Connecticut § 34-537 - Cancellation of registration.
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§ 34-537. Cancellation of registration.
Sec. 34-537. Cancellation of registration. (a) A foreign statutory trust authorized to transact business in this state may cancel its registration upon procuring from the Secretary of the State a certificate of cancellation. In order to procure such certificate, the foreign statutory trust shall deliver to the Secretary of the State an application for cancellation, which shall set forth: (1) The name of the foreign statutory trust and the state or other jurisdiction under the laws of which it is organized; (2) that the foreign statutory trust is not transacting business in this state; (3) that the foreign statutory trust surrenders its certificate of registration to transact business in this state; (4) that the foreign statutory trust revokes the authority of its statutory agent for service of process in this state and consents that service of process in any action, suit or proceeding based upon any cause of action arising in this state during the time the foreign statutory trust was authorized to transact business in this state may thereafter be made on such foreign statutory trust by service thereof upon the Secretary of the State; and (5) an address to which a person may mail a copy of any process against the foreign statutory trust.
(b) The application for cancellation shall be in the form and manner designated by the Secretary of the State and shall be executed by the foreign statutory trust by a person with authority to do so under the laws of the state or other jurisdiction of its organization, or, if the foreign statutory trust is in the hands of a receiver or trustee or other court appointed fiduciary, by such receiver, trustee or fiduciary.
(c) A cancellation does not terminate the authority of the Secretary of the State to accept service of process on the foreign statutory trust with respect to causes of action arising out of the transaction of business in this state.
(P.A. 96-271, S. 245, 254.)
History: P.A. 96-271 effective October 1, 1997.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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