Indiana § 23-17-19-6 - Foreign corporations
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 23-17-19-6 — Foreign corporations, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 23-17-19-6. Foreign corporations
Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in section 2 of this chapter, foreign business or nonprofit corporations may merge with domestic nonprofit corporations if the following conditions are met:
(1) The merger is permitted by the law of the state or country under whose laws each foreign corporation is incorporated and each foreign corporation complies with that law in effecting the merger.
(2) The foreign corporation complies with section 4 of this chapter if the foreign corporation is the surviving corporation of the merger.
(3) Each domestic nonprofit corporation complies with sections 1 through 3 of this chapter and, if the domestic nonprofit corporation is the surviving corporation of the merger, with section 4 of this chapter.
(b) Upon the merger taking effect, the surviving foreign business or nonprofit corporation is considered to have irrevocably appointed the secretary of state as the agent for service of process for the business or corporation in any proceeding brought against the business or corporation.
As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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