Oregon Statutes 65.664 – Procedure for judicial dissolution
(1) Venue for a proceeding by the Attorney General to dissolve a corporation lies in Marion County, in Multnomah County or in the county where a corporation‘s principal office is located or, if the principal office is not in this state, where the corporation’s registered office is or was last located. A party named in ORS § 65.661, other than the Attorney General, must bring a proceeding to dissolve a corporation in the county where the corporation’s principal office is located or, if the principal office is not in this state, in the county where the corporation’s registered office is or was last located.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 65.664
- 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 a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Director: means an individual who acts as a member of the board of directors, who has a right to vote on questions concerning the management and regulation of a corporation's affairs and who is:
(a) An appointed director;
(b) A designated director; or
(c) A director elected by the incorporators, directors or members. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Member: means a person that is entitled, under a domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws, to exercise any of the rights described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Notice: means a notice described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Person: means an individual or an entity. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Principal office: means the physical street address of the place, in or out of this state, where the principal executive offices of a domestic corporation or foreign corporation are located and that is designated as the principal office in the most recent annual report filed in accordance with ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Proceeding: means a civil, criminal, administrative or investigatory action. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Public benefit corporation: means a domestic corporation that:
(a) Is formed as a public benefit corporation under ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Religious corporation: means a domestic corporation that is formed as a religious corporation under ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
- Written: means embodied as a document. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
(2) Directors or members are not necessary parties to a proceeding to dissolve a corporation unless relief is sought against a director or member individually.
(3) 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.
(4) A person other than the Attorney General who brings a judicial dissolution proceeding for a public benefit corporation or religious corporation shall give immediate written notice of the proceeding to the Attorney General, who may intervene. [1989 c.1010 § 143; 2019 c.174 § 96]