North Dakota Code 10-32.1-50 – Events causing dissolution
1. A limited liability company is dissolved, and its activities must be wound up, upon the occurrence of any of the following:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 10-32.1-50
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
a. An event or circumstance that the operating agreement states causes dissolution; b. The consent of all the members; c. Following the admission of the initial member or members, the passage of ninety consecutive days during which the company has no members; d. On application by a member, the entry by appropriate court of an order dissolving the company on the grounds that:
(1) The conduct of all or substantially all of the activities of the company are unlawful; or
(2) It is not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities of the company in conformity with the articles of organization and the operating agreement; e. On application by a member, the entry by appropriate court of an order dissolving the company on the grounds that the managers, governors, or those members in control of the company:
(1) Have acted, are acting, or will act in a manner that is illegal or fraudulent; or
(2) Have acted or are acting in a manner that is oppressive and was, is, or will be directly harmful to the applicant.
2. In a proceeding brought under subdivision e of subsection 1, the court may order a remedy other than dissolution, which may include the sale for fair value of all membership interests a member owns in a limited liability company to the limited liability company or one or more of the other members. A remedy other than dissolution may be ordered in any case where that remedy would be appropriate under all the facts and circumstances of the case.
3. A proceeding brought under subdivision e of subsection 1 must be brought in a court within the county in which the registered office of the limited liability company is located. It is not necessary to make members parties to the action or proceeding unless relief is sought against them personally.