Section 55A-14-08 - Unknown and certain other claims against dissolved corporation(a) A dissolved corporation may also publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the corporation present them in accordance with the notice.(b) The notice shall: (1) Be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the dissolved corporation's principal office (or, if there is none in this State, its registered office) is or was last located;(2) Describe the information that shall be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and(3) State that a claim against the corporation will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after the publication of the notice.(c) If the dissolved corporation publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (b) of 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 within five years after the publication date of the newspaper notice: (1) A claimant who did not receive written notice under G.S. 55A-14-07;(2) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not acted on;(3) A claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.(d) Nothing in this section shall bar:(1) Any claim alleging the liability of the corporation; or(2) Any proceeding or action to establish the liability of the corporation; or(3) The recovery on any judgment against the corporation to the extent that the corporation is protected by insurance coverage with respect to such claim, proceeding, or judgment.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-14-08
1955, c. 1230; 1973, c. 314, s. 5; 1985 Reg. Sess., 1986 , c. 801, s. 41; 1993, c. 398, s. 1.