180.1530(1)(d)(d) The foreign corporation does not notify the department under s. 180.1508 or 180.1509 within 6 months that its registered agent or registered office has changed, that its registered agent has resigned or that its registered office has been discontinued.

180.1530(1)(e)(e) The foreign corporation obtained its certificate of authority through fraud or its application for certificate of authority contains fraudulent or materially false information.

180.1530(1)(f)(f) The department receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of corporate records in the state or country under whose law the foreign corporation is incorporated stating that it has been dissolved or disappeared as the result of a merger or other event.

180.1530(1)(g)(g) The foreign corporation violates s. 940.302 (2) or 948.051 (2).

180.1530(1m)(1m) If the department receives a certificate under sub. (1) (f) and a statement by the foreign corporation that the certificate is submitted by the foreign corporation to terminate its authority to transact business in this state, the department shall revoke the foreign corporation’s certificate of authority under s. 180.1531 (2) (b).

180.1530(2)(2) A court may revoke under s. 946.87 the certificate of authority of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state. The court shall notify the department of the action, and the department shall revoke the foreign corporation’s certificate of authority under s. 180.1531 (2) (b).

180.1531(1)(1) If the department determines that one or more grounds exist under s. 180.1530 (1) for revocation of a certificate of authority, the department shall give the foreign corporation under s. 180.0141 notice of the determination. The notice shall be in writing and addressed to the registered office of the foreign corporation.

180.1531(2)(a)(a) Within 60 days after the notice takes effect under s. 180.0141 (5) (a), the foreign corporation shall, with respect to each ground for revocation, either correct it or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the department that it does not exist.

180.1531(2)(b)(b) If the foreign corporation fails to satisfy par. (a), the department may revoke the foreign corporation’s certificate of authority. The department shall enter a notation in its records to reflect each ground for revocation and the effective date of revocation and shall give the corporation notice of those facts. The department shall give the foreign corporation under s. 180.0141 notice of each ground for revocation and the effective date of the revocation. The notice shall be in writing and addressed to the registered office of the foreign corporation.

180.1531(2)(c)1.1. The department shall reinstate the certificate of authority if the foreign corporation does all of the following within 6 months after the effective date of the certificate of revocation:

180.1531(2)(c)1.b.b. Pays any fees or penalties due the department under s. 180.1502 (5) (a) or $5,000, whichever is less.

180.1531(2)(c)1m.1m. Upon reinstatement of a corporation’s certificate of authority under subd. 1., the department shall enter a notation in its records revising the notation specified in par. (b) to reflect cancellation of the revocation and reinstatement of the corporation’s certificate of authority. The notation shall state the effective date of reinstatement. The department shall provide notice of the reinstatement to the corporation or its registered agent.

180.1531(2)(c)2.a.a. Except as provided in subd. 2. b., the reinstatement relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the revocation, and the foreign corporation may resume carrying on its business as if the revocation never occurred.

180.1531(2)(c)2.b.b. The rights of a person arising out of an act or omission in reliance on the revocation before the person knew or had notice of the reinstatement are unaffected.

180.1531(2m)(a)(a) If a notice under sub. (1) or (2) (b) is returned to the department as undeliverable, the department shall again give notice to the corporation under s. 180.0141. Except as provided under par. (b), this notice shall be in writing and addressed to the principal office of the foreign corporation.

180.1531(2m)(b)(b) If the notice under par. (a) is returned to the department as undeliverable or if the corporation’s principal office cannot be determined from the records of the department, the department shall give the notice by posting the notice on the department’s Internet site.

180.1531(3)(3) The authority of a foreign corporation to transact business in this state, other than as provided in s. 180.1501 (2), ends on the date shown on the certificate revoking its certificate of authority.

180.1531(4)(4) If the department or a court revokes a foreign corporation’s certificate of authority, the foreign corporation may be served under s. 180.1510 (3) and (4) or the foreign corporation’s registered agent may be served until the registered agent’s authority is terminated, in any civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory proceeding based on a cause of action which arose while the foreign corporation was authorized to transact business in this state.

180.1531(5)(5) Revocation of a foreign corporation’s certificate of authority does not terminate the authority of its registered agent.

180.1532(1)(1) A foreign corporation may appeal the department’s revocation of its certificate of authority under s. 180.1530 (1) to the circuit court for the county where the foreign corporation’s principal office or, if none in this state, its registered office is located, within 30 days after the notice of revocation takes effect under s. 180.0141 (5) (a). To appeal, the foreign corporation shall petition the court to set aside the revocation and attach to the petition copies of its certificate of authority and the department’s notice of revocation.