(a)        A dissolved LLC for which articles of dissolution, a certificate of dissolution, or a decree of dissolution filed by the Secretary of State has become effective may publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the LLC present them in accordance with the notice. The notice must meet the following requirements:

(1)        Be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in this State where the LLC’s principal office is or was last located, or, if the LLC never had a principal office in this State, the county in this State where the LLC’s registered office is or was last located.

(2)        Describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide an address where the claim may be sent.

(3)        State that a claim against the LLC will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced in a proper forum within five years after the publication of the notice.

(b)        If the dissolved LLC publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding in a proper forum to enforce the claim against the dissolved LLC within five years after the publication date of the newspaper notice:

(1)        A claimant who did not receive written notice under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 57D-6-10.

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

(3)        A claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of the filing by the Secretary of State of the articles of dissolution. ?(2013-157, s. 2.)