Terms Used In Florida Statutes 607.1522

  • 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.
  • Department: means the Florida Department of State. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Domestic: means , with respect to an entity, an entity governed as to its internal affairs by the laws of this state. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Eligible entity: means :
  • Entity: includes corporation and foreign corporation; unincorporated association; business trust, estate, limited liability company, partnership, trust, and two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest; and state, United States, and foreign governments. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Foreign: means , with respect to an entity, an entity governed as to its internal affairs by the organic law of a jurisdiction other than this state. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Foreign corporation: means an entity incorporated or organized under laws other than the laws of this state which would be a corporation for profit if incorporated under the laws of this state. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Proceeding: includes a civil suit, a criminal action, an administrative action, and an investigatory action. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Type of entity: means a generic form of entity either:
    (a) Recognized at common law; or
    (b) Formed under an organic law, regardless of whether some entities formed under that organic law are subject to provisions of that law that create different categories of the form of entity. See Florida Statutes 607.01401

(1) A foreign corporation that is authorized to transact business in this state that has dissolved and completed winding up, has merged into a foreign eligible entity that is not authorized to transact business in this state, or has converted to a domestic or foreign eligible entity that is not organized, incorporated, registered, or otherwise formed through the public filing of a record, shall deliver a notice of withdrawal of certificate of authority to the department for filing in accordance with s. 607.1520.
(2) After a withdrawal under this section of a foreign corporation that has converted to another type of entity is effective, service of process in any action or proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact business in this state may be made pursuant to s. 607.15101.