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WY Stat § 17-19-1431 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 14 - Dissolution|Section 17-19-1431 - Procedure for Judicial Dissolution.

17-19-1431. Procedure for judicial dissolution.| (a) Venue for a proceeding by the attorney general to dissolve a corporation lies in Laramie county district court. Venue for a proceeding brought by any other party named in W.S. 17-19-1430 lies in the county where a corporation's principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office, is or was last located.  (b) It is not necessary to make directors or members parties to a proceeding to dissolve a corporation unless relief is sought against them individually.  (c) A court in a proceeding brought to dissolve a corporation may issue injunctions, appoint a receiver or custodian pendente lite with all powers and duties the court directs, take other action required to preserve the corporate assets wherever located, and carry on the activities of the corporation until a full hearing can be held.  (d) A person other than the attorney general who brings an involuntary dissolution proceeding for a public benefit or religious corporation shall forthwith give written notice of the proceeding to the secretary of state who shall then notify the attorney general. The attorney general may intervene.
WY Stat § 17-19-1432 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 14 - Dissolution|Section 17-19-1432 - Receivership or Custodianship.

17-19-1432. Receivership or custodianship.| (a) A court in a judicial proceeding brought to dissolve a public benefit or mutual benefit corporation may appoint one (1) or more receivers to wind up and liquidate, or one (1) 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.  (b) The court may appoint an individual, or a domestic or foreign business or nonprofit 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.  (c) 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. Among other powers:  (i) The receiver:  (A) May 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; and  (B) May sue and defend in the receiver's or custodian's name as receiver or custodian of the corporation in all Wyoming district courts.  (ii) The custodian may exercise all of the powers of the corporation, through or in place of its board of directors or officers, to the extent necessary to manage the affairs of the corporation in the best interests of its members and creditors.  (d) 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.  (e) 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 or custodian's counsel from the assets of the corporation or proceeds from the sale of the assets.
WY Stat § 17-19-1433 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 14 - Dissolution|Section 17-19-1433 - Decree of Dissolution.

17-19-1433. Decree of dissolution.| (a) If after a hearing the court determines that one (1) or more grounds for judicial dissolution described in W.S. 17-19-1430 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 secretary of state, who shall file it.  (b) After entering the decree of dissolution, the court shall direct the winding up and liquidation of the corporation's affairs in accordance with W.S. 17-19-1406 and the notification of its claimants in accordance with W.S. 17-19-1407 and 17-19-1408.
WY Stat § 17-19-1440 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 14 - Dissolution|Section 17-19-1440 - Deposit With State Treasurer.

17-19-1440. Deposit with state treasurer.| 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 state treasurer for safekeeping; provided, however, that in the state treasurer'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 state treasurer shall deliver to the creditor, member or other person or his representative that amount or property.
WY Stat § 17-19-1501 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations|Section 17-19-1501 - Authority to Transact Business Required.

17-19-1501. Authority to transact business required.| (a) A foreign corporation may not transact business in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority from the secretary of state.  (b) The following activities, among others, do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of subsection (a) of this section:  (i) Maintaining, defending or settling any proceeding;  (ii) Holding meetings of the board of directors or members or carrying on other activities concerning internal corporate affairs;  (iii) Maintaining bank accounts;  (iv) Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of memberships or securities or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities;  (v) Selling through independent contractors;  (vi) 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;  (vii) Creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, and security interests in real or personal property;  (viii) Securing or collecting debts or enforcing mortgages and security interests in property securing the debts;  (ix) Owning, without more, real or personal property;  (x) Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within thirty (30) days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature;  (xi) Transacting business in interstate commerce.  (c) The list of activities in subsection (b) of this section is not exhaustive.
WY Stat § 17-19-1502 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations|Section 17-19-1502 - Consequences of Transacting Business Without Authority.

17-19-1502. Consequences of transacting business without authority.| (a) A foreign corporation transacting business in this state without a certificate of authority shall not maintain a proceeding in any court in this state until it obtains a certificate of authority.  (b) 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 shall 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.  (c) A court may stay a proceeding commenced by a foreign corporation, its successor or assignee until it 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.  (d) Repealed By Laws 2000, Ch. 35, § 2.  (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the failure of a foreign corporation to obtain a certificate of authority does not impair the validity of its corporate acts or prevent it from defending any proceeding in this state.
WY Stat § 17-19-1503 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations|Section 17-19-1503 - Application for Certificate of Authority.

