Sec. 33-1009. Appeal from Secretary of the State's refusal to file document.
Sec. 33-1009. Appeal from Secretary of the State's refusal to file document.
(a) If the Secretary of the State refuses to file a document delivered to his office for
filing, the domestic or foreign corporation may appeal the refusal within thirty days
after the return of the document to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.
The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing the document and
by attaching to the petition the document and the Secretary of the State's explanation
of his refusal to file.
(b) The court may summarily order the Secretary of the State to file the document
or take other action the court considers appropriate.
(c) The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 2; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4-6; P.A. 96-256, S. 10, 209.)
History: P.A. 96-256 effective January 1, 1997 (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230, 90-98, 93-142 and 95-220 authorized
substitution of "judicial district of Hartford" for "judicial district of Hartford-New Britain" in public and special acts of
1996, effective September 1, 1998).