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Subchapter
007
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WINDING UP OF COMPANY BUSINESS
(Cite as: 11 V.S.A. § 4108)
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§ 4108. Other claims against dissolved limited liability company
(a) A dissolved limited liability company may publish notice of its dissolution and request
persons having claims against the company to present them in accordance with the notice.
(b) The notice shall:
(1) be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in
which the dissolved limited liability company’s principal office is located or, if
it has none in this State, in the county in which its designated office is or was
last located, and sent to the Office of the Attorney General;
(2) describe the information required to be contained in a claim and provide a mailing
address where the claim is to be sent; and
(3) state that a claim against the limited liability company is barred unless a proceeding
to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after publication of the notice.
(c)(1) If the dissolved limited liability company sends notice to the Attorney General and
publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, a
cause of action against a dissolved limited liability company, whether arising before
or after the dissolution of the limited liability company, may be enforced only as
follows:
(A) against the dissolved limited liability company; and
(B) if any of the assets of the dissolved limited liability company have been distributed
to its members, against members of the dissolved limited liability company.
(2) A cause of action against a dissolved limited liability company arising under subdivision
(1)(A) of this subsection is extinguished unless the claimant commences a proceeding
to enforce the cause of action against the dissolved limited liability company prior
to the expiration of the statute of limitations applicable to the cause of action.
(3) A cause of action against a dissolved limited liability company arising under subdivision
(1)(B) of this subsection is extinguished unless the claimant commences a proceeding
to enforce the cause of action against a member of a dissolved limited liability company
prior to the earlier of the following:
(A) the expiration of the statute of limitations applicable to the cause of action; or
(B) five years after the effective date of the dissolution of the limited liability company. (Added 2015, No. 17, § 2.)