N.D. Cent. Code § 10-32.1-48
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10-32.1-48. Events causing dissociation
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10-32.1-48. Events causing dissociation
A person is dissociated as a member from a limited liability company when:
1. The company has notice of the express will of the person to withdraw as a member,
but, if the person specified a withdrawal date later than the date the company had
notice, then on that later date;
2. An event stated in the operating agreement as causing the dissociation of the person
occurs;
3. The person is expelled as a member pursuant to the operating agreement;
4. The person is expelled as a member by the unanimous consent of the other members
if:
a. It is unlawful to carry on the activities of the company with the person as a
member;
b. There has been a transfer of all of the transferable interest of the person in the
company, other than:
(1) A transfer for security purposes; or
(2) A charging order in effect under section 10-32.1-45 which has not been
foreclosed;
c. The person is a corporation and, within ninety days after the company notifies the
person that it will be expelled as a member because:
(1) The person has filed articles of dissolution or the equivalent;
(2) Its charter has been revoked;
(3) Its right to conduct business has been suspended by the jurisdiction of its
incorporation;
(4) The articles of dissolution have not been revoked; or
(5) Its charter or right to conduct business has not been reinstated; or
d. The person is a limited liability company or partnership that has been dissolved
and whose business is being wound up;
5. On application by the company, the person is expelled as a member by judicial order
because the person:
a. Has engaged, or is engaging, in wrongful conduct that has adversely and
materially affected, or will adversely and materially affect, the activities of the
company;
b. Has willfully or persistently committed, or is willfully and persistently committing, a
material breach of the operating agreement or the duties or obligations of the
person under section 10-32.1-41; or
c. Has engaged, or is engaging, in conduct relating to the activities of the company
which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities with the
person as a member;
6. In the case of a person who is an individual:
a. The individual dies; or
b. In a member-managed limited liability company:
(1) A guardian or general conservator for the individual is appointed; or
(2) There is a judicial order that the individual has otherwise become incapable
of performing the duties of the individual as a member under this chapter or
the operating agreement;
7. In a member-managed limited liability company, the person:
a. Becomes a debtor in bankruptcy;
b. Executes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
c. Seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or
liquidator of the person or of all or substantially all of the property of the person;
8. In the case of a person that is a trust or is acting as a member by virtue of being a
trustee of a trust, the entire transferable interest of the trust in the company is
distributed;
9. In the case of a person that is an estate or is acting as a member by virtue of being a
personal representative of an estate, the entire transferable interest of the estate in the
company is distributed;
10. In the case of a member that is not an individual, partnership, limited liability company,
corporation, trust, or estate, the termination of the member;
11. The company participates in a merger under sections 10-32.1-55 through 10-32.1-71,
if:
a. The company is not the surviving entity; or
b. Otherwise as a result of the merger, the person ceases to be a member;
12. The company participates in a conversion under sections 10-32.1-61 through
10-32.1-71;
13. The company participates in a domestication under sections 10-32.1-67 through
10-32.1-71, if, as a result of the domestication, the person ceases to be a member; or
14. The company terminates.
A person is dissociated as a member from a limited liability company when:
1. The company has notice of the express will of the person to withdraw as a member,
but, if the person specified a withdrawal date later than the date the company had
notice, then on that later date;
2. An event stated in the operating agreement as causing the dissociation of the person
occurs;
3. The person is expelled as a member pursuant to the operating agreement;
4. The person is expelled as a member by the unanimous consent of the other members
if:
a. It is unlawful to carry on the activities of the company with the person as a
member;
b. There has been a transfer of all of the transferable interest of the person in the
company, other than:
(1) A transfer for security purposes; or
(2) A charging order in effect under section 10-32.1-45 which has not been
foreclosed;
c. The person is a corporation and, within ninety days after the company notifies the
person that it will be expelled as a member because:
(1) The person has filed articles of dissolution or the equivalent;
(2) Its charter has been revoked;
(3) Its right to conduct business has been suspended by the jurisdiction of its
incorporation;
(4) The articles of dissolution have not been revoked; or
(5) Its charter or right to conduct business has not been reinstated; or
d. The person is a limited liability company or partnership that has been dissolved
and whose business is being wound up;
5. On application by the company, the person is expelled as a member by judicial order
because the person:
a. Has engaged, or is engaging, in wrongful conduct that has adversely and
materially affected, or will adversely and materially affect, the activities of the
company;
b. Has willfully or persistently committed, or is willfully and persistently committing, a
material breach of the operating agreement or the duties or obligations of the
person under section 10-32.1-41; or
c. Has engaged, or is engaging, in conduct relating to the activities of the company
which makes it not reasonably practicable to carry on the activities with the
person as a member;
6. In the case of a person who is an individual:
a. The individual dies; or
b. In a member-managed limited liability company:
(1) A guardian or general conservator for the individual is appointed; or
(2) There is a judicial order that the individual has otherwise become incapable
of performing the duties of the individual as a member under this chapter or
the operating agreement;
7. In a member-managed limited liability company, the person:
a. Becomes a debtor in bankruptcy;
b. Executes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
c. Seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or
liquidator of the person or of all or substantially all of the property of the person;
8. In the case of a person that is a trust or is acting as a member by virtue of being a
trustee of a trust, the entire transferable interest of the trust in the company is
distributed;
9. In the case of a person that is an estate or is acting as a member by virtue of being a
personal representative of an estate, the entire transferable interest of the estate in the
company is distributed;
10. In the case of a member that is not an individual, partnership, limited liability company,
corporation, trust, or estate, the termination of the member;
11. The company participates in a merger under sections 10-32.1-55 through 10-32.1-71,
if:
a. The company is not the surviving entity; or
b. Otherwise as a result of the merger, the person ceases to be a member;
12. The company participates in a conversion under sections 10-32.1-61 through
10-32.1-71;
13. The company participates in a domestication under sections 10-32.1-67 through
10-32.1-71, if, as a result of the domestication, the person ceases to be a member; or
14. The company terminates.
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