(1) In a proceeding to liquidate the assets and affairs of a corporation, when the costs and expenses of such proceeding and all debts, obligations, and liabilities of the corporation shall have been paid and discharged and all of its remaining property and assets distributed in accordance with the provisions of KRS § 273.161 to
273.390, or in case its property and assets are not sufficient to satisfy and discharge such costs, expenses, debts, and obligations, and all the property and assets have been applied so far as they will go to their payment, the court shall enter a decree dissolving the corporation.

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 273.347

  • 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: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(2) The clerk of the court shall cause a certified copy of a decree entered under subsection (1) of this section to be filed with the Secretary of State. No fee shall be charged by the Secretary of State for the filing thereof. The dissolution shall be effective upon the latter of the date of filing of the decree by the Secretary of State or such later date as is specified in the decree.
Effective: July 12, 2012
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 103, effective July 12, 2012. — Created
1968 Ky. Acts ch. 165, sec. 58.