Corporation Reinstatement, Revival, and Revivor Packet - Kentucky
KENTUCKY CORPORATION REINSTATEMENT, REVIVAL, AND REVIVOR PACKET
Any-time route with a winding-up bar. A qualifying administratively dissolved entity may apply at any time, but an entity that has taken the action necessary to wind up and liquidate its affairs and notify claimants is prohibited from reinstatement.
Scope gate. Use for a domestic business corporation administratively dissolved under KRS 14A.7-020 or predecessor law. Excludes voluntary or judicial dissolution, foreign revocation, merger, conversion, insolvency, and disputed-control matters.
1. STATUS AND WINDING-UP RECORD
| Item | Verified information |
|---|---|
| Exact corporate name | [________________________________] |
| Kentucky organization number | [________________________________] |
| Administrative-dissolution date | [__/__/____] |
| Stated ground or grounds | [________________________________] |
| Steps taken to wind up / liquidate | [________________________________] |
| Claimants notified | ☐ Yes ☐ No |
| Department of Revenue certificate | [________________________________] |
| Unemployment Insurance certificate | [________________________________] |
Attach the Secretary of State record, dissolution certificate and notice, articles and amendments, bylaws, stock ledger, delinquent annual reports, tax records, unemployment records, and any winding-up or claimant notices.
2. SECTION 14A.7-030 REQUIREMENTS
The application recites the name and dissolution effective date; states that the grounds did not exist or were eliminated; states that the name satisfies KRS 14A.3-010; includes a Department of Revenue paid-tax certificate; represents that the entity did not take steps to wind up, liquidate, and notify claimants; and, for a business corporation, includes an Office of Unemployment Insurance certificate covering employer contributions, interest, penalties, and service-capacity-upgrade-fund assessments.
☐ Every application statement is supported by the official record.
☐ Corporate name currently satisfies KRS 14A.3-010.
☐ Revenue and Unemployment Insurance certificates are current and attached.
☐ No disqualifying winding-up, liquidation, and claimant-notice actions occurred.
The application must include the reinstatement penalty and current filing fee for each delinquent annual report.
3. CURE AND FILING CONTROL
| Cure item | Required evidence / payment | Completed |
|---|---|---|
| Dissolution ground | [________________________________] | ☐ |
| Delinquent annual reports | [________________________________] | ☐ |
| Revenue clearance | [________________________________] | ☐ |
| Unemployment clearance | [________________________________] | ☐ |
| Name compliance | [________________________________] | ☐ |
| Filing control | Verified value |
|---|---|
| Applicant signer and capacity | [________________________________] |
| Reinstatement penalty | $[________________________________] |
| Report fees | $[________________________________] |
| Submission / acceptance dates | [________________________________] |
☐ Current application, agency certificates, fees, report forms, and delivery method rechecked on filing day.
4. EFFECT REVIEW
Effective reinstatement relates back to the administrative-dissolution date; the entity continues business as if dissolution or revocation had never occurred; and an agent's liability is determined on the same basis.
| Gap-period act or issue | Date | Agent / counterparty | Separate review |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Description] | [__/__/____] | [Name] | ☐ |
| [Description] | [__/__/____] | [Name] | ☐ |
Do not promise that reinstatement independently restores every license, permit, insurance policy, tax election, or foreign qualification.
5. POST-ACCEPTANCE WORK
☐ Secretary of State record shows active status and the intended name.
☐ Certificate of existence, application, clearances, reports, receipts, and current record saved.
☐ Corporate records, taxes, payroll, licenses, banks, insurance, contracts, permits, and foreign qualifications reviewed separately.
☐ New annual-report and compliance calendar assigned.
Prepared by: [________________________________]
Authorized reviewer: [________________________________]
Signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
SOURCES AND REFERENCES
Statutory route verified 2026-07-29; recheck the winding-up facts, clearances, official record, forms, and amounts immediately before filing.
About this template
- Last updated
- July 29, 2026
- Citations checked
- July 29, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Kentucky
- Category
- Corporate & Business
Legal authority
- KRS § 14A.7-030
Corporate documents govern how a company makes decisions, records them, and handles disputes between owners, directors, and officers. Proper corporate paperwork is what lets a business take advantage of limited liability, pass clean audits, and survive an acquisition or investor review. Skipping formalities like written resolutions and signed consents is one of the fastest ways for a business owner to lose personal asset protection.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on July 29, 2026.
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