(a) After dissolution, a member who has not wrongfully dissociated may participate in winding up a limited liability company’s business, but on application of any member, member’s legal representative, or transferee, the circuit court, for good cause shown, may order judicial supervision of the winding up.

(b) A legal representative of the last surviving member may wind up a limited liability company’s business.

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Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 47-34A-803

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Business: includes every trade, occupation, profession, and other lawful purpose, whether or not carried on for profit. See South Dakota Codified Laws 47-34A-101
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Member: means a person that:

    (A) Prior to formation of the limited liability company, becomes a member as agreed by that person and the organizer of the limited liability company. See South Dakota Codified Laws 47-34A-101

  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.

(c) A person winding up a limited liability company’s business may preserve the company’s business or property as a going concern for a reasonable time, prosecute and defend actions and proceedings, whether civil, criminal, or administrative, settle and close the company’s business, dispose of and transfer the company’s property, discharge the company’s liabilities, distribute the assets of the company pursuant to § 47-34A-806, settle disputes by mediation or arbitration, and perform other necessary acts.

Source: SL 1998, ch 272, § 803.