(1) A foreign entity may appeal the Secretary of State‘s revocation of its certificate of authority to the Franklin Circuit Court within thirty (30) days after service of the certificate of revocation. The foreign entity may appeal by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its certificate of authority and the Secretary of State’s certificate of revocation.
(2) The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate the certificate of authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 14A.9-090

  • Action: includes all proceedings in any court of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • 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.
  • Entity: means a corporation, business or statutory trust, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited cooperative association, or unincorporated nonprofit association, governed as to its internal affairs by the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 14A.1-070
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.
Effective: January 1, 2011
History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 48, effective January 1, 2011.