Appeal from revocation

(a) A foreign corporation may appeal the Secretary of State’s revocation of its certificate of authority to the Superior Court of Fulton County within 30 days after service of the certificate of revocation is perfected under Code Section 14-2-1510. The foreign corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its certificate of authority and the Secretary of State’s certificate of revocation. (b) The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate the certificate of authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate. (c) The court’s final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings. (Code 1981, § 14-2-1532, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.) COMMENT Source: Model Act, § 15.32. A corporation whose certificate of authority is revoked may obtain judicial review of the revocation decision. In the review proceeding the court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate the corporation or take other action it deems appropriate. This section generally parallels former § 14-2-393, except that § 14-2-393(a) granted 40 days for an appeal, and § 14-2-393(b) provided that an appeal would be tried de novo without a jury. Nothing in this section is intended to change the general rules concerning judicial review of administrative actions. Cross-References Effective date of service, see § 14-2-1510. Grounds for revocation, see § 14-2-1530. Procedure for revocation, see § 14-2-1531.