{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-1135","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-1135","heading":"Withdrawal of foreign corporation from state - Procedure","body":"- Service of process on Secretary of State.\n\nWITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN CORPORATION FROM STATE; PROCEDURE; SERVICE OF\n\nPROCESS ON SECRETARY OF STATE\n\nA. Any foreign corporation which shall have qualified to do\n\nbusiness in this state pursuant to the provisions of Section 1130 of\n\nthis title may surrender its authority to do business in this state\n\nand may withdraw by filing with the Secretary of State:\n\n1. A certificate, executed by an authorized officer of the\n\ncorporation and acknowledged in accordance with the provisions of\n\nSection 1007 of this title, stating that it surrenders its authority\n\nto transact business in Oklahoma and withdraws; and stating the\n\naddress to which the Secretary of State may mail any process against\n\nthe corporation that may be served upon the Secretary of State; or\n\n2. A copy of a certificate of dissolution issued by the proper\n\nofficial of the state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation,\n\ntogether with a certificate, which shall be executed in accordance\n\nwith the provisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection, stating the\n\naddress to which the Secretary of State may mail any process against\n\nthe corporation that may be served upon the Secretary of State or a\n\ncopy of an order or decree of dissolution made by any court of\n\ncompetent jurisdiction or other competent authority of the state or\n\nother jurisdiction of its incorporation, certified to be a true copy\n\nunder the hand of the clerk of the court or other official body, and\n\nthe official seal of the court or official body or clerk thereof,\n\ntogether with a certificate executed in accordance with the\n\nprovisions of paragraph 1 of this subsection, stating the address to\n\nwhich the Secretary of State may mail any process against the\n\ncorporation that may be served upon the Secretary of State.\n\nB. The Secretary of State, upon payment to the Secretary of\n\nState of the fees prescribed in Section 1142 of this title, shall\n\nissue a sufficient number of certificates, under the hand and\n\nofficial seal of the Secretary of State, evidencing the surrender of\n\nthe authority of the corporation to do business in this state and\n\nits withdrawal therefrom.\n\nC. Upon the issuance of the certificates by the Secretary of\n\nState, the appointment of the registered agent of the corporation in\n\nthis state, upon whom process against the corporation may be served,\n\nshall be revoked, and service on the corporation may be made by\n\nserving the Secretary of State as its agent as provided in Section\n\n2004 of Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nD. In the event of service upon the Secretary of State in\n\naccordance with the provisions of Section 2004 of Title 12 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, the Secretary of State shall immediately notify\n\nthe corporation by letter, certified mail or return receipt\n\nrequested at the address stated in the certificate which was filed\n\nby the corporation with the Secretary of State pursuant to\n\nsubsection A of this section. The letter shall include a copy of\n\nthe process and any other papers served on the Secretary of State\n\npursuant to the provisions of this subsection. It shall be the duty\n\nof the plaintiff in the event of such service to serve process and\n\nany other papers in duplicate, to notify the Secretary of State that\n\nservice is being effected pursuant to the provisions of this\n\nsubsection, and to pay the Secretary of State the fee provided for\n\nin paragraph 7 of Section 1142 of this title, which fee shall be\n\ntaxed as part of the costs in the proceeding. The Secretary of\n\nState shall maintain an alphabetical record of any such service,\n\nsetting forth the names of the plaintiff and the defendant, the\n\ntitle, docket number, and nature of the proceeding in which process\n\nhas been served upon the Secretary of State, the fact that service\n\nhas been effected pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, the\n\nretary of\n\nState shall maintain an alphabetical record of any such service,\n\nsetting forth the names of the plaintiff and the defendant, the\n\ntitle, docket number, and nature of the proceeding in which process\n\nhas been served upon the Secretary of State, the fact that service\n\nhas been effected pursuant to the provisions of this subsection, the\n\nreturn date thereof, and the date service was made. The Secretary\n\nof State shall not be required to retain such information longer\n\nthan five (5) years from receipt of the service of process by the\n\nSecretary of State.","path":["OK Code","Title 18"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os18.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"a9e263b09588a62f8278823db872ae8c047c42506aefb34731e051bbe4e47a9b","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-1134","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-18-18-1136"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}