16-6a-1415. Procedure for judicial dissolution

(1) (a) A proceeding by the attorney general or director of the division to dissolve a nonprofit corporation shall be brought in:
            (i) the district court of the county in this state where the nonprofit corporation's principal office is located; or
            (ii) if the nonprofit corporation has no principal office in this state, in the district court in and for Salt Lake County.
     (b) A proceeding brought by a party that is not listed in Subsection (1)(a) but is named in Section 16-6a-1414 shall be brought in:
            (i) the district court of the county in this state where the nonprofit corporation's principal office is located; or
            (ii) if it has no principal office in this state, in the district court of Salt Lake County.

(2) It is not necessary to make directors or members parties to a proceeding to dissolve a nonprofit corporation unless relief is sought against the directors or members individually.

(3) A court in a proceeding brought to dissolve a nonprofit corporation may:
     (a) issue injunctions;
     (b) appoint a receiver or custodian pendente lite with all powers and duties the court directs; or
     (c) take other action required to preserve the corporate assets wherever located, and carry on the activities of the nonprofit corporation until a full hearing can be held. 


Amended by Chapter 364, 2008 General Session


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