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QUESTION: My small business is an LLC, and I just realized that I have not filed my annual report in over a year. Will the Secretary of State’s (“SOS”) office revoke my articles? If they are revoked, can they be reinstated, or are they forever revoked?

ANSWER:

La.R.S. 12:262.1(A) provides:

A. Where a corporation has failed to designate and maintain a registered office and to designate and maintain a registered agent pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 12:236, for a period of one hundred eighty consecutive days, or where a corporation has failed to file an annual report for three consecutive years, according to the records of the secretary of state, the secretary of state shall revoke the articles of incorp

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