Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 11 Sec. 852

  • 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.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 852. Judicial dissolution

The Attorney General may commence a proceeding under 11A V.S.A. §§ 14.30-14.33 to dissolve a professional corporation, if:

(1) the Secretary of State or a licensing authority with jurisdiction over a professional service described in the corporation’s articles of incorporation serves written notice on the corporation under 11A V.S.A. § 5.04 that it has violated or is violating a provision of this chapter;

(2) the corporation does not correct each alleged violation, or demonstrate to the reasonable satisfaction of the Secretary of State or licensing authority that it did not occur, within 60 days after service of the notice is perfected under 11A V.S.A. § 5.04; and

(3) the Secretary of State or licensing authority certifies to the Attorney General a description of the violation, that it notified the corporation of the violation, and that the corporation did not correct it, or demonstrate that it did not occur, within 60 days after perfection of service of the notice. (Added 2001, No. 77 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)