§ 14.23. Appeal from denial of reinstatement
(a) The Secretary of State, upon denying a corporation’s application for reinstatement following involuntary dissolution, shall serve the corporation under section 5.04 of this title with a written notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial.
(b) The corporation may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the Superior Court of Washington County within 90 days after service of the notice of denial is perfected. The corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the dissolution and attaching to the petition copies of the Secretary of State’s certificate of dissolution, the corporation’s application for reinstatement, and the Secretary of State’s notice of denial.
(c) The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate the dissolved corporation or may take other action the court considers appropriate.
(d) The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 11B - Nonprofit Corporations
§ 14.01. Dissolution by incorporators or directors
§ 14.02. Dissolution by directors, members
§ 14.03. Articles of dissolution
§ 14.04. Revocation of dissolution
§ 14.05. Effect of dissolution
§ 14.06. Known claims against dissolved corporation
§ 14.07. Unknown claims against dissolved corporation
§ 14.20. Involuntary termination
§ 14.21. Procedure for and effect of involuntary termination
§ 14.22. Reinstatement following involuntary dissolution
§ 14.23. Appeal from denial of reinstatement
§ 14.30. Grounds for judicial dissolution
§ 14.31. Procedure for judicial dissolution
§ 14.32. Receivership or custodianship