Fill and Sign the Montana Dissolve Form

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY DISSOLUTION MONTANA Electronic Version STATUTORY REFERENCE Montana Code Annotated - Title 35, Chapter 8, Part 9 - Dissolution http://leg.mt.gov/bills/mca/title_0350/chapter_0080/part_0090/sections_index.html A Montana LLC can be dissolved voluntarily or involuntarily (“judicial dissolution”). THIS FORM PACKAGE ADDRESSES ONLY VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION . Please review the Montana Code relevant to LLC dissolution, noted in the Statutory Reference section, above. * * * Disclaimer: If you are not an attorney, you are advised to seek the advice of an attorney for all serious legal matters. The information and forms contained herein are not legal advice and are not to be construed as such. Although the information contained herein is believed to be correct, no warranty of fitness or any other warranty shall apply. All use is subject to the U.S. Legal Forms, Inc. Disclaimer and License located at http://www.uslegalforms.com/disclaimer.htm STEPS AND GUIDELINES TO DISSOLVE A MONTANA LLC LLC Dissolution is relatively simple. The Statutory Selections in the first part of this package are the steps you must follow to dissolve and terminate your LLC. Those steps are summarized as follows: (1) There must be a dissolution event, for example the agreement or vote of the Members, the end of the established term of existence of the LLC, etc. (§35-8-901) (2) The activities of the LLC must be wound up, its debts paid and assets distributed. (§35-8- 903) (3) Asset distribution is covered in §35-8-905. (4) If there are some known debts you do not desire to repay, or are not able to repay, you may attempt to use the procedure in §35-8-909. Form 2 is included below for this purpose. (5) In order to provide some protection against unknown claims, you may use the procedure in §35-9-909. Form 3 is included below for this purpose. (6) When winding up and distribution of assets are complete, file the Articles of Termination ( Form 1 , below) with the Secretary of State. FORM 1 ARTICLES OF TERMINATION To download, click the link below, or copy the link into the address window of your web browser. http://www.uslegalforms.com/incorporation/MT/MT-DissLLC.pdf The form is in .pdf format and you will need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the form. In the unlikely circumstance that the Adobe Acrobat Reader is not installed on your computer, you can download it free from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html . The download is quick and easy. Fill out this form, and mail it in as directed. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE FORM. FORM 2 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION AND REQUEST FOR CLAIMS Mail form to each unpaid claimant. Deadline Note : The deadline which you must give in the following notice must not be less than 120 days from the later of (1) the effective date of the written notice, or (2) the filing of the articles of termination. NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF LLC AND REQUEST FOR CLAIMS TO: ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ ___________________________ Notice is hereby given that __________________________________, a Montana Limited Liability Company (LLC) with its office at __________________________________________, has dissolved and begun winding up and/or filed Articles of Termination with the Secretary of State in accordance with the laws of Montana. The LLC requests that all claimants against the LLC provide written proof of their claims to the LLC at the following address: ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ All claims must be in writing and must contain sufficient information reasonably to inform the LLC of the identity of the claimant and the substance of the claim, including: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Deadline: All claims must be received by [date] ______________________________________. The claim will be barred if not received by the deadline. DATE OF NOTICE: ______________________________ BY: _________________________________________ Name and Title FORM 3 NEWSPAPER NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION/TERMINATION (AGAINST UNKNOWN CLAIMS) Per §39-8-909, above, this notice must be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the dissolved or terminated limited liability company's principal office is located or, if there is none in this state, then in the county in which its designated office is or was last located. NOTE: Edit the form to reflect Dissolution (you have not yet filed Articles of Termination), or Termination (you HAVE filed Articles of Termination). PUBLIC NOTICE OF [DISSOLUTION][TERMINATION] OF _____________________________, LLC Notice is hereby given that __________________________________, a Montana Limited Liability Company (LLC) with its office at __________________________________________, has [dissolved][terminated]. The LLC requests that any claimants against the LLC provide written proof of their claims to the LLC at the following address: ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ All claims must be in writing and must contain sufficient information reasonably to inform the LLC of the identity of the claimant and the substance of the claim, including: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Deadline: A claim against the LLC is barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within 5 years after publication of this notice. BY: _________________________________________ Name and Title