2021 Montana Code Annotated
Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 14. Montana Business Corporation Act
Part 14. Dissolution
35-14-1406. Known claims against dissolved corporation
35-14-1406. Known claims against dissolved corporation. (1) A dissolved corporation may dispose of the known claims against it by notifying its known claimants in writing of the dissolution at any time after its effective date.
(2) The written notice must:
(a) describe information that must be included in a claim;
(b) provide a mailing address where a claim may be sent;
(c) state the deadline, which may not be fewer than 120 days after the written notice is effective, by which the dissolved corporation must receive the claim; and
(d) state that the claim will be barred if not received by the deadline.
(3) A claim against the dissolved corporation is barred:
(a) if a claimant who was given written notice under subsection (2) does not deliver the claim to the dissolved corporation by the deadline; or
(b) if a claimant whose claim was rejected by the dissolved corporation does not commence a proceeding to enforce the claim within 90 days after the rejection notice is effective.
(4) For purposes of this section, "claim" does not include a contingent liability or a claim based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.
History: En. Sec. 189, Ch. 271, L. 2019.
