Florida Statute 605.0707 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 605
FLORIDA REVISED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ACT

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605.0707 Articles of dissolution; filing of articles of dissolution.—

(1) Upon the occurrence of an event described in s. 605.0701(1)-(3), the limited liability company shall deliver for filing articles of dissolution as provided in this section.

(2) The articles of dissolution must state the following:

(a) The name of the limited liability company.

(b) The delayed effective date of the limited liability company’s dissolution if the dissolution is not to be effective on the date the articles of dissolution are filed by the department.

(d) If there are no members, the name, address, and signature of the person appointed in accordance with this subsection to wind up the company.

(3) The articles of dissolution of the limited liability company shall be delivered to the department. If the department finds that the articles of dissolution conform to law, it shall, when all fees have been paid as prescribed in this chapter, file the articles of dissolution and issue a certificate of dissolution.

(4) Upon the filing of the articles of dissolution, the limited liability company shall cease conducting its business and shall continue solely for the purpose of winding up its affairs in accordance with s. 605.0709, except for the purpose of lawsuits, other proceedings, and appropriate action as provided in this chapter.

History.—s. 2, ch. 2013-180.

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Spa Creek Servs., LLC v. S.W. Cole, Inc., 239 So. 3d 730 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017).

Cited 2 times | Published | Florida 5th District Court of Appeal

...Church , 17 So.3d 1267 , 1268-70 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009). Under section 605.0709(2)(b) 2., Florida Statutes (2014), a dissolved limited liability company may "[p]rosecute and defend actions and proceedings, whether civil, criminal, or administrative." Section 605.0707(4), Florida Statutes (2014), states that "[u]pon the filing of the articles of dissolution, the limited liability company shall cease conducting its business and shall continue solely for the purpose of winding up its affairs in acco...

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Precious Ezeamama v. In Re: The Est. of Catherine Ezeamama Chibugo (Fla. 3d DCA 2024).

Published | Florida 3rd District Court of Appeal

...“is dissolved and its activities and affairs must be wound up . . . .” § 605.0701(3), Fla. Stat. (2023). Upon the occurrence of an event causing dissolution, set forth in section 605.0701(1)-(3), the LLC “shall deliver for filing articles of dissolution.” § 605.0707(1). Then, “the [LLC] shall cease conducting its business and shall continue solely for the purpose of winding up its affairs . . . .” § 605.0707(4). 4 Accordingly, when the Decedent died on March 23, 2023, she was dissociated from the LLC under section 605.0602(7)(a). Not until ninety days after she passed—well after the probate court’s April 6, 2023 denial of the Motion to Determine Assets—did it become an event causing dissolution under section 605.0701. Section 605.0707 then requires the LLC to be dissolved by filing articles of dissolution....

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