Wisconsin Statutes 181.0214 – Annual report for department
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 181.0214
- 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
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) A corporation or foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver to the department for filing an annual report that states all of the following:
(a) The name of the corporation or foreign corporation.
(b) The street and e-mail address of its registered office in this state and the name of its registered agent at that office.
(c) The street address of its principal office.
(d) The name and address of each director and principal officer.
(e) In the case of a foreign corporation, the jurisdiction of its governing law and any fictitious name adopted under s. 181.1506 (1).
(2) Information in the annual report must be current as of the date the report is signed by the corporation or foreign corporation.
(3)
(a) A domestic corporation shall deliver its annual report to the department in each year following the calendar year in which the domestic corporation’s articles of incorporation became effective, during the calendar year quarter in which the anniversary date of the articles’ effective date occurs.
(b) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver its annual report to the department during the first calendar quarter of each year following the calendar year in which the foreign corporation becomes authorized to transact business in this state.
(4) If an annual report does not contain the information required by this section, the department promptly shall notify the reporting corporation or foreign corporation in a record and return the report to it for correction. If the annual report is corrected to contain the information required by this section and delivered to the department within 30 days after the effective date of such notice, the annual report is timely filed.
(5) If an annual report contains a registered office or registered agent which differs from the information shown in the records of the department immediately before the report becomes effective, the differing information is considered a statement of change under s. 181.0502 or 181.1508.