17-19-1503. Application for certificate of authority.| (a) A foreign corporation may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the secretary of state. The application shall set forth:  (i) The name of the foreign corporation or, if its name is unavailable for use in this state, a corporate name that satisfies the requirements of W.S. 17-19-1506;  (ii) The name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated;  (iii) The date of incorporation and period of duration;  (iv) The street address of its principal office and an email address for the foreign corporation;  (v) The address of its registered office in this state and the name of its registered agent at that office;  (vi) The names and usual business or home addresses of its current directors and officers;  (vii) Whether the foreign corporation has members;  (viii) Whether the corporation, if it had been incorporated in this state, would be a public benefit, mutual benefit or religious corporation;  (ix) A statement that the corporation accepts the constitution of the state of Wyoming in compliance with the requirement of article 10 section 5 of the Wyoming constitution; and  (x) Any additional information as may be necessary or appropriate in order to enable the secretary of state to determine whether the corporation is entitled to a certificate of authority to transact business in this state and to determine and assess the fees and license taxes under the laws of this state.  (b) The foreign corporation shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of existence dated not more than sixty (60) days prior to filing in Wyoming, or a document of similar import, duly 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.  (c) The application for certificate of authority shall be accompanied by a written consent to appointment by the registered agent.
WY Stat § 17-19-1504 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations|Section 17-19-1504 - Amended Certificate of Authority.

17-19-1504. Amended certificate of authority.| (a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall obtain an amended certificate of authority from the secretary of state if it changes:  (i) Its corporate name;  (ii) The period of its duration; or  (iii) The state or country of its incorporation.  (b) The requirements of W.S. 17-19-1503 for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section.
WY Stat § 17-19-1505 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations|Section 17-19-1505 - Effect of Certificate of Authority.

17-19-1505. Effect of certificate of authority.| (a) A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to which it is issued to transact business in this state subject, however, to the right of the state to revoke the certificate as provided in this act.  (b) 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 act, is subject to the same duties, restrictions, penalties and liabilities now or later imposed on, a domestic corporation of like character.  (c) This act does not authorize this state to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state.
WY Stat § 17-19-1506 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations|Section 17-19-1506 - Corporate Name of Foreign Corporation.

17-19-1506. Corporate name of foreign corporation.| (a) If the corporate name of a foreign corporation does not satisfy the requirements of W.S. 17-19-401, the foreign corporation, to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, may use a fictitious name to transact business in this state if its real name is unavailable and it delivers to the secretary of state for filing a copy of the resolution of its board of directors, certified by its secretary, adopting the fictitious name.  (b) Except as authorized by subsections (c) and (d) of this section, the corporate name, including a fictitious name, of a foreign corporation shall not be the same as, nor deceptively similar to any trademark or service mark registered in this state and shall be distinguishable upon the records of the secretary of state from other business names as required by W.S. 17-16-401.  (c) A foreign corporation may apply to the secretary of state for authorization to use a name that is not distinguishable in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 17-16-401(c).  (i) Repealed By Laws 1996, ch. 80, § 3.  (ii) Repealed By Laws 1996, ch. 80, § 3.  (d) A foreign corporation may use in this state the name, including the fictitious name, of another domestic or foreign corporation that is used in this state if the other corporation is incorporated or authorized to transact business in this state and the foreign corporation has:  (i) Merged with the other corporation; or  (ii) Been formed by reorganization of the other corporation; or  (iii) Has acquired all or substantially all of the assets, including the corporate name, of the other corporation.  (iv) Repealed By Laws 1996, ch. 80, § 3.  (e) If a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state changes its corporate name to one that does not satisfy the requirements of W.S. 17-19-401, it may not transact business in this state under the changed name until it adopts a name satisfying the requirements of W.S. 17-19-401 and obtains an amended certificate of authority under W.S. 17-19-1504.
WY Stat § 17-19-1507 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations|Section 17-19-1507 - Registered Office and Registered Agent of Foreign Corporation.

17-19-1507. Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.| (a) Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall continuously maintain in this state:  (i) A registered office as provided in W.S. 17-28-101 through 17-28-111; and  (ii) A registered agent as provided in W.S. 17-28-101 through 17-28-111.  (A) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 90, § 3.  (B) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 90, § 3.  (C) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 90, § 3.  (b) The provisions of W.S. 17-28-101 through 17-28-111 shall apply to all foreign corporations.
WY Stat § 17-19-1520 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations|Section 17-19-1520 - Withdrawal of Foreign Corporation.

