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279.180 Dissolution.
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Any corporation formed under this chapter may be dissolved by filing articles of
dissolution, which shall be entitled and indorsed "Articles of Dissolution of ...."
and shall state:
(a) The name of the corporation and, if it is a consolidated corporation, the
names of the original corporations;
(b) The date of filing of the articles of incorporation and, if the corporation is a
consolidated corporation, the dates on which the articles of incorporation
of the original corporations were filed;
(c) That the corporation elects to dissolve; and
(d) The name and post office address of each of its directors, and the name,
title and post office address of each of its officers.
The articles of dissolution shall be subscribed and acknowledged in the same
manner as original articles of incorporation, by the president or a vice president
and the secretary or an assistant secretary, who shall make and attach an
affidavit stating that they have been authorized to execute and file the articles
by a majority vote of all of the members.
Articles of dissolution shall be filed, recorded and approved in the same
manner, and shall take effect upon approval, as is provided in KRS 279.040 for
articles of incorporation.
The corporation filing articles of dissolution shall continue in existence for the
purpose of paying, satisfying and discharging any existing liabilities or
obligations and collecting or liquidating its assets, and doing all other acts
required to adjust and wind up its business and affairs and may sue and be
sued, contract and be contracted with in its corporate name. Any assets
remaining after the liabilities and obligations of the corporation have been
satisfied or discharged shall be ratably distributed to the members of the
corporation.
Effective:July 15, 1986
History: Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1986. -Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 883j-22.
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