(1) If the Secretary of State determines that one or more grounds exist under ORS § 60.737 for revocation of authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state, the Secretary of State shall give the foreign corporation written notice of the determination.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 60.741

  • 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.
  • Foreign corporation: means a corporation for profit that is incorporated under laws other than the laws of the state. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Proceeding: means a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory action. See Oregon Statutes 60.001
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Written: means embodied as a document. See Oregon Statutes 60.001

(2) If the foreign corporation does not correct each ground for revocation or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Secretary of State that each ground determined by the Secretary of State does not exist within 45 days after notice is given, the Secretary of State shall revoke the foreign corporation’s authority.

(3) The authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state ceases as of the date of revocation of its authority to transact business in this state.

(4) The Secretary of State’s revocation of a foreign corporation’s authority to transact business in this state appoints the Secretary of State the foreign corporation’s agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action which arose during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact business in this state.

(5) Revocation of a foreign corporation’s authority to transact business in this state terminates the authority of the registered agent of the corporation. [1987 c.52 § 167; 1993 c.190 § 4]