Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 605.0717 (2025)

Effect of dissolution.

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605.0717 Effect of dissolution.
(1) Dissolution of a limited liability company does not:
(a) Transfer title to the limited liability company’s assets;
(b) Prevent commencement of a proceeding by or against the limited liability company in its name;
(c) Abate or suspend a proceeding pending by or against the limited liability company on the effective date of dissolution; or
(d) Terminate the authority of the registered agent of the limited liability company.
(2) Except as provided in s. 605.0715(5), the name of the dissolved limited liability company is not available for assumption or use by another business entity until 120 days after the effective date of dissolution or filing of a statement of termination, if earlier.
History.s. 2, ch. 2013-180; s. 26, ch. 2015-148.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2017–2026 · leading case: Roberts v. Gordy, 359 F. Supp. 3d 1231 (S.D. Fla. 2019).
Roberts v. Gordy, 359 F. Supp. 3d 1231 (S.D. Fla. 2019). · cites it 2× “4431 (2) (repealed 2015) (emphasis added); Fla. Stat. § 605.0717 (2015) (same). Therefore, Plaintiffs' assertion that Roberts retained any interest in Hustlin' because of 3 Blunts' administrative dissolution in 2006 is legally untenable.”
Spa Creek Servs., LLC v. S.W. Cole, Inc., 239 So. 3d 730 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017). · cites it 2× “" Section 605.0717(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2014), states that the dissolution of a limited liability company does not "[p]revent commencement of a proceeding by or against the limited liability company in its name.”
Charles Wesley Maddox & Vicki Lynn Maddox (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2022). · cites it 2× “§ 605.0717(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (providing that dissolution of a limited liability company does not transfer title to the limited liability company’s assets).”
Gilliard (M.D. Fla. 2026). · cites it 2× “”); Fla. Stat. § 605.0717 (1)(d) (“Dissolution of a limited liability company does not .”
Chavez v. Coro (S.D. Fla. 2019). “1 The Court notes that § 605.0717, Florida Statutes, states that the “[d]issolution of a limited liability company does not…prevent commencement of a proceeding by or against the limited liability company in its name.”
Strange v. Juice Man (N.D. Ga. 2022). “Fla. Stat. Ann. § 605.0717 (1)(b) (West 2015).”
— 605.0717(1)(a) — 1 case
Charles Wesley Maddox & Vicki Lynn Maddox (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2022). “§ 605.0717(1)(a), Fla. Stat. (providing that dissolution of a limited liability company does not transfer title to the limited liability company’s assets).”
— 605.0717(1)(b) — 1 case
Spa Creek Servs., LLC v. S.W. Cole, Inc., 239 So. 3d 730 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017). “" Section 605.0717(1)(b), Florida Statutes (2014), states that the dissolution of a limited liability company does not "[p]revent commencement of a proceeding by or against the limited liability company in its name.”
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