{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-14-07","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-14-07","heading":"Unknown and certain other claims against dissolved corporation.","body":"(a)\tA 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.\n(b)\tThe notice must:\n(1)\tBe published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the dissolved corporation's principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is or was last located;\n(2)\tDescribe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and\n(3)\tState 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.\n(c)\tIf the dissolved corporation publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (b), 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:\n(1)\tA claimant who did not receive written notice under G.S. 55-14-06;\n(2)\tA claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not acted on;\n(3)\tA claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution. (1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1973, c. 469, ss. 39, 40, c. 476, s. 193; 1989, c. 265, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 55. North Carolina Business Corporation Act.","Article 14. Dissolution.","Part 1. Voluntary Dissolution."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_55/GS_55-14-07.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:05:57Z","sha256":"e4e9324e2bd1dcec38f8ffa78ff885009bc5a91a3b2c32460129403cc702e003","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-14-06","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-14-08"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}