Corporation Reinstatement, Revival, and Revivor Packet - Indiana

INDIANA CORPORATION REINSTATEMENT, REVIVAL, AND REVIVOR PACKET

Current 2026 route. Effective January 1, 2026, Indiana permits an administratively dissolved domestic filing entity to seek reinstatement more than five years after dissolution, subject to added disclosures. Do not use a pre-2026 form note that says reinstatement is categorically unavailable after five years.

Scope gate. Use for a domestic business corporation. Excludes voluntary or judicial dissolution, foreign revocation, nonprofit or professional corporations, merger, conversion, insolvency, and disputed-control matters.

1. STATUS AND TIMING RECORD

Attach the INBiz record, dissolution certificate and notice, filing history, articles and amendments, bylaws, stock ledger, business-entity reports, Department of Revenue correspondence, and cure evidence.

2. CORE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

The signed application states the entity's name at dissolution and, if needed, a different compliant name; principal-office street address; registered-agent name and address; dissolution effective date; that the grounds did not exist or have been cured; and includes a Department of Revenue certificate of clearance reciting that entity taxes were paid.

☐ Administrative dissolution confirmed from the official record.

☐ Every stated ground is disproved or cured.

☐ Name, principal office, and registered agent are current and compliant.

☐ Current Department of Revenue clearance is attached.

The entity must pay all fees, taxes, interest, and penalties due at dissolution plus all amounts that would have been due while administratively dissolved.

3. POST-FIVE-YEAR AND FILER-AUTHORITY GATES

If applying more than five years after dissolution, the application must also state the reason for requesting reinstatement and the corporation's intended future activities if approved.

If the individual applying is not listed as a governing person, the application must include a notarized affidavit stating that a governing person authorized the request. A governing person or an attorney representing the entity must sign the affidavit.

☐ More-than-five-year reason and intended-activities statement attached if required.

☐ Applicant appears as a governing person, or the required notarized permission affidavit is attached.

☐ Current INBiz workflow, affidavit format, reports, fees, attachments, and payment method rechecked on filing day.

4. EFFECT AND RELIANCE REVIEW

Effective reinstatement relates back to the administrative-dissolution date, the entity resumes activities and affairs as if dissolution had never occurred, and rights arising from reliance on dissolution before knowledge or notice of reinstatement are not affected.

Do not promise that reinstatement independently restores every license, permit, insurance policy, tax election, contract right, or foreign qualification.

5. POST-ACCEPTANCE WORK

☐ INBiz record shows active status and the intended name.

☐ Application, clearance, affidavit or disclosures, reports, receipt, and current record saved.

☐ Corporate records, taxes, payroll, licenses, banks, insurance, contracts, permits, and foreign qualifications reviewed separately.

☐ New biennial-report and compliance calendar assigned.

Prepared by: [________________________________]

Authorized reviewer: [________________________________]

Signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

SOURCES AND REFERENCES

• Indiana General Assembly — current Title 23
• Indiana Secretary of State — HB 1593 filing changes effective January 1, 2026
• Indiana Code § 23-0.5-6-3, 2026-effective mirror

Current route verified 2026-07-29, including the January 1, 2026 expansion beyond five years; recheck the Code text, clearance, affidavit, portal, and amounts immediately before filing.