Sec. 7. (a) A dissolved corporation may also publish notice of the corporation’s dissolution and request that persons with claims against the corporation present the claims in accordance with the notice.

     (b) The notice must do the following:

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-17-22-7

  • 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.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(1) Be published one (1) time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where:

(A) the dissolved corporation’s principal office is or was last located; or

(B) if the principal office is not located in Indiana, the corporation’s 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.

(3) State that a claim against the corporation will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within two (2) years after publication of the notice.

     (c) If a dissolved corporation publishes a newspaper notice under subsection (b), the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved corporation not later than two (2) years after the publication date of the newspaper notice:

(1) A claimant who did not receive written notice under section 6 of this chapter.

(2) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not acted on.

(3) A claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.

     (d) A claim may be enforced under this section:

(1) against the dissolved corporation to the extent of the corporation’s undistributed assets; or

(2) if the assets have been distributed in liquidation, against a person, other than a creditor of the corporation, to whom the corporation distributed the corporation’s property to the extent of the distributee’s pro rata share of the claim or the corporation assets distributed to the person in liquidation, whichever is less. The distributee’s total liability for all claims under this section may not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to the distributee.

As added by P.L.179-1991, SEC.1.

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