\n(a) A 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) The notice must:\n(1) Be 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) Describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and\n(3) State 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) If 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) A claimant who did not receive written notice under G.S. a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved corporation within five years after the publication date of the newspaper notice:\n(1) A claimant who did not receive written notice under G.S. 55-14-06;\n(2) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not acted on;\n(3) A 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.)
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