{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-273.323","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 273.323","heading":"Notification to Attorney General.","body":"The Secretary of State, on or before the last day of December of each year, may certify to\nthe Attorney General the names of all corporations which have given cause for\ndissolution as provided in KRS 273.161 to 273.390, together with the facts pertinent\nthereto. Whenever the Secretary of State shall certify the name of a corporation to the\nAttorney General as having given any cause for dissolution, the Secretary of State shall\nconcurrently mail to the corporation at its registered office a notice that such certification\nhas been made. Upon the receipt of such certification, the Attorney General may file an\naction in the name of the state against such corporation for its dissolution. Every such\ncertificate from the Secretary of State to the Attorney General p ertaining to the failure of\na corporation to file an annual report shall be taken and received in all courts as prima\nfacie evidence of the facts therein stated. If, before action is filed, the corporation shall\nfile its annual report, or shall appoint or maintain a registered agent as provided in KRS\n273.161 to 273.390, or shall file with the Secretary of State the required statement of\nchange of registered agent, such fact shall be forthwith certified by the Secretary of State\nto the Attorney General and he shall not file an action against such corporation for such\ncause. If, after action is filed, the corporation shall file its annual report, or shall appoint\nor maintain a registered agent as provided in KRS 273.161 to 273.390, or shall file with\nthe Secretary of State the required statement of change of registered agent, and shall pay\nthe costs of such action, the action for such cause shall abate.","path":["KRS Chapter 273"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=13693","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:53:24Z","sha256":"cc50ea1e3d129ed2d50e6ab8b6e0736da0ab448532513d5e80ef82131d8de807","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-273.320","next":"us-ky/krs-273.327"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}