(1) A limited liability company that has been administratively dissolved under RCW 25.15.285 may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement within five years after the effective date of dissolution. The application must be delivered to the secretary of state for filing and state:

     (a) The name of the limited liability company and the effective date of its administrative dissolution;

     (b) That the ground or grounds for dissolution either did not exist or have been eliminated; and

     (c) That the limited liability company's name satisfies the requirements of RCW 25.15.010.

     (2) If the secretary of state determines that an application contains the information required by subsection (1) of this section and that the name is available, the secretary of state shall reinstate the limited liability company and give the limited liability company written notice, as provided in RCW 25.15.285(1), of the reinstatement that recites the effective date of reinstatement. If the name is not available, the limited liability company must file with its application for reinstatement an amendment to its certificate of formation reflecting a change of name.

     (3) When reinstatement becomes effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the administrative dissolution and the limited liability company may resume carrying on its activities as if the administrative dissolution had never occurred.

[2010 c 196 § 7; 2009 c 437 § 2; 1994 c 211 § 805.]