(a)Events causing dissolution. An LLC is dissolved upon the first to occur of the following:

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-249-601

  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Court: includes every court and judge having jurisdiction in the case. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • Dissolution: means that the LLC has incurred an event under §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • 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
  • LLC: means a limited liability company, organized under chapters 201-248 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
  • LLC documents: means either, or both:
    (A) An LLC's articles. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Member: means a person that has been admitted to an LLC as a member, as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Membership: means the rights and obligations a member has pursuant to a corporation's charter, bylaws and chapters 51-68 of this title. See Tennessee Code 48-51-201
  • Membership interest: means a member's interest in an LLC, which shall consist of the member's financial rights and governance rights. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Person: means an individual or an entity. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Personal representative: means , as to an individual, the executor, administrator, guardian, conservator, trustee or other legal representative of the individual, and, as to an entity, the legal representative or successor of the entity. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Representative: means , as to a foreign LLC, a director, manager, officer, employee or other agent of a foreign LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-249-102
  • Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors has delegated responsibility under §. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • Termination: means the end of an LLC's existence as a legal entity and occurs when the articles of termination are filed with the secretary of state under §. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
(1) If a period is fixed in the articles for the duration of the LLC, upon the expiration of that period, except that, in the case of an LLC that is administratively dissolved pursuant to § 48-249-604 by reason of the expiration of that period of duration, the LLC may be reinstated pursuant to § 48-249-606;
(2) The occurrence of an event specified in the LLC documents;
(3) An action of the members in accordance with § 48-249-603;
(4) An action of the organizers under § 48-249-602;
(5) An order of a court under § 48-249-616 or 48-249-617;
(6) An action of the secretary of state under § 48-249-605; or
(7) At any time there are no members if:

(A) The LLC files a notice of dissolution as provided in § 48-249-609, within ninety (90) days after the occurrence of the event that terminated the membership interest of the last remaining member, which notice of dissolution may be signed on behalf of the LLC by the personal representative of the last remaining member; and
(B) The LLC documents specify that the termination of the membership interest of the last remaining member dissolves the LLC; provided, that if such notice of dissolution is not filed or the LLC documents do not provide for dissolution in that event, the LLC is not dissolved and is not required to be wound up and the personal representative of the last remaining member is automatically substituted as a member for the last remaining member, effective as of the occurrence of the event that terminated the membership interest of the last remaining member. Notwithstanding this subdivision (a)(7)(B), the LLC documents may specify that any person may be substituted as a member for the last remaining member, effective as of the date of the event that causes the termination of membership interest of the last remaining member.
(b)Events not causing dissolution. The termination, dissociation, death, incapacity, withdrawal, retirement, resignation, expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of any member, or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the membership interest of any member, shall not cause the LLC to be dissolved or its affairs to be wound up, and upon the occurrence of any such event, the LLC shall be continued without dissolution.
(c)Effect of dissolution. An LLC dissolved by any of the dissolution events specified in subsection (a) shall be wound up, and its existence shall be terminated as provided in this part.
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