Superseded 7/1/2024)

16-10a-1532.  Appeal from revocation.

(1)  A foreign corporation may appeal the division‘s revocation of its authority to transact business in this state to the district court of the county in this state where the last registered or principal office of the corporation was located or in Salt Lake County, within 30 days after the notice of revocation is mailed under Section 16-10a-1531. The foreign corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of the corporation’s application for authority to transact business, and any amended applications, each as filed with the division, and the division’s notice of revocation.

Terms Used In Utah Code 16-10a-1532

  • 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.
  • Division: means the Division of Corporations and Commercial Code. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit incorporated under a law other than the law of this state. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Notice: is a s provided in Section 16-10a-103. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • Principal office: means the office, in or out of this state, designated by a domestic or foreign corporation as its principal office in the most recent document on file with the division providing the information, including:
(a) an annual report;
(b) an application for a certificate of authority; or
(c) a notice of change of principal office. See Utah Code 16-10a-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • (2)  The court may summarily order the division to reinstate the authority of the foreign corporation to transact business in this state or it may take any other action it considers appropriate.

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

    Amended by Chapter 131, 2000 General Session