How to Revoke a Corporate Charter

A corporate charter at the most basic level is a legal document that will include standard material about the formation of a corporation. It will include the corporation's name, the number of shares that are authorized to be issued to various parties, the organization's purpose and the names of all the parties involved in the formation of the company. This is generally the first document in the life of a corporation. Revoking this legal document must be completed through legal terms and with the participation of each entity identified as part of the corporation.

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  Contact an attorney to represent your side in revoking the corporate charter documents that were filed with the birthing of the corporation. You will likely need legal representation to cancel a legal, taxation document such as a corporate charter.

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  Contact the corporate charter division of your state government. Speak with the proper individuals that have the paperwork and information about your corporate charter and all the relevant information that pertains to that legal document.

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  Submit a legal document that was designed and reviewed by your attorney, identifying the reasons you wish to revoke the corporate charter -- either as an individual within a group of partners or as a group dissolving a corporation -- in combination with all the articles of dissolution. Legal cancellation forms are available online if you are not represented by an attorney.

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  Insert the name and address of each member designated to wind up the company's affairs or, if there was not one individual designated to this job, use the names and addresses of all members of the company when submitting your cancellation to the state. Add the necessary signatures and submit the legal documents to revoke the corporate charter.