(a) If the Secretary of State denies a corporation's application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution, he shall serve the corporation under Code Section 14-2-504 with a written notice that explains the reason or reasons for denial.

(b) The corporation may appeal the denial of reinstatement to the superior court of the county where the corporation's registered office is or was located within 30 days after service of the notice of denial is perfected. The corporation appeals by petitioning the court to set aside the dissolution and attaching to the petition copies of the Secretary of State's certificate of dissolution, the corporation's application for reinstatement, and the Secretary of State's notice of denial.

(c) The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.