{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-1207.05","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-1207.05","heading":"Effect of merger.","body":"(a)\nWhen a merger becomes effective:\n(1)\nThe surviving organization shall continue or comes into existence;\n(2)\nEach constituent organization that merges with the surviving organization shall cease to exist as a separate organization;\n(3)\nAll property owned by each constituent organization that ceases to exist shall vest in the surviving organization;\n(4)\nAll debts, obligations, and other liabilities of each constituent organization that ceases to exist, including those existing with respect to the property of a series thereof, shall continue as debts, obligations, or other liabilities of the surviving organization limited to the property thereof as provided for by the plan of merger and the governing law of the surviving organization;\n(5)\nAn action or proceeding pending by or against any constituent organization that ceases to exist shall continue as if the merger had not occurred;\n(6)\nExcept as prohibited by law other than this chapter, all rights, privileges, immunities, powers, and purposes of each constituent organization that ceases to exist shall vest in the surviving organization;\n(7)\nExcept as otherwise provided in the plan of merger, the terms and conditions of the plan of merger shall take effect;\n(8)\nIf the surviving organization is created by the merger and:\n(A)\nIf it is a statutory trust, the certificate of trust becomes effective; or\n(B)\nIf it is an organization other than a statutory trust, the organizational document that creates the organization shall become effective; and\n(9)\nIf the surviving organization preexisted the merger, any amendment provided for in the articles of merger for the organizational document that created the organization shall become effective.\n\n(b)\nA surviving organization that is a foreign organization consents to the jurisdiction of the courts of the District to enforce any debt, obligation, or other liability owed by a constituent organization if, before the merger, the constituent organization was subject to suit in the District on the obligation. A surviving organization that is a foreign organization not authorized to do business in the District may be served in accordance with § 29-104.12.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 12. Statutory Trusts.","Subchapter VII. Merger."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-1207.05","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"05f595e74833546b9b75224da0244848c6d754949aa4c9baf613a99310bcb4e6","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-1207.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-1207.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}