{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-158-38","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, § 38","heading":"Failure to file annual certificate; dissolution","body":"Section 38. If a corporation fails for two successive years to file such annual certificate, the supreme judicial court, upon application by the secretary, after notice and a hearing, may decree a dissolution of the corporation.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 158"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter158/Section38","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:43Z","sha256":"c4706a67b977c2e537ac2dbf4972bde5284d60bff05b63992eadda7c97a97079","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-158-37","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-158-39"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}