Code of Virginia - Title 13.1 Corporations - Section 13.1-746.1 Other claims against dissolved corporation

§ 13.1-746.1. Other claims against dissolved corporation

A. A dissolved corporation may also (i) deliver notice of its dissolution to any known claimant with a liability or claim that is excluded from the definition of a claim in subsection D of § 13.1-746 and (ii) publish notice of its dissolution one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or county where the dissolved corporation's principal office, or, if none in the Commonwealth, its registered office, is or was last located. The notice of dissolution shall request that persons with claims against the dissolved corporation present them in accordance with the notice.

B. The notice shall:

1. Describe the information that is required to be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and

2. State that a claim against the dissolved corporation will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced prior to the earlier of the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations or three years after the date of delivery of notice to the claimant, or the date of publication of the notice, as appropriate.

C. If the dissolved corporation provides notice of its dissolution in accordance with this section, the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved corporation prior to the earlier of the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations or three years after the date on which notice was delivered to the claimant or published, as appropriate:

1. A claimant who was not given written notice under § 13.1-746;

2. A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not acted on;

3. A claimant whose claim does not meet the definition of a claim in subsection D of § 13.1-746.

D. A claim that is not barred by subsection C of § 13.1-746 or subsection C of § 13.1-746.1 may be enforced:

1. Against the dissolved corporation, to the extent of its undistributed assets; or

2. Except as provided in subsection D of § 13.1-746.2, if the assets have been distributed in liquidation, against a shareholder of the dissolved corporation to the extent of the shareholder's pro rata share of the claim or the corporate assets distributed to the shareholder in liquidation, whichever is less, but a shareholder's total liability for all claims under this section may not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to the shareholder.

(2005, c. 765; 2007, c. 165; 2008, c. 91.)

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