Miss. Code § 79-11-337

Current through 4/8/2024
Section 79-11-337 - Contents and filing of articles of dissolution
(1) At any time after dissolution is authorized, the corporation may dissolve by delivering to the Secretary of State articles of dissolution setting forth:
(a) The name of the corporation;
(b) The date dissolution was authorized;
(c) A statement that dissolution was approved by a sufficient vote of the board;
(d) That all debts, obligations and liabilities of the corporation have been paid and discharged or that adequate provision has been made therefor;
(e) That all remaining property and assets of the corporation have been distributed among its members in accordance with their respective rights and interest, or have been otherwise distributed pursuant to the articles or bylaws of the corporation; or, in the case of a corporation which is also a charitable organization, as defined in Section 79-11-501, that the remaining property and assets of the corporation have been transferred to another charitable organization or other charitable organizations, as defined in Section 79-11-501, either domestic or foreign, engaged in activities substantially similar to those of the dissolving corporation, or to the federal government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose;
(f) If approval of members was not required, a statement to that effect and a statement that dissolution was approved by a sufficient vote of the board of directors or incorporators;
(g) If approval by members was required:
(i) The designation, number of memberships outstanding, number of votes entitled to be cast by each class entitled to vote separately on dissolution, and number of votes of each class indisputably voting on dissolution; and
(ii) Either the total number of votes cast for and against dissolution by each class entitled to vote separately on dissolution or the total number of undisputed votes cast for dissolution by each class and a statement that the number cast for dissolution by each class was sufficient for approval by that class.
(2) A corporation is dissolved upon the effective date of its articles of dissolution.

Miss. Code § 79-11-337

Laws, 1987, ch. 485, § 119; Laws, 2009, ch. 547, § 2, eff. 7/1/2009.