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WI Stat § 181.1432 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1432 - Receivership or custodianship.

181.1432  Receivership or custodianship. (1) Powers of court. A court in a judicial proceeding brought to dissolve a corporation may appoint one or more receivers to wind up and liquidate, or one or more custodians to manage, the affairs of the corporation. The court shall hold a hearing, after notifying all parties to the proceeding and any interested persons designated by the court, before appointing a receiver or custodian. The court appointing a receiver or custodian has exclusive jurisdiction over the corporation and all of its property wherever located. (2)  Who may serve as receiver or custodian. The court may appoint an individual, or a domestic or foreign corporation or stock corporation authorized to transact business in this state, as a receiver or custodian. The court may require the receiver or custodian to post bond, with or without sureties, in an amount the court directs. (3)  Powers and duties of receiver or custodian.  (a) The court shall describe the powers and duties of the receiver or custodian in its appointing order, which may be amended from time to time.(b) A receiver may exercise, but is not limited to, all of the following powers:1. To dispose of all or any part of the assets of the corporation wherever located, at a public or private sale, if authorized by the court; provided, however, that the receiver's power to dispose of the assets of the corporation is subject to any trust and other restrictions that would be applicable to the corporation.2. To sue and defend in the receiver's name as receiver of the corporation in all courts of this state.(c) A custodian may exercise all of the powers of the corporation, through or in place of its board or officers, to the extent necessary to manage the affairs of the corporation in the best interests of its members and creditors and may sue and defend in the custodian's name as custodian of the corporation in all courts in this state. (4)  Redesignation. The court during a receivership may redesignate the receiver a custodian, and during a custodianship may redesignate the custodian a receiver, if doing so is in the best interests of the corporation, its members, and creditors. (5)  Compensation and expenses. The court from time to time during the receivership or custodianship may order compensation paid and expense disbursements or reimbursements made to the receiver or custodian and the receiver's or custodian's counsel from the assets of the corporation or proceeds from the sale of the assets.History:  1997 a. 79.
WI Stat § 181.1433 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1433 - Decree of dissolution.

181.1433  Decree of dissolution. (1) Entering decree. If after a hearing the court determines that one or more grounds for judicial dissolution under s. 181.1430 exist, it may enter a decree dissolving the corporation and specifying the effective date of the dissolution, and the clerk of the court shall deliver a certified copy of the decree to the department, who shall file it. (2)  Effect of decree. After entering the decree of dissolution, the court shall direct the winding up and liquidation of the corporation's affairs in accordance with s. 181.1405 and the notification of its claimants in accordance with ss. 181.1406 and 181.1407.History:  1997 a. 79.
WI Stat § 181.1440 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1440 - Deposit with secretary of revenue.

181.1440  Deposit with secretary of revenue. Assets of a dissolved corporation that should be transferred to a creditor, claimant, or member of the corporation who cannot be found or who is not competent to receive them, shall be reduced to cash subject to known trust restrictions and deposited with the secretary of revenue for safekeeping. However, in the secretary's discretion property may be received and held in kind. When the creditor, claimant, or member furnishes satisfactory proof of entitlement to the amount deposited or property held in kind, the secretary of revenue shall deliver to the creditor, member or other person or his or her representative that amount or property. History:  1997 a. 79; 2013 a. 20.
WI Stat § 181.1501 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1501 - Authority to transact business required.

181.1501  Authority to transact business required. (1) In general. A foreign corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the department. (2)  Permitted activities. The following activities, among others, do not constitute transacting business in this state within the meaning of this subchapter:(a) Maintaining, defending or settling any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding.(b) Holding meetings of the board or members or carrying on other activities concerning internal corporate affairs.(c) Maintaining bank accounts.(d) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of the foreign corporation's memberships or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those memberships.(e) Selling through independent contractors.(f) Soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this state before they become contracts.(g) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages and security interests in property.(h) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts.(i) Owning, without more, property.(j) Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within 30 days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature.(k) Transacting business in interstate commerce.History:  1997 a. 79.
WI Stat § 181.1502 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1502 - Consequences of transacting business without authority.

