Nebraska Statutes 21-2,190. Other claims against dissolved corporation
(MBCA 14.07) (a) A dissolved corporation may also publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the dissolved corporation present them in accordance with the notice.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 21-2,190
- 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.
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(b) The notice must:
(1) Be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the dissolved corporation’s principal office, or, if none in this state, its registered office, is or was last located;
(2) Describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and
(3) State that a claim against the dissolved corporation will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within three years after the publication of the notice.
(c) If the dissolved corporation publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved corporation within three years after the publication date of the newspaper notice:
(1) A claimant who was not given written notice under section 21-2,189 ;
(2) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not acted on; or
(3) A claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.
(d) A claim that is not barred by subsection (b) of section 21-2,189 or subsection (c) of this section may be enforced:
(1) Against the dissolved corporation to the extent of its undistributed assets; or
(2) Except as provided in subsection (d) of section 21-2,191, if the assets have been distributed in liquidation, against a shareholder of the dissolved corporation to the extent of the shareholder’s pro rata share of the claim or the corporate assets distributed to the shareholder in liquidation, whichever is less, but a shareholder’s total liability for all claims under this section may not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to the shareholder.