1. A foreign corporation may appeal the secretary of state‘s revocation of its certificate of authority to the circuit court within thirty days after the service of the certificate of revocation is perfected under section 355.796. The foreign corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its certificate of authority and the secretary of state’s certificate of revocation.

2. The court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the certificate of authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate.

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Terms Used In Missouri Laws 355.816

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Corporation: public benefit and mutual benefit corporations. See Missouri Laws 355.066
  • Secretary: the corporate officer to whom the board of directors has delegated responsibility pursuant to subsection 2 of section 355. See Missouri Laws 355.066
  • State: when referring to a part of the United States, includes a state or commonwealth, and its agencies and governmental subdivisions, and any territory or insular possession, and its agencies and governmental subdivisions, of the United States. See Missouri Laws 355.066

3. The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.