Conn. Gen. Stat. § 33-882: Certificate of dissolution.

(a) At any time after dissolution is authorized, the corporation may dissolve by delivering to the Secretary of the State for filing a certificate of dissolution setting forth: (1) The name of the corporation; (2) the date dissolution was authorized; and (3) if dissolution was approved by the shareholders, a statement that the proposal to dissolve was duly approved by the shareholders in the manner required by sections 33-600 to 33-998, inclusive, and by the certificate of incorporation.

(b) A corporation is dissolved upon the effective date of its certificate of dissolution.

(c) For the purposes of sections 33-880 to 33-903, inclusive, “dissolved corporation” means a corporation whose certificate of dissolution has become effective and includes a successor entity to which the remaining assets of the corporation are transferred subject to the corporation's liabilities for purposes of liquidation.