(a)  Except as otherwise provided in §§ 7-13.1-1124, 7-13.1-1134, 7-13.1-1144, and 7-13.1-1154, a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing may be withdrawn before it takes effect by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of withdrawal.

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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-208

  • Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, general cooperative association, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, cooperative housing corporation, workers' cooperative, producers' cooperative, consumer's cooperative, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102

(b)  A statement of withdrawal must:

(1)  Be signed by each person that signed the record being withdrawn, except as otherwise agreed by those persons;

(2)  Identify the record to be withdrawn; and

(3)  If signed by fewer than all the persons that signed the record being withdrawn, state that the record is withdrawn in accordance with the agreement of all the persons that signed the record.

(c)  On filing by the secretary of state of a statement of withdrawal, the action or transaction evidenced by the original record does not take effect.

History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 121, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 122, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.