Ohio Code § 1702.59

§ 1702.59.

(A) Every nonprofit corporation, incorporated under the general corporation laws of this

state, or previous laws, or under special provisions of the Revised Code, or created

before September 1, 1851, which corporation has expressedly or impliedly elected to

be governed by the laws passed since that date, and whose articles or other documents

are filed with the secretary of state, shall file with the secretary of state a verified

statement of continued existence, signed by a director, officer, or three members

in good standing, setting forth the corporate name, the place where the principal

office of the corporation is located, the date of incorporation, the fact that the

corporation is still actively engaged in exercising its corporate privileges, and

the name and address of its agent appointed pursuant to section 1702.06 of the Revised Code . (B) Each corporation required to file a statement of continued existence shall file it

with the secretary of state within each five years after the date of incorporation

or of the last corporate filing. (C) Corporations specifically exempted by division (N) of section 1702.06 of the Revised Code , or whose activities are regulated or supervised by another state official, agency,

bureau, department, or commission are exempted from this section. (D) The secretary of state shall give notice by ordinary or electronic mail and provide

a form for compliance with this section to each corporation required by this section

to file the statement of continued existence, such notice and form to be mailed to

the last known physical or electronic mail address of the corporation as it appears

on the records of the secretary of state or which the secretary of state may ascertain

upon a reasonable search. (E) If any nonprofit corporation required by this section to file a statement of continued

existence fails to file the statement required every fifth year, then the secretary

of state shall cancel the articles of such corporation, make a notation of the cancellation

on the records, and mail to the corporation a certificate of the action so taken. (F) A corporation whose articles have been canceled may be reinstated by filing, within

two years of the cancellation, an application for reinstatement and paying to the

secretary of state the fee specified in division (Q) of section 111.16 of the Revised Code .  The name of a corporation whose articles have been canceled shall be reserved for

a period of one year after the date of cancellation.  If the reinstatement is not made within one year from the date of the cancellation

of its articles of incorporation and it appears that a corporate name, limited liability

company name, limited liability partnership name, limited partnership name, or trade

name has been filed, the name of which is not distinguishable upon the record as provided

in section 1702.06 of the Revised Code , the applicant for reinstatement shall be required by the secretary of state, as

a condition prerequisite to such reinstatement, to amend its articles by changing

its name.  A certificate of reinstatement may be filed in the recorder's office of any county

in the state, for which the recorder shall charge and collect a base fee of one dollar

for services and a housing trust fund fee of one dollar pursuant to section 317.36 of the Revised Code .  The rights, privileges, and franchises of a corporation whose articles have been

reinstated are subject to section 1702.60 of the Revised Code . (G) The secretary of state shall furnish the tax commissioner a list of all corporations

failing to file the required statement of continued existence.