Oregon Code § 65.637·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Effect
of dissolution.
(1) A dissolved corporation continues the corporations corporate existence but
may not carry on any activities except activities that are appropriate to wind
up and liquidate the corporations affairs, including:
(a) Preserving
and protecting the corporations assets and minimizing the corporations
liabilities;
(b) Discharging
or providing for discharging the corporations liabilities and obligations;
(c) Disposing of
the corporations properties that will not be distributed in kind;
(d) Returning,
transferring or conveying assets in accordance with a condition under which the
corporation holds the assets subject to a requirement to return, transfer or
convey the assets, if the condition occurs by reason of the dissolution;
(e) Transferring,
subject to any contractual or legal requirements, the corporations assets as
provided in or authorized by the corporations articles of incorporation or
bylaws;
(f) If the
corporation is a public benefit corporation or religious corporation, and the
corporation has not provided in the corporations articles of incorporation or
bylaws for distributing assets on dissolution, transferring, subject to any
contractual or legal requirement, the corporations assets to one or more
persons described in ORS 65.001 (38)(b);
(g) If the
corporation is a mutual benefit corporation and the corporation has not
provided in the corporations articles of incorporation or bylaws for
distributing assets on dissolution, transferring, subject to any contractual or
legal requirements, the corporations assets to the corporations members or,
if the corporation has no members, to those persons whom the corporation
purports to benefit or serve;
(h) Adopting a
plan of merger; and
(i) Doing other
acts necessary to liquidate the corporations assets and wind up the
corporations affairs.
(2) Dissolution
of a corporation does not:
(a) Transfer
title to the corporations property;
(b) Subject the
corporations directors or officers to standards of conduct different from the
standards prescribed in ORS 65.301 to 65.414;
(c) Change quorum
or voting requirements for the corporations board of directors or members,
change provisions for selection, resignation or removal of the corporations
directors or officers, or both, or change provisions for amending the
corporations bylaws;
(d) Prevent
commencement of a proceeding by or against the corporation in the corporations
corporate name;
(e) Abate or
suspend a proceeding pending by or against the corporation on the effective
date of dissolution; or
(f) Terminate the
authority of the registered agent of the corporation. [1989 c.1010 §135; 2001
c.315 §53; 2011 c.147 §13; 2013 c.158 §30; 2013 c.274 §12; 2019 c.174 §93]
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01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 65.637
03Subject to legislative amendments
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