vivakor_posam-030309.htm

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2009

Registration No. 333-155686

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

POST EFFECTIVE AMENDEMENT TO

FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

VIVAKOR, INC.

(Name of small business issuer in its charter)


Nevada	8371	26-2178141
(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(Primary Standard Industrial	(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)	Classification Code Number)	Identification No.)

2590 Holiday Road, Suite 100

Coralville, IA 52241

(319) 625-2172

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

Registered Agent Solutions, Inc.

4625 West Nevso Drive, Suite 2

Las Vegas, NV 89103

(888) 705-7274

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copies to:

Christopher A. Wilson, Esq.

Wilson, Haglund & Paulsen, P.C.

9110 Irvine Center Drive

Irvine, CA 92618

Telephone No. (949) 752-1100

Facsimile No. (949) 752-1144

cwilson@whp-law.com

Approximate date of proposed sale to the public: Completed

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. £

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

On November 25, 2008, Vivakor, Inc. ( the “Company”) filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission registering from existing shareholders 5,133,000 shares of common stock. In addition, the Company offered a total of 15,000,000 shares of our common stock in a direct public offering, without any involvement of underwriters or broker-dealers. As of March 3, 2009, the Company closed its offering after having sold 14,734,783 newly issued common shares. There are 265,217 shares to deregister.

SIGNATURES

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements of filing on Form S-1 and authorized this Post Effective Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, in the City of Coralville, State of Iowa on March 3, 2009.

Vivakor, Inc.

By: /s/ Tannin J. Fuja

Tannin J. Fuja

President and Director

In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post Effective Amendment was signed by the following persons in the capacities stated on March 3, 2009:

Signature	Title

/s/ Tannin J. Fuja	President and Director
Tannin J. Fuja