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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#642828">Look at Fla. Stat. 617.1421(3) and (4). The corporation continues to exist, but isn’t supposed to do business. If it does directors and officers are personally
liable until and unless the corporation is reinstated. Because the corporation was reinstated, I doubt that will give a basis for personal liability.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#642828">The bigger question is who is the contractor. You said DBPR shows the individual as the contractor and the corporation as a dba. Is that the case or is the
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<b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] Administrative Dissolution of a Florida corporation<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">I am suing a sign company that is a Florida corporation. The corporation was formed in 2020. It failed to file the annual report for 2021. The corporation was not administratively
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">On August 16, 2021, a building permit was issued naming the corporation as the contractor. The DBPR for licensing purposes website shows the individual who owns the corporation
as the primary name, and the corporation as the DBA name. During the remainder of 2021 and beginning of 2022, the sign was designed and constructed. Given the facts of this situation, can the corporate veil be pierced? Does the individual have any personal
liability? Can the individual be named a defendant in addition to the corporation. Thanks for any input and advice. Arlene<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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