(a) The Secretary of State, upon denying a corporation‘s application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, shall serve the corporation under section 21-1937 with a written notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 21-19,140

  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • 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.
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(b) The corporation may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the district court of Lancaster County within ninety days after service of the notice of denial is perfected. The corporation appeals by petitioning the district 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.

(c) The district court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate the dissolved corporation or may take other action the court considers appropriate.

(d) The district court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.