Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 79 - CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS (§§ 79-1-1 — 79-37-604) › Chapter 4 - MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT (§§ 79-4-1.01 — 79-4-17.05) › Article 15 - FOREIGN CORPORATIONS (§§ 79-4-15.01 — 79-4-15.33) › Subarticle C - REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY (§§ 79-4-15.30 — 79-4-15.33) › Section 79-4-15.31 - Procedure for and effect of revocation

(a)
If the Secretary of State determines that one or more grounds exist under Section
79-4-15.30
for revocation of a certificate of authority, he shall serve the foreign corporation with written notice of his determination under Section
79-4-15.10
, except that such determination may be served by first class mail.
(b)
If the foreign corporation does not correct each ground for revocation or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Secretary of State that each ground determined by the Secretary of State does not exist within sixty (60) days after service of the notice is perfected under Section
79-4-15.10
, 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 Section
79-4-15.10
, except that such certificate may be served by first-class mail.
(c)
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.
(d)
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 which arose during the time the foreign corporation was authorized to transact business in this state. Service of process on the Secretary of State under the Mississippi Rules of Civil Procedure is service on the foreign corporation. Upon receipt of process, the Secretary of State shall 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 communication 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.
(e)
Revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation.
(f)
The administrative revocation of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority shall not impair the validity of any contract, deed, mortgage, security interest, lien or act of such foreign corporation or prevent the foreign corporation from defending any action, suit or proceeding with any court of this state.
(g)
A foreign corporation whose registration has been administratively revoked may not maintain any action, suit or proceeding in any court of this state until such foreign corporation's certificate of authority has been reinstated.
Laws, 1987, ch. 486, § 15.31; Laws, 1991, ch. 509, § 3; Laws, 2012, ch. 382, § 46; Laws, 2012, ch. 481, § 41, eff. 1/1/2013.