Updated September 6, 2026. Quick answer: a dissolved Indiana corporation reinstates by filing Application for Reinstatement (State Form 4160), filed together with a Business Entity Report (State Form 48725) for all delinquent years and a Certificate of Clearance from the Department of Revenue under IC 23-0.5-6-3 (Uniform Business Organizations Code, Title 23, Art. 0.5, Ch. 6: Administrative Dissolution) for $30, ordinarily within 5 years of dissolution. As of January 1, 2026, that is no longer a hard cutoff.
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The filing, and what Indiana calls it
A corporation administratively dissolved must first obtain a Certificate of Clearance from the Indiana Department of Revenue (by filing form AD-19 and a ROC-1 responsible-officer form), then mail or hand-deliver that clearance certificate together with the completed Application for Reinstatement (State Form 4160) and the Business Entity Report (State Form 48725) covering every owed year, plus fees, to the Secretary of State’s Business Services Division.
How long you have to reinstate
Indiana gives you 5 years from the date of administrative dissolution to reinstate under the ordinary process (IC 23-0.5-6-3; HEA 1593 (2025), in force Jan. 1, 2026).
Missing that window used to be a dead end. It no longer is. As of January 1, 2026, House Enrolled Act 1593 (2025) added a path for reinstatement more than 5 years after dissolution if the entity submits an additional notarized affidavit stating the reason for the request and its intended future activities.
Enables reinstatement of an entity that has been dissolved for more than 5 years if the entity provides an additional notarized affidavit and states the reason for requesting reinstatement.
Source: Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division, official ‘HB 1593 and HB 1666 filing process changes’ page
Business Services will not have a state form established to satisfy the reinstatement affidavit requirement. This document will need to be drafted and executed by the person seeking reinstatement in a manner that complies with the requirements. (source: same SOS page, FAQ answer).
What you must pay before it goes through
Indiana will not reinstate the corporation until every year it sat delinquent is paid for. Must obtain a DOR Certificate of Clearance (all taxes paid), pay a flat $30.00 reinstatement fee, and pay Business Entity Report filing fees for every delinquent report year. (Indiana SOS official Reinstatement Directions (re-fetched and re-archived this session))
Whether your name is still yours
Your original name is not automatically preserved. The application requires the entity’s name at dissolution and, if needed, a different compliant name; SOS instructions require the name on the reinstatement paperwork to match SOS’s current records exactly. (Indiana SOS official Reinstatement Directions)
What the filing costs
Indiana’s Application for Reinstatement (State Form 4160), filed together with a Business Entity Report (State Form 48725) for all delinquent years and a Certificate of Clearance from the Department of Revenue carries a $30 filing fee. $30 flat reinstatement fee, plus variable Business Entity Report filing fees for each delinquent filing year.
What this page does not answer
Reinstating the entity at the state level and squaring things up with the IRS are two separate processes. Late federal returns, penalty abatement requests, and reinstating a lapsed EIN’s associated accounts are governed by federal law, not by Indiana’s corporation statute, and this page does not source them. We have the state-filing answer at primary and the federal-cleanup answer not at all.
This page covers a for-profit business corporation. If you are reinstating an LLC in Indiana instead, the filing, fee and statute are different: see reinstating an LLC in Indiana.
Sources
Every citation on this page is the Secretary of State’s own official filing instructions or official guidance page. No formation service, no registered-agent marketing page and no aggregator is cited anywhere in this cluster as a source of law.
- Indiana SOS official Reinstatement Directions (PDF), re-fetched and re-archived this session: https://www.in.gov/sos/business/files/Reinstatement-Instructions.pdf
- Indiana Secretary of State, Business Services Division – HB 1593 and HB 1666 filing process changes (official): https://www.in.gov/sos/business/hb-1593-and-hb-1666-filing-process-changes/