2019 Utah Code
Title 16 - Corporations
Chapter 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act
Part 14 - Dissolution
Section 1431 - Procedure for judicial dissolution.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 16-10a-1431 (2019)
16-10a-1431. Procedure for judicial dissolution.
  • (1) A proceeding by the attorney general or director of the division to dissolve a corporation shall be brought in either the district court of the county in this state in which the principal office of the corporation is situated or the district court of Salt Lake County. A proceeding brought by any other party named in Section 16-10a-1430 shall be brought in the district court of the county in this state where the corporation's principal office is located or, if it has no principal office in this state, in the district court of Salt Lake County.
  • (2) It is not necessary to make shareholders parties to a proceeding to dissolve a corporation unless relief is sought against them individually.
  • (3) A court in a proceeding brought to dissolve a corporation may issue injunctions, appoint a receiver or custodian pendente lite with all powers and duties the court directs, take other action required to preserve the corporate assets wherever located, and carry on the business of the corporation until a full hearing can be held.


Amended by Chapter 364, 2008 General Session
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