Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2018. See also following repeal of this chapter, effective 1-1-2018.

1. (b) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Indiana may apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application must set forth the following:

   1. (1) The name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated.
   2. (2) That the foreign corporation is not transacting business in Indiana and that the foreign corporation surrenders the foreign corporation's authority to transact business in Indiana.
   3. (3) That the foreign corporation revokes the authority of the foreign corporation's registered agent to accept service on the foreign corporation's behalf and appoints the secretary of state as the foreign corporation's agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact business in Indiana.
   4. (4) A mailing address to which the secretary of state may mail a copy of any process served on the secretary of state under subdivision (3).
   5. (5) A commitment to notify the secretary of state in the future of any change in the mailing address.
2. (c) After the withdrawal of the foreign corporation is effective, service of process on the secretary of state under this section is service on the foreign corporation. Upon receipt of process, the secretary of state shall mail a copy of the process to the foreign corporation at the mailing address set forth in the foreign corporation's application for withdrawal.

Sec. 11. (a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Indiana may not withdraw from Indiana until the foreign corporation obtains a certificate of withdrawal from the secretary of state.

As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.