Section 156D:14.23 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement(a) If the secretary of state denies a corporation's application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, he shall serve the corporation under section 5.04 with a written notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial.(b) The corporation may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the superior court for Suffolk county within 30 days after service of the notice of denial is perfected. The corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the dissolution and attaching to the petition copies of the secretary of state's certificate, or other public record, of dissolution, the corporation's application for reinstatement, and the secretary of state's notice of denial.(c) The court may summarily order the secretary of state to reinstate the dissolved corporation or may take other action the court considers appropriate.(d) The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156D, § 14.23
Added by Acts 2003, c. 127, § 17, eff. 7/1/2004.