(1) A dissolved limited liability company or successor entity, as defined in s. 605.0711(14), may choose to execute one of the following procedures to resolve payment of unknown claims:
(a) The company or successor entity may file notice of its dissolution with the department on the form prescribed by the department and request that persons who have claims against the company which are not known to the company or successor entity present them in accordance with the notice. The notice must:
1. State the name of the company and the date of dissolution;
2. Describe the information that must be included in a claim, state that the claim must be in writing, and provide a mailing address to which the claim may be sent; and
3. State that a claim against the company is barred unless an action to enforce the claim is commenced within 4 years after the filing of the notice.
(b) The company or successor entity may publish notice of its dissolution and request persons who have claims against the company to present them in accordance with the notice. The notice must:
1. Be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the dissolved limited liability company’s principal office is located or, if the principal office is not located in this state, in the county in which the office of the company’s registered agent is or was last located;
2. Describe the information that must be included in a claim, state that the claim must be in writing, and provide a mailing address to which the claim is to be sent; and
3. State that a claim against the company is barred unless an action to enforce the claim is commenced within 4 years after publication of the notice.
(2) If a dissolved limited liability company complies with paragraph (1)(a) or paragraph (1)(b), unless sooner barred by another statute limiting actions, the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences an action to enforce the claim against the dissolved limited liability company within 4 years after the publication date of the notice:
(a) A claimant that did not receive notice in a record under s. 605.0711;
(b) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved limited liability company but not acted on; and
(c) A claimant whose claim is contingent at or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.
(3) A claim that is not barred by this section or another statute limiting actions may be enforced:
(a) Against a dissolved limited liability company, to the extent of its undistributed assets; and
(b) Except as otherwise provided in s. 605.0713, if assets of the limited liability company have been distributed after dissolution, against a member or transferee to the extent of that person’s proportionate share of the claim or of the company’s assets distributed to the member or transferee after dissolution, whichever is less, but a person’s total liability for all claims under this subsection may not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to the person after dissolution.
(4) This section does not extend an otherwise applicable statute of limitations.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180; s. 73, ch. 2015-2; s. 25, ch. 2015-148.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXVI - Business Organizations
Chapter 605 - Florida Revised Limited Liability Company Act
605.0105 - Operating Agreement; Scope, Function, and Limitations.
605.0108 - Nature, Purpose, and Duration of Limited Liability Company.
605.0110 - Limited Liability Company Property.
605.0111 - Rules of Construction and Supplemental Principles of Law.
605.0114 - Change of Registered Agent or Registered Office.
605.0115 - Resignation of Registered Agent.
605.0116 - Change of Name or Address by Registered Agent.
605.0117 - Service of Process, Notice, or Demand.
605.0118 - Delivery of Record.
605.0201 - Formation of Limited Liability Company; Articles of Organization.
605.0202 - Amendment or Restatement of Articles of Organization.
605.0203 - Signing of Records to Be Delivered for Filing to Department.
605.0204 - Signing and Filing Pursuant to Judicial Order.
605.0205 - Liability for Inaccurate Information in Filed Record.
605.0206 - Filing Requirements.
605.0207 - Effective Date and Time.
605.0208 - Withdrawal of Filed Record Before Effectiveness.
605.0209 - Correcting Filed Record.
605.0211 - Certificate of Status.
605.0212 - Annual Report for Department.
605.0213 - Fees of the Department.
605.0214 - Powers of Department.
605.0216 - Statement of Dissociation or Resignation.
605.0301 - Power to Bind Limited Liability Company.
605.0302 - Statement of Authority.
605.0303 - Statement of Denial.
605.0304 - Liability of Members and Managers.
605.0402 - Form of Contribution.
605.0403 - Liability for Contributions.
605.0404 - Sharing of Distributions Before Dissolution and Profits and Losses.
605.0405 - Limitations on Distributions.
605.0406 - Liability for Improper Distributions.
605.0407 - Management of Limited Liability Company.
605.04071 - Delegation of Rights and Powers to Manage.
605.04072 - Selection and Terms of Managers in a Manager-Managed Limited Liability Company.
605.04073 - Voting Rights of Members and Managers.
605.04074 - Agency Rights of Members and Managers.
605.0408 - Reimbursement, Indemnification, Advancement, and Insurance.
605.04091 - Standards of Conduct for Members and Managers.
605.04092 - Conflict of Interest Transactions.
605.04093 - Limitation of Liability of Managers and Members.
