(a) A dissolved corporation may dispose of the known claims against it by following the procedure described in this section.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-24-106
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.
Interest: means either or both of the following rights under the organic law of an unincorporated entity: (A) The right to receive distributions from the entity either in the ordinary course or upon liquidation. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
Proceeding: includes civil suit and criminal, administrative, and investigatory action. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The dissolved corporation shall notify its known claimants in writing of the dissolution at any time after its effective date. The written notice must:
(1) Describe information that must be included in a claim;(2)State whether the claim is admitted, or not admitted, and if admitted:
(A) The amount that is admitted, which may be as of a given date; and(B) Any interestobligation if fixed by an instrument of indebtedness;(3) Provide a mailing address where a claim may be sent;(4) State the deadline, which may not be fewer than four (4) months from the effective date of the written notice, by which the dissolved corporation must receive the claim; and(5) State that, except to the extent that any claim is admitted, the claim will be barred if written notice of the claim is not received by the deadline.(c) A claim against the dissolved corporation is barred to the extent that it is not admitted:
(1) If the dissolved corporation delivered written notice to the claimant in accordance with subsection (b) and the claimant does not deliver a written notice of the claim to the dissolved corporation by the deadline; or(2) If the dissolved corporation delivered written notice to the claimant that the claimant’s claim is rejected, in whole or in part, and the claimant does not commence a proceeding to enforce the claim within three (3) months from the effective date of the rejection notice.(d) For purposes of this section, “claim” does not include a contingent liability or a claim based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.
