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Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under § 48-24-202 to administratively dissolve a corporation if the:
(1) Corporation does not deliver its properly completed annual report to the secretary of state within two (2) months after it is due;
(2) Corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for two (2) months or more;
(3) Name of a corporation contained in a document filed after January 1, 1988, fails to comply with § 48-14-101;
(4) Corporation does not notify the secretary of state within two (2) months that its registered agent or registered office has been changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued;
(5) Corporation's period of duration stated in its charter expires;
(6) Corporation submits to the secretary of state's office a check, bank draft, money order or other such instrument, for payment of any fee and it is dishonored upon presentation for payment;
(7) Corporation files a document with the secretary of state in which an incorporator, director, officer, agent, or representative of the corporation signed the document knowing that the document contained materially false information; or
(8) Corporation is owned or controlled by a foreign government or foreign nongovernment person determined to be a foreign adversary by the United States secretary of commerce and specified in 15 CFR 791.4(a) or a successor regulation, except for entities involved in transactions approved by the committee on foreign investment in the United States.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 48. Corporations and Associations § 48-24-201 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-48-corporations-and-associations/tn-code-sect-48-24-201/
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