Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 7-16 - The Rhode Island Limited-Liability Company Act
Section 7-16-43. - Withdrawal of certificate of revocation.

§ 7-16-43. 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limited-liability company in good standing as if its certificate of organization or certificate of registration had not been revoked except as subsequently provided: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as, the name of the limited-liability company with respect to which the certificate of revocation is proposed to be withdrawn, then the secretary of state shall condition the withdrawal of the certificate of revocation on the reinstated limited-liability company’s amending its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.
History of Section.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.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 7 - Corporations, Associations and Partnerships

Chapter 7-16 - The Rhode Island Limited-Liability Company Act

Section 7-16-1. - Short title.

Section 7-16-2. - Definitions.

Section 7-16-3. - Purpose and duration.

Section 7-16-3.1. - Professional services.

Section 7-16-3.2. - Liability in rendering professional services.

Section 7-16-3.3. - Insurance or financial responsibility of limited-liability company.

Section 7-16-4. - Powers.

Section 7-16-5. - Formation.

Section 7-16-5.1. - Conversion of certain entities to a limited-liability company.

Section 7-16-5.2. - Approval of conversion of a limited-liability company.

Section 7-16-5.3, 7-16-5.4. - [Repealed.]

Section 7-16-6. - Articles of organization.

Section 7-16-7. - Execution of articles.

Section 7-16-8. - Filing.

Section 7-16-9. - Name — Fictitious business names.

Section 7-16-10. - Reservation of name — Transfer of reserved name.

Section 7-16-11. - Resident agent.

Section 7-16-12. - Amendment and restatement of articles of organization.

Section 7-16-13. - Certificates of correction.

Section 7-16-14. - Management by members.

Section 7-16-15. - Managers.

Section 7-16-16. - Election and removal of managers.

Section 7-16-17. - Duties of managers.

Section 7-16-18. - Limitation of liability of managers.

Section 7-16-19. - Action by managers.

Section 7-16-20. - Agency power of managers.

Section 7-16-21. - Voting rights of members.

Section 7-16-22. - Records and information.

Section 7-16-23. - Liability of members and managers.

Section 7-16-24. - Contributions to capital.

Section 7-16-25. - Liability for contribution.

Section 7-16-26. - Sharing of profits and losses.

Section 7-16-27. - Sharing of distributions.

Section 7-16-28. - Interim distributions.

Section 7-16-29. - Distributions upon withdrawal.

Section 7-16-30. - Distribution in kind.

Section 7-16-31. - Restrictions on making distributions.

Section 7-16-32. - Liability upon wrongful distribution.

Section 7-16-33. - Right to distribution.

Section 7-16-34. - Nature of membership interest.

Section 7-16-35. - Assignment of membership interest.

Section 7-16-36. - Right of assignee to become a member.

Section 7-16-37. - Rights of judgment creditor.

Section 7-16-38. - Powers of estate of a member.

Section 7-16-39. - Dissolution.

Section 7-16-40. - Judicial dissolution.

Section 7-16-41. - Revocation of certificate of organization or certificate of registration.

Section 7-16-42. - Issuance of certificates of revocation.

Section 7-16-43. - Withdrawal of certificate of revocation.

Section 7-16-44. - Appeal from revocation of certificate of organization.

Section 7-16-45. - Winding up.

Section 7-16-46. - Distribution of assets.

Section 7-16-47. - Articles of dissolution.

Section 7-16-48. - Law governing foreign limited-liability companies.

Section 7-16-49. - Registration of foreign limited-liability company.

Section 7-16-50. - Issuance of registration of foreign limited-liability company.

Section 7-16-50.1. - Service of process on foreign limited-liability company.

Section 7-16-51. - Name registration by foreign limited-liability company.

Section 7-16-52. - Amendments to registration of foreign limited-liability company.

Section 7-16-52.1. - Foreign application for transfer of authority.

Section 7-16-53. - Cancellation of registration of foreign limited-liability company.

Section 7-16-54. - Transaction of business by foreign limited-liability company without registration.

Section 7-16-55. - Action to restrain foreign limited-liability company.

Section 7-16-56. - Right of member to bring derivative action.

Section 7-16-57. - Pleading in derivative action.

Section 7-16-58. - Expenses in derivative action.

Section 7-16-59. - Merger or consolidation.

Section 7-16-60. - Plan of merger or consolidation.

Section 7-16-61. - Approval of merger or consolidation.

Section 7-16-62. - Articles of merger or consolidation.

Section 7-16-63. - Effects of merger or consolidation.

Section 7-16-64. - Merger or consolidation with foreign entity.

Section 7-16-65. - Filing, service, and copying fees.

Section 7-16-66. - Annual report of domestic and foreign limited-liability companies.

Section 7-16-67. - Filing of returns with the tax administrator — Annual charge.

Section 7-16-67.1. - Revocation of articles or authority to transact business for nonpayment of fee.

Section 7-16-68. - Limited-liability company property.

Section 7-16-69. - Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence.

Section 7-16-70. - Parties to actions.

Section 7-16-71. - Unauthorized assumption of powers.

Section 7-16-72. - Severability.

Section 7-16-73. - Construction with other laws.

Section 7-16-74. - Forms to be furnished by secretary of state.

Section 7-16-75. - Reservation of power.

Section 7-16-76. - Low-profit limited-liability company.