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

1. (1) receives a receipt showing failure of service of process upon the foreign corporation's registered agent at the address of the registered office; and
2. (2) determines that the secretary of state's office has no record of the foreign corporation's principal office address.
3. (b) If the foreign corporation does not correct each ground for revocation or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the secretary of state that each ground determined by the secretary of state does not exist within sixty (60) days after service of the notice is perfected under section 10 of this chapter, the secretary of state may revoke the foreign corporation's certificate of authority by signing a certificate of revocation that recites the ground for revocation and the revocation's effective date. The secretary of state shall file the original of the certificate and serve a copy on the foreign corporation under section 10 of this chapter.
4. (c) The authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in Indiana ceases on the date shown on the certificate revoking the foreign corporation's certificate of authority.
5. (d) The secretary of state's revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority appoints the secretary of state the foreign corporation's agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action that arose during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact business in Indiana. Service of process on the secretary of state under this subsection is service on the foreign corporation. Upon receipt of process, the secretary of state shall mail a copy of the process to the secretary of the foreign corporation at the foreign corporation's principal office shown in the foreign corporation's most recent biennial report or in any subsequent communication received from the corporation stating the current mailing address of the foreign corporation's principal office, or, if a report or communication is not on file, in the foreign corporation's application for a certificate of authority.
6. (e) Revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the foreign corporation.

Sec. 13. (a) If the secretary of state determines that a ground exists under section 12 of this chapter for revocation of a certificate of authority, the secretary of state shall, under section 10 of this chapter, serve the foreign corporation with written notice of the determination unless the secretary of state:

As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.63-2014, SEC.23; P.L.119-2015, SEC.60.