17-19-1520. Withdrawal of foreign corporation.| (a) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall not withdraw from this state until it obtains a certificate of withdrawal from the secretary of state.  (b) A foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state may apply for a certificate of withdrawal by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. The application shall set forth:  (i) The name of the foreign corporation and the name of the state or country under whose law it is incorporated;  (ii) That it is not transacting business in this state and that it surrenders its authority to transact business in this state;  (iii) That it revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and appoints the secretary of state as its agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time it was authorized to do business in this state;  (iv) A mailing address and an email address to which the secretary of state may provide a copy of any process served on him under paragraph (iii) of this subsection; and  (v) A commitment to notify the secretary of state in the future of any change in the mailing address or email address.  (c) After the withdrawal of the corporation is effective, service of process on the secretary of state under this section is service on the foreign corporation. Upon receipt of process, the secretary of state shall provide a copy of the process to the foreign corporation at the post office address or email address set forth in its application for withdrawal.
WY Stat § 17-19-1530 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations|Section 17-19-1530 - Grounds for Revocation.

17-19-1530. Grounds for revocation.| (a) The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under W.S. 17-19-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if any of the following has occurred:  (i) The foreign corporation is without a registered agent or registered office in this state for thirty (30) days or more;  (ii) The foreign corporation does not inform the secretary of state under W.S. 17-28-102 or 17-28-103 that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned, or that its registered office has been discontinued within thirty (30) days of the change, resignation or discontinuance;  (iii) An incorporator, director, officer or agent of the foreign corporation signed a document the person knew was false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the secretary of state for filing;  (iv) The secretary of state 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 disappeared as the result of a merger;  (v) The corporation does not deliver its annual reports or pay the annual license taxes to the secretary of state when due pursuant to W.S. 17-19-1630;  (vi) The corporation has failed to respond to a valid and enforceable subpoena;  (vii) It is in the public interest and the corporation:  (A) Has provided fraudulent information or has failed to correct false information upon request of the secretary of state on any filing with the secretary of state under this act; or  (B) Cannot be served either by the registered agent or by mail or electronically by the secretary of state acting as the agent for process.  (viii) The foreign corporation has failed to pay any penalties imposed under W.S. 17-28-109.  (b) The attorney general may commence a proceeding under W.S. 17-19-1531 to revoke the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state if:  (i) The corporation has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by law;  (ii) The corporation would have been a public benefit corporation had it been incorporated in this state and that its corporate assets in this state are being misapplied or wasted; or  (iii) The corporation would have been a public benefit corporation had it been incorporated in this state and it is no longer able to carry out its purposes.  (c) Prior to commencing a proceeding under W.S. 17-19-1531 the secretary of state may classify a foreign corporation as delinquent awaiting administrative revocation if the foreign corporation meets any of the criteria in subsection (a) of this section.
WY Stat § 17-19-1531 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 17 - Corporations, Partnerships and Associations|Chapter 19 - Wyoming Nonprofit Corporation Act|Article 15 - Foreign Corporations|Section 17-19-1531 - Procedure and Effect of Revocation.

17-19-1531. Procedure and effect of revocation.| (a) The secretary of state upon determining that one (1) or more grounds exist under W.S. 17-19-1530 for revocation of a certificate of authority shall serve the foreign corporation with written notice of that determination under W.S. 17-28-104.  (b) The attorney general upon determining that one (1) or more grounds exist under W.S. 17-19-1530(b) for revocation of a certificate of authority shall request the secretary of state to serve, and the secretary of state shall serve the foreign corporation with written notice of that determination under W.S. 17-28-104.  (c) If the foreign corporation does not correct each ground for revocation or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the secretary of state or attorney general that each ground for revocation determined by the secretary of state or attorney general does not exist within sixty (60) days after service of the notice is perfected under W.S. 17-28-104, the secretary of state may revoke the foreign corporation's certificate of authority by signing a certificate of revocation that recites the ground or grounds for revocation and its effective date. The secretary of state shall file the original of the certificate and serve a copy on the foreign corporation under W.S. 17-28-104.  (d) The authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state ceases on the date shown on the certificate revoking its certificate of authority.  (e) The secretary of state's revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority appoints the secretary of state the foreign corporation's agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action that arose during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact business in this state. Service of process on the secretary of state under this subsection is service on the foreign corporation. Upon receipt of process, the secretary of state shall either:  (i) Mail a copy of the process to the secretary of the foreign corporation at its principal office shown in its most recent annual report or in any subsequent communications received from the corporation stating the current mailing address of its principal office, or, if none are on file, in its application for a certificate of authority; or  (ii) Electronically submit a copy of the process to the foreign corporation's email address.  (f) Revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation.  (g) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 91, § 3.