Rhode Island General Laws
Part 13 - Dissolution and Revocation
Section 7-1.2-1316. - Procedure in liquidation of corporation by court.

§ 7-1.2-1316. Procedure in liquidation of corporation by court.
(a) In proceedings to liquidate the assets and business of a corporation the court has general equity jurisdiction and power to issue any orders, injunctions, and decrees that justice and equity require, to appoint a receiver or receivers pendente lite, with any powers and duties that the court, from time to time, directs, and to take any other proceedings that are requisite to preserve the corporate assets wherever situated, and carry on the business of the corporation until a full hearing can be had.
(b) After a hearing had upon any notice that the court directs to be given to all parties to the proceedings and to any other parties in interest designated by the court, the court may appoint a liquidating receiver or receivers with authority to take charge of any of the corporation’s estate and effects of which he or she has been appointed receiver and to collect the assets of the corporation, including all amounts owing to the corporation whether by shareholders on account of any unpaid portion of the consideration for the issuance of shares or otherwise.
(c) The hearing date for the appointment of a permanent receiver is not to be more than twenty-one (21) days after commencement of the action, unless the hearing date is extended by the court for good cause shown.
(d) The liquidating receiver or receivers has authority subject to court order, to sue and defend in all courts in his or her own name as receiver of the corporation, or in its name, to intervene in any action or proceeding relating to its assets or business, to compromise any dispute or controversy, to preserve the assets of the corporation, to carry on its business, to sell, convey, and dispose of all or any part of the assets of the corporation wherever situated, either at public or private sale, to redeem any mortgages, security interests, pledges, or liens of or upon any of its assets, and generally to do all other acts which might be done by the corporation or that is necessary for the administration of his or her trust according to the course of equity. The assets of the corporation or the proceeds resulting from a sale, conveyance, or other disposition of the assets will be applied to the expenses of the liquidation and to the payment of the liabilities and obligations of the corporation, and any remaining assets or proceeds will distributed under the direction of the court among its shareholders according to their respective rights and interests. The order appointing the receiver or receivers sets forth their powers and duties. The powers and duties may be increased or diminished at any time during the proceeding.
(e) The court has power to allow from time to time as expenses of the liquidation compensation to the receiver or receivers and to attorneys in the proceeding, and to direct the payment of the compensation out of the assets of the corporation or the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the assets.
(f) The court appointing the receiver has exclusive jurisdiction of the corporation and its property, wherever situated, and of all questions arising in the proceedings concerning the property.
History of Section.P.L. 2004, ch. 216, § 2; P.L. 2004, ch. 274, § 2; P.L. 2005, ch. 120, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 130, § 1.

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