Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 14-31
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 14-31
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: means public benefit and mutual benefit corporation. See
- Directors: means individuals, designated in the articles or bylaws or elected by the incorporators, and their successors and individuals elected or appointed by any other name or title to act as members of the board. See
- Person: includes any individual or entity. See
- Principal office: means the office (in or outside this State) so designated in the biennial report filed pursuant to section 16. See
- Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See
- Public benefit corporation: means a domestic corporation which is required to be a public benefit corporation pursuant to section 17. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
§ 14.31. Procedure for judicial dissolution
(a) Venue for a proceeding by the Attorney General to dissolve a corporation lies in the Superior Court of Washington County. Venue for a proceeding brought by any other party named in section 14.30 of this title lies in the county where a corporation‘s principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is or was last located.
(b) It is not necessary to make directors or members parties to a proceeding to dissolve a corporation unless relief is sought against them individually.
(c) 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 activities of the corporation until a full hearing can be held.
(d) A person other than the Attorney General who brings an involuntary dissolution proceeding for a public benefit corporation shall forthwith give written notice of the proceeding to the Attorney General who may intervene. (Added 1995, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1997.)
Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 14-31
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 14-31
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Principal office: means the office (in or outside this State) so designated in the annual report where the principal executive offices of a domestic or foreign corporation are located. See
- Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
§ 14.31. Procedure for judicial dissolution
(a) Venue for a proceeding by the Attorney General to dissolve a corporation lies in Washington County. Venue for a proceeding brought by any other party named in section 14.30 of this title lies in the county where the corporation’s principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is or was last located.
(b) It is not necessary to make shareholders parties to a proceeding to dissolve a corporation unless relief is sought against them individually.
(c) 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. (Added 1993, No. 85, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.)