181.1502  Consequences of transacting business without authority. (1) Court proceedings barred. A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority, if a certificate of authority is required under s. 181.1501, may not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority. (2)  Successors to foreign corporations. The successor to a foreign corporation that transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority and the assignee of a cause of action arising out of that business may not maintain a proceeding on that cause of action in any court in this state until the foreign corporation or its successor obtains a certificate of authority. (3)  Stay of proceedings. A court may stay a proceeding commenced by a foreign corporation, its successor or its assignee until the court determines whether the foreign corporation or its successor requires a certificate of authority. If it so determines, the court may further stay the proceeding until the foreign corporation or its successor obtains the certificate. (4)  Penalties. (a) Beginning on February 1, 2000, a foreign corporation that transacts business in this state without a certificate of authority is liable to the state, for each year or any part of a year during which it transacted business in this state without a certificate of authority, in an amount equal to the sum of all of the following:1. All fees that would have been imposed under this chapter upon the foreign corporation had it applied for and received a certificate of authority when it began transacting business in this state.2. A fee of $50 for each year or portion of a year during which it transacted business without a certificate of authority or $500, whichever is less.(b) The foreign corporation shall pay the amount owed under par. (a) to the department. The department may not issue a certificate of authority to the foreign corporation until the amount owed under par. (a) is paid. The attorney general may enforce a foreign corporation's obligation to pay the department any amount owed under par. (a). (5)  Validity of corporate actions. Notwithstanding subs. (1) and (2), the failure of a foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority does not impair the validity of its corporate acts or its title to property in this state or prevent it from defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding in this state.History:  1997 a. 79.
WI Stat § 181.1503 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1503 - Application for certificate of authority.

181.1503  Application for certificate of authority. (1) Filing requirements. A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the department for filing. The application shall be made on a form prescribed by the department and shall include all of the following information:(a) The name of the foreign corporation or, if its name is unavailable for use in this state, a fictitious name that satisfies s. 181.1506.(b) The name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated.(c) Its date of incorporation and period of duration.(d) The street address of its principal office.(e) The street address of its registered office in this state and the name of its registered agent at that office.(f) The name and usual business or home address of each of its current directors and principal officers.(g) Whether the foreign corporation has members.(h) A statement that the corporation is organized without capital stock. (2)  Authentication. The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of status or a document of similar import authenticated by the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law it is incorporated. The certificate shall be dated no earlier than 60 days before its delivery.History:  1997 a. 79.
WI Stat § 181.1504 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1504 - Amended certificate of authority.

181.1504  Amended certificate of authority. (1) When required. A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall obtain an amended certificate of authority from the department if the foreign corporation changes any of the following:(a) Its corporate name or the fictitious name under which it has been issued a certificate of authority.(b) Its date of incorporation or the period of its duration.(c) The state or country of its incorporation. (2)  Filing and authentication requirements. The requirements of s. 181.1503 for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section, except that a foreign corporation is not required to deliver a certificate of status with an application solely to change a fictitious name.History:  1997 a. 79; 2001 a. 44.
WI Stat § 181.1505 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1505 - Effect of certificate of authority.

181.1505  Effect of certificate of authority. (1) Transaction of business. A certificate of authority issued to a foreign corporation authorizes the foreign corporation to transact business in this state subject to the right of the state to revoke the certificate as provided in this chapter. (2)  Rights and privileges. A foreign corporation with a valid certificate of authority has the same rights and enjoys the same privileges as and, except as otherwise provided by this chapter, is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties and liabilities now or later imposed on, a domestic corporation of like character. (3)  Internal affairs. This chapter does not authorize this state to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state.History:  1997 a. 79.
WI Stat § 181.1507 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1507 - Registered office and registered agent.

181.1507  Registered office and registered agent. Each foreign corporation shall continuously maintain in this state a registered office and registered agent. The registered office may, but need not, be the same as any of its places of business. The registered agent shall be any of the following: (1)  Individuals. An individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office. (2)  Domestic entities. A domestic corporation, stock corporation, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability company, incorporated or organized in this state or that has in effect a statement of qualification under s. 178.0901, whose business office is identical with the registered office. (3)  Foreign entities. A foreign corporation, stock corporation, limited partnership, registered limited liability partnership, or limited liability company, authorized to transact business in this state, whose business office is identical with the registered office.History:  1997 a. 79; 2001 a. 44; 2015 a. 295.
WI Stat § 181.1508 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1508 - Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign corporation.

181.1508  Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign corporation. (1) Filing requirements. A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may change its registered office or registered agent, or both, by delivering to the department for filing a statement of change that, except as provided in sub. (2), includes all of the following information.(a) The name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated.(b) The street address of its registered office, as changed.(c) The name of its registered agent, as changed.(d) A statement that, after the change or changes are made, the street addresses of its registered office and the office of its registered agent will be identical. (2)  Agent change of address. If a registered agent changes the street address of its business office, the agent may change the street address of the registered office of any foreign corporation for which the agent is the registered agent by notifying the foreign corporation in writing of the change and signing, either manually or in facsimile, and delivering to the department for filing a statement of change that complies with sub. (1) and recites that the foreign corporation has been notified of the change.History:  1997 a. 79.
WI Stat § 181.1509 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1509 - Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.

