on a cause of action that arose during the time
the foreign corporation was authorized to carry on activities in
this State. Service of process on the Secretary of State under
this subsection is service on the foreign corporation. Upon
receipt of process, the Secretary of State shall mail a copy of
the process to the foreign corporation at its principal office
shown in its most recent annual report or in any subsequent
communication received from the corporation stating the current
mailing address of its principal office or, if no other address
is on file, in its application for authority.

5.__Registered agent; not terminated.__Revocation of a foreign
corporation's authority to carry on activities in this

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