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KRS 273.323: Notification to Attorney General.

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  1. KRS Chapter 273

The Secretary of State, on or before the last day of December of each year, may certify to

the Attorney General the names of all corporations which have given cause for

dissolution as provided in KRS 273.161 to 273.390, together with the facts pertinent

thereto. Whenever the Secretary of State shall certify the name of a corporation to the

Attorney General as having given any cause for dissolution, the Secretary of State shall

concurrently mail to the corporation at its registered office a notice that such certification

has been made. Upon the receipt of such certification, the Attorney General may file an

action in the name of the state against such corporation for its dissolution. Every such

certificate from the Secretary of State to the Attorney General p ertaining to the failure of

a corporation to file an annual report shall be taken and received in all courts as prima

facie evidence of the facts therein stated. If, before action is filed, the corporation shall

file its annual report, or shall appoint or maintain a registered agent as provided in KRS

273.161 to 273.390, or shall file with the Secretary of State the required statement of

change of registered agent, such fact shall be forthwith certified by the Secretary of State

to the Attorney General and he shall not file an action against such corporation for such

cause. If, after action is filed, the corporation shall file its annual report, or shall appoint

or maintain a registered agent as provided in KRS 273.161 to 273.390, or shall file with

the Secretary of State the required statement of change of registered agent, and shall pay

the costs of such action, the action for such cause shall abate.

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