Indiana Code
Chapter 9. Voluntary Dissolution of Banks, Trust Companies, and Building and Loan Associations
28-1-9-5. Liquidating Agent; Appointment; Powers

Sec. 5. Upon the authorization of the dissolution by the shareholders, the board of directors, with the approval of the department, shall appoint one (1) or more liquidating agents, and their successors, designated as "agent" in this chapter, to act for and on behalf of the corporation, which agent shall have the power and authority to liquidate such corporation subject to such limitations as may be imposed by the board of directors not inconsistent with the provisions of this article. Such agent shall proceed to:
(a) cause a notice that the corporation is about to be dissolved to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the principal office of the corporation is located;
(b) dispose of all trust property as prescribed in section 7 of this chapter, and all property of the kind described in IC 28-1-3.1-14, in the same manner as a receiver is authorized to dispose of such property;
(c) collect all of the corporate assets and, for that purpose, may bring all actions, in his own name, that are necessary;
(d) enforce and collect, in his own name, the liability imposed by law upon shareholders, in the same manner and to the same extent as a receiver is authorized to enforce and collect such liability upon involuntary liquidation, as provided in IC 28-1-3.1-15;
(e) pay and discharge all of the corporate debts and liabilities in the same manner as is prescribed for a receiver in IC 28-1-3.1-6; and
(f) distribute the remaining corporate assets and property among the shareholders or such other persons as may be designated in the articles of incorporation, according to their respective interests, after the provisions of subdivisions (a) through (e) of this section shall have been fully complied with.
Formerly: Acts 1933, c.40, s.146. As amended by P.L.263-1985, SEC.44.

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