605.0410 - Records to Be Kept; Rights of Member, Manager, and Person Dissociated to Information.
605.0411 - Court-Ordered Inspection.
605.0501 - Nature of Transferable Interest.
605.0502 - Transfer of Transferable Interest.
605.0504 - Power of Legal Representative.
605.0601 - Power to Dissociate as Member; Wrongful Dissociation.
605.0602 - Events Causing Dissociation.
605.0603 - Effect of Dissociation.
605.0701 - Events Causing Dissolution.
605.0702 - Grounds for Judicial Dissolution.
605.0703 - Procedure for Judicial Dissolution; Alternative Remedies.
605.0704 - Receivership or Custodianship.
605.0705 - Decree of Dissolution.
605.0706 - Election to Purchase Instead of Dissolution.
605.0707 - Articles of Dissolution; Filing of Articles of Dissolution.
605.0708 - Revocation of Articles of Dissolution.
605.0710 - Disposition of Assets in Winding Up.
605.0711 - Known Claims Against Dissolved Limited Liability Company.
605.0712 - Other Claims Against a Dissolved Limited Liability Company.
605.0714 - Administrative Dissolution.
605.0716 - Judicial Review of Denial of Reinstatement.
605.0717 - Effect of Dissolution.
605.0801 - Direct Action by Member.
605.0804 - Special Litigation Committee.
605.0805 - Proceeds and Expenses.
605.0806 - Voluntary Dismissal or Settlement; Notice.
605.0902 - Application for Certificate of Authority.
605.0903 - Effect of a Certificate of Authority.
605.0904 - Effect of Failure to Have Certificate of Authority.
605.0905 - Activities Not Constituting Transacting Business.
605.0906 - Noncomplying Name of Foreign Limited Liability Company.
605.0907 - Amendment to Certificate of Authority.
605.0908 - Revocation of Certificate of Authority.
605.0909 - Reinstatement Following Revocation of Certificate of Authority.
605.09091 - Judicial Review of Denial of Reinstatement.
605.0910 - Withdrawal and Cancellation of Certificate of Authority.
605.0911 - Withdrawal Deemed on Conversion to Domestic Filing Entity.
605.0912 - Withdrawal on Dissolution, Merger, or Conversion to Nonfiling Entity.
605.0913 - Action by Department of Legal Affairs.
605.1001 - Relationship of the Provisions of This Section and Ss. 605.1002-605.1072 to Other Laws.
605.1002 - Charitable and Donative Provisions.
605.1005 - Reference to External Facts.
605.1023 - Approval of Merger.
605.1024 - Amendment or Abandonment of Plan of Merger.
605.1025 - Articles of Merger.
605.1031 - Interest Exchange Authorized.
605.1032 - Plan of Interest Exchange.
605.1033 - Approval of Interest Exchange.
605.1034 - Amendment or Abandonment of Plan of Interest Exchange.
605.1035 - Articles of Interest Exchange.
605.1036 - Effect of Interest Exchange.
605.1041 - Conversion Authorized.
605.1042 - Plan of Conversion.
605.1043 - Approval of Conversion.
605.1044 - Amendment or Abandonment of Plan of Conversion.
605.1045 - Articles of Conversion.
605.1046 - Effect of Conversion.
605.1051 - Domestication Authorized.
605.1052 - Plan of Domestication.
605.1053 - Approval of Domestication.
605.1054 - Amendment or Abandonment of Plan of Domestication.
605.1055 - Articles of Domestication.
605.1056 - Effect of Domestication.
605.1061 - Appraisal Rights; Definitions.
605.1062 - Assertion of Rights by Nominees and Beneficial Owners.
605.1063 - Notice of Appraisal Rights.
605.1064 - Notice of Intent to Demand Payment.
605.1065 - Appraisal Notice and Form.
605.1066 - Perfection of Rights; Right to Withdraw.
605.1067 - Member’s Acceptance of Limited Liability Company’s Offer.
605.1068 - Procedure if Member Is Dissatisfied With Offer.
605.1070 - Court Costs and Attorney Fees.
605.1071 - Limitation on Limited Liability Company Payment.
605.1072 - Other Remedies Limited.
605.1101 - Uniformity of Application and Construction.
605.1102 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
605.1103 - Tax Exemption on Income of Certain Limited Liability Companies.
605.1104 - Interrogatories by Department; Other Powers of Department.
605.1105 - Reservation of Power to Amend or Repeal.