\n(a) A dissolved corporation continues its corporate existence but shall not carry on any activities except those appropriate to wind up and liquidate its affairs, including:\n(1) Preserving and protecting its assets;\n(2) Discharging or making provision for discharging its liabilities and obligations;\n(3) Disposing of its remaining assets in accordance with its plan of dissolution; and\n(4) Doing every other act necessary to wind up and liquidate its assets and affairs.\n(b) Dissolution of a corporation does not:\n(1) Transfer title to the corporation's property;\n(2) Subject its directors or officers to standards of conduct different from those prescribed in Article 8 of this Chapter;\n(3) Change quorum or voting requirements for its board of directors or members; change provisions for selection, resignation, or removal of its directors or officers or both; or change provisions for amending its bylaws;\n(4) Prevent commencement of a proceeding by or against the corporation in its corporate name;\n(5) Abate or suspend a proceeding pending by or against the corporation on the effective date of dissolution; or\n(6) Terminate the authority of the or against the corporation in its corporate name;\n(5) Abate or suspend a proceeding pending by or against the corporation on the effective date of dissolution; or\n(6) Terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation. (1955, c. 1230; 1993, c. 398, s. 1.)
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