Florida Statute 617.1431 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 617
CORPORATIONS NOT FOR PROFIT

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617.1431 Procedure for judicial dissolution.—

(1) Venue for a proceeding brought under s. 617.1430 lies in the circuit court of the county where the corporation’s principal office is or was last located, as shown by the records of the Department of State, or, if none in this state, where its registered office is or was last located.

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

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

History.—s. 87, ch. 90-179.

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Spivey v. Board of Church Extension

160 F.R.D. 660, 32 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 484, 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3976, 1995 WL 137441

District Court, M.D. Florida | Filed: Mar 24, 1995 | Docket: 66312896

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dissolution of the corporation. Florida Statute § 617.1431 sets out the procedure for judicial dissolution

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