(a) Any person may apply to the Secretary of the State to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authorization for a foreign corporation.
(b) The issuance of a certificate of existence or authorization shall be conclusive evidence that such corporation's most recent annual report required by section 33-953 has been delivered to the Secretary of the State and that a certificate of dissolution or a certificate of withdrawal has not been filed with respect to such corporation.
(P.A. 94-186, S. 12, 215; P.A 96-271, S. 9, 254.)
History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision requiring a certificate of existence or authorization to “set forth the information provided in subdivisions (3) and (4) of subsection (b) of section 33-617”, replace “articles of dissolution” with “a certificate of dissolution” and add reference to “a certificate of withdrawal”, effective January 1, 1997.