Withdrawal of certificate of revocation.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-16-43
in effect7-16-43. Withdrawal of certificate of revocation.
(a) Within twenty (20) years after issuing a certificate of revocation as provided in
§ 7-16-42, the secretary of state may withdraw the certificate of revocation and retroactively
reinstate the limited liability company in good standing as if its certificate of
organization or certificate of registration had not been revoked except as subsequently
provided:
(1) On the filing by the limited liability company of the documents it had previously
failed to file as set forth in subdivisions (3) — (6) of § 7-16-41(a);
(2) On the payment by the limited liability company of a penalty in the amount of fifty
dollars ($50.00) for each year or part of year that has elapsed since the issuance
of the certificate of revocation; and
(3) Upon the filing by the limited liability company of a certificate of good standing
from the Rhode Island division of taxation.
(b) If, as permitted by the provisions of this chapter or chapters 1.2, 6, 12, or 13 of
this title, another limited liability company, business or nonprofit corporation,
registered limited liability partnership or a limited partnership, or in each case
domestic or foreign, authorized and qualified to transact business in this state,
bears or has filed a fictitious business name statement as to or reserved or registered
a name that is the same as, the name of the limited liability company with respect
to which the certificate of revocation is proposed to be withdrawn, then the secretary
of state shall condition the withdrawal of the certificate of revocation on the reinstated
limited liability company’s amending its articles of organization or certificate of
registration so as to designate a name that is not the same as its former name.
P.L. 1992, ch. 280, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 247, § 3; P.L. 2005, ch. 36, § 9; P.L. 2005,
ch. 72, § 9; P.L. 2012, ch. 67, § 1; P.L. 2012, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 385, §
3, effective July 13, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 386, § 3, effective July 13, 2021.
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