Montana Code 35-8-901. Dissolution
35-8-901. Dissolution. (1) A limited liability company is dissolved and its affairs must be wound up when one of the following occurs:
Terms Used In Montana Code 35-8-901
- Articles of organization: means articles filed pursuant to 35-8-201 and those articles as amended or restated. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Business: includes every trade, occupation, profession, or other lawful purpose, whether or not carried on for profit. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Manager: means a person who, whether or not a member of a manager-managed company, is vested with authority under 35-8-301. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Member: means a person who has been admitted to membership in a limited liability company, as provided in 35-8-703, and who has not dissociated from the limited liability company. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Operating agreement: means an agreement, including amendments, as to the conduct of the business and affairs of a limited liability company and the relations among the members, managers, and the company that is binding upon all of the members. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Person: means an individual, a general partnership, a limited partnership, a domestic or foreign limited liability company, a trust, an estate, an association, a corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Series of members: means a group or collection of members of a limited liability company who share interests and have separate rights, powers, or duties with respect to property, obligations, or profits and losses associated with property or obligations and who are specified in the articles of organization or operating agreement of the limited liability company or are specified by one or more members or managers of the limited liability company or other persons as provided in the articles of organization or operating agreement. See Montana Code 35-8-102
- Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203
(a)at the time or upon the occurrence of events specified in writing in the articles of organization or operating agreement;
(b)consent of the number or percentage of members specified in the operating agreement;
(c)an event that makes it unlawful for all or substantially all of the business of the company to be continued, but any cure of illegality within 90 days after notice to the company of the event is effective retroactively to the date of the event for purposes of this section;
(d)the expiration of the term specified in the articles of organization; or
(e)entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under 35-8-902.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), a limited liability company continues after dissolution only for the purpose of winding up its business.
(3)At any time after the dissolution of a limited liability company and before the winding up of its business is completed, the members, including a dissociated member whose dissociation caused the dissolution, may unanimously waive the right to have the company’s business wound up and the company terminated. In that case:
(a)the limited liability company resumes carrying on its business as if dissolution had never occurred, and any liability incurred by the company or a member after the dissolution and before the waiver is determined as if the dissolution had never occurred; and
(b)the rights of a third party accruing under the provisions of 35-8-904(1) or arising out of conduct by the third party in reliance on the dissolution before the third party knew or received a notification of the waiver are not adversely affected.
(4)The affairs of a series of members of a limited liability company must be wound up:
(a)at the time, if any, specified in the articles of organization;
(b)upon the occurrence of an event specified in the operating agreement;
(c)unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or operating agreement, upon the affirmative vote or written agreement of all the members associated with the series of members; or
(d)upon entry of a decree of judicial termination of the series of members pursuant to 35-8-902.
(5)(a) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or operating agreement, upon the occurrence of an event requiring the affairs of a series of members to be wound up, a manager of the series who has not wrongfully terminated the series or, if there is not a manager, the members associated with the series, or a person approved by all of the members of the series may wind up the affairs of the series.
(b)Unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or operating agreement, the person or persons winding up the affairs of a series of members:
(i)may take all actions necessary or proper to wind up the affairs of the series; and
(ii)shall distribute the assets of the series of members to the creditors of the series and the members associated with the series.