Upon the winding up of a limited liability company, the assets shall be applied as follows:

(a) Payment, or adequate provision for payment, shall be made to creditors, including, to the extent permitted by law, members who are creditors, in satisfaction of liabilities of the limited liability company.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 10A-5A-7.06

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) After a limited liability company complies with subsection (a), any surplus must be distributed:

(1) first, to each person owning a transferable interest that reflects contributions made on account of the transferable interest and not previously returned, an amount equal to the value of the person’s unreturned contributions; and
(2) then to each person owning a transferable interest in the proportions in which the owners of transferable interests share in distributions before dissolution.
(c) If the limited liability company does not have sufficient surplus to comply with subsection (b)(1), any surplus must be distributed among the owners of transferable interests in proportion to the value of their respective unreturned contributions.