Sec. 33-624. Interrogatories by Secretary of the State.
Sec. 33-624. Interrogatories by Secretary of the State. (a) The Secretary of the
State may propound to any corporation subject to the provisions of sections 33-600
to 33-998, inclusive, domestic or foreign, and to any officer or director thereof, such
interrogatories as may be reasonably necessary and proper to enable him to ascertain
whether such corporation has complied with the provisions of said sections applicable
to such corporation. Such interrogatories shall be answered within thirty days after the
mailing thereof, or within such additional time as shall be fixed by the Secretary of the
State, and the answers thereto shall be full and complete and shall be made in writing and
under oath. If such interrogatories are directed to an individual they shall be answered by
him, and, if directed to a corporation, they shall be answered by the president, vice
president, secretary or assistant secretary thereof.
(b) Each corporation, domestic or foreign, and each officer and director of a corporation, domestic or foreign, failing or refusing within the time prescribed by this section
to answer truthfully and fully interrogatories duly propounded to it or him by the Secretary of the State as provided in subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not more
than five hundred dollars.
(c) Interrogatories propounded by the Secretary of the State and the answers thereto
shall not be opened to public inspection nor shall the Secretary of the State disclose any
facts or information obtained therefrom except insofar as his official duty may require
the same to be made public or if such interrogatories or the answers thereto are required
for evidence in any criminal proceedings or in any other action by this state.
(P.A. 94-186, S. 2, 215.)
History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997.
Annotation to former section 33-302:
Cited (Diss. Op.). 187 C. 544.