181.1509  Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation. (1) How agent may resign. The registered agent of a foreign corporation may resign by signing and delivering to the department for filing a statement of resignation that includes all of the following information:(a) The name of the foreign corporation for which the registered agent is acting.(b) The name of the registered agent.(c) The street address of the foreign corporation's current registered office and its principal office.(d) A statement that the registered agent resigns.(e) If applicable, a statement that the registered office is also discontinued. (2)  Notice to corporation. After filing the statement, the department shall mail a copy to the foreign corporation at its principal office. (3)  Effective date. The resignation is effective and, if applicable, the registered office is discontinued on the earlier of the following:(a) Sixty days after the department receives the statement of resignation for filing.(b) The date on which the appointment of a successor registered agent is effective.History:  1997 a. 79.
WI Stat § 181.1510 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1510 - Service on foreign corporation.

181.1510  Service on foreign corporation. (1) Registered agent. Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), the registered agent of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state is the foreign corporation's agent for service of process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign corporation. (2)  Foreign corporation authorized to transact business. A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may be served in the manner provided in sub. (4) if the foreign corporation has no registered agent or its registered agent cannot, with reasonable diligence, be served. (3)  Foreign corporation formerly authorized to transact business. A foreign corporation formerly authorized to transact business in this state may be served in the manner provided in sub. (4) in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding based on a cause of action arising while it was authorized to transact business in this state, if the foreign corporation has done any of the following:(a) Withdrawn from transacting business in this state under s. 181.1520.(b) Had its certificate of authority revoked under s. 181.1531. (4)  Manner of service on foreign corporation.  (a) With respect to a foreign corporation described in sub. (2) or (3), the foreign corporation may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the foreign corporation at its principal office as shown on the records of the department, except as provided in par. (b). Service is perfected under this paragraph at the earliest of the following:1. The date on which the foreign corporation receives the mail.2. The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign corporation.3. Five days after it is deposited in the U.S. mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed.(b) Except as provided in s. 181.1531 (2g) (b), if the address of the foreign corporation's principal office cannot be determined from the records of the department, the foreign corporation may be served by publishing a class 3 notice, under ch. 985, in the community where the foreign corporation's principal office or registered office, as most recently designated in the records of the department, is located. (5)  Other methods of service. This section does not limit or affect the right to serve any process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon a foreign corporation in any other manner permitted by law.History:  1997 a. 79; 2011 a. 234.
WI Stat § 181.1520 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1520 - Withdrawal of foreign corporation.

181.1520  Withdrawal of foreign corporation. (1) Certificate required. A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may not withdraw from this state until it obtains a certificate of withdrawal from the department. (2)  Application for certificate. A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to the department for filing. The application shall include all of the following information:(a) The name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated.(b) A statement that it is not transacting business in this state and that it surrenders its authority to transact business in this state.(c) A statement that it revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and that it consents to service of process under s. 181.1510 (3) and (4) in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time it was authorized to transact business in this state.(d) The mailing address of its principal office, if different from that shown on its most recent annual report.(e) A commitment to notify the department in the future of any change in the mailing address of its principal office.History:  1997 a. 79.
WI Stat § 181.1530 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1530 - Grounds for revocation.

181.1530  Grounds for revocation. (1) Permissive revocation by department. Except as provided in sub. (1m), the department may bring a proceeding under s. 181.1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if any of the following applies:(a) The foreign corporation fails to file its annual report with the department within 4 months after it is due.(b) The foreign corporation does not pay, within 4 months after they are due, any fees or penalties due the department under this chapter.(c) The foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for at least 6 months.(d) The foreign corporation does not inform the department under s. 181.1508 or 181.1509 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned or that its registered office has been discontinued, within 6 months of the change, resignation or discontinuance.(e) The foreign corporation obtained its certificate of authority through fraud.(f) The department receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated stating that it has been dissolved or has disappeared as the result of a merger.(g) The foreign corporation violates s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 (2). (1m)  Mandatory revocation by department. If the department receives a certificate under sub. (1) (f) and a statement by the foreign corporation that the certificate is submitted by the foreign corporation to terminate its authority to transact business in this state, the department shall issue a certificate of revocation under s. 181.1531 (2) (b). (2)  Revocation by a court. A court may revoke, under s. 946.87, the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state. The court shall notify the department of the action, and the department shall issue a certificate of revocation under s. 181.1531 (2) (b).History:  1997 a. 79; 2007 a. 116.
WI Stat § 181.1532 (2021)
2021 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations|Chapter 181 - Nonstock corporations.|181.1532 - Appeal from revocation.

181.1532  Appeal from revocation. (1) Right to appeal. A foreign corporation may appeal the department's revocation of its certificate of authority under s. 181.1530 (1) to the circuit court for the county where the foreign corporation's principal office or, if none exists in this state, its registered office is located, within 30 days after the effective date of the notice of revocation. The foreign corporation shall appeal by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its certificate of authority and the department's notice of revocation. (2)  Permissible remedies. The court may order the department to reinstate the certificate of authority or may take any other action that the court considers appropriate. (3)  Appeal of judicial decision. The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.History:  1997 a. 79; 2001 a. 44.