Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 180.1404

  • 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.
  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
   (1)    A corporation may revoke its dissolution authorized under s. 180.1401 or 180.1402, within 120 days after the effective date of the dissolution.
   (2)   Revocation of dissolution shall be authorized in the same manner that the dissolution was authorized, except the board of directors may revoke the dissolution if any of the following applies:
      (a)    The dissolution was authorized by the incorporators under s. 180.1401.
      (b)    The authorization of dissolution permits revocation by action of the board of directors alone, without shareholder action.
   (3)   After the revocation of dissolution is authorized, the corporation may revoke the dissolution by delivering to the department for filing articles of revocation of dissolution, together with a copy of its articles of dissolution, that include all of the following:
      (a)    The name of the corporation.
      (b)    The effective date of the dissolution that is revoked.
      (c)    The date that the revocation of dissolution was authorized.
      (d)    A statement that the revocation of dissolution was authorized in the same manner as the dissolution or that the revocation of dissolution was authorized by the board of directors under sub. (2) (a) or (b).
   (4)   On the effective date of the articles of revocation of dissolution, the revocation of dissolution shall relate back to and take effect as of the effective date of the dissolution, and the corporation may resume carrying on its business as if dissolution had never occurred.