Denial of application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution; appeals

1. Law
2. Mississippi Code
3. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
4. Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies
5. Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act
6. Denial of application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution; appeals

1. The Secretary of State, upon denying a corporation's application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, shall serve the corporation with a written notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial.
2. The corporation may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the chancery court of the county where the corporation's principal office is or was located, or in the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, if the corporation does not have a principal office in this state, within ninety (90) days after service of the notice of denial is perfected. The corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the dissolution and attaching to the petition copies of the Secretary of State's certificate of dissolution, the corporation's application for reinstatement and the Secretary of State's notice of denial.
3. The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate the dissolved corporation or may take other action the court considers appropriate.
4. The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.

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