(a) If the secretary of state denies a foreign corporation‘s application for reinstatement following administrative revocation, the secretary of state shall serve the corporation under §§ 48-55-104 and 48-55-105 with a written communication that explains the reason or reasons for denial.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-65-304

  • 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.
  • Court: includes every court and judge having jurisdiction in the case. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Month: means the time from any day of any month to the corresponding day of the succeeding month, if any, and if none, the last day of the succeeding month. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors has delegated responsibility under §. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • Secretary of state: means the person who holds the office of secretary of state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: means any information in the form of a document. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
(b) The corporation may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the chancery court of Davidson County within one (1) month after service of the communication of denial is perfected. The corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of the secretary of state’s communication of denial.
(c) The court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the revoked corporation or may take other action the court considers appropriate.
(d) The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.
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