Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-1097
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Dissolution of nonstock corporation - Procedure
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DISSOLUTION OF NONSTOCK CORPORATION; PROCEDURE
A. Whenever it shall be desired to dissolve any nonstock
corporation, the governing body shall perform all the acts necessary
for dissolution which are required by the provisions of Section 1096
of this title to be performed by the board of directors of a
corporation having capital stock. If the members of a corporation
having no capital stock are entitled to vote for the election of
members of its governing body or are entitled to vote for
dissolution under the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws of
such corporation, they shall perform all the acts necessary for
dissolution which are required by the provisions of Section 1096 of
this title to be performed by the shareholders of a corporation
having capital stock, including dissolution without action of the
members of the governing body if all the members of the corporation
entitled to vote thereon shall consent in writing and a certificate
of dissolution shall be filed with the Secretary of State pursuant
to subsection D of Section 1096 of this title. If there is no
member entitled to vote thereon, the dissolution of the corporation
shall be authorized at a meeting of the governing body, upon the
adoption of a resolution to dissolve by the vote of a majority of
members of its governing body then in office. In all other
respects, the method and proceedings for the dissolution of a
nonstock corporation shall conform as nearly as may be to the
proceedings prescribed by the provisions of Section 1096 of this
title for the dissolution of corporations having capital stock.
B. If a nonstock corporation has not commenced the business for
which the corporation was organized, a majority of the governing
body or, if none, a majority of the incorporators may surrender all
of the corporation rights and franchises by filing in the Office of
the Secretary of State a certificate, executed and acknowledged by a
majority of the incorporators or governing body, conforming as
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 478
nearly as may be to the certificate prescribed by Section 1095 of
this title.
C. If a nonstock corporation has included in its certificate of
incorporation a provision limiting the duration of its existence to
a specified date in accordance with paragraph 5 of subsection B of
Section 1006 of this title, a certificate of dissolution shall be
executed, acknowledged, and filed in accordance with Section 1007 of
this title within ninety (90) days before such specified date and
shall become effective on such specified date. Such certificate of
dissolution shall include the information required by Section 1096
of this title. Failure to timely file a certificate of dissolution
under this subsection with respect to any nonstock corporation shall
not affect the expiration of such corporation’s existence on the
date specified in its certificate of incorporation under paragraph 5
of subsection B of Section 1006 of this title and shall not
eliminate the requirement to file a certificate of dissolution as
contemplated by this subsection. If a certificate of good standing
is issued by the Secretary of State after the date specified in a
nonstock corporation’s certificate of incorporation under paragraph
5 of subsection B of Section 1006 of this title, such certificate of
good standing shall be of no force or effect.
A. Whenever it shall be desired to dissolve any nonstock
corporation, the governing body shall perform all the acts necessary
for dissolution which are required by the provisions of Section 1096
of this title to be performed by the board of directors of a
corporation having capital stock. If the members of a corporation
having no capital stock are entitled to vote for the election of
members of its governing body or are entitled to vote for
dissolution under the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws of
such corporation, they shall perform all the acts necessary for
dissolution which are required by the provisions of Section 1096 of
this title to be performed by the shareholders of a corporation
having capital stock, including dissolution without action of the
members of the governing body if all the members of the corporation
entitled to vote thereon shall consent in writing and a certificate
of dissolution shall be filed with the Secretary of State pursuant
to subsection D of Section 1096 of this title. If there is no
member entitled to vote thereon, the dissolution of the corporation
shall be authorized at a meeting of the governing body, upon the
adoption of a resolution to dissolve by the vote of a majority of
members of its governing body then in office. In all other
respects, the method and proceedings for the dissolution of a
nonstock corporation shall conform as nearly as may be to the
proceedings prescribed by the provisions of Section 1096 of this
title for the dissolution of corporations having capital stock.
B. If a nonstock corporation has not commenced the business for
which the corporation was organized, a majority of the governing
body or, if none, a majority of the incorporators may surrender all
of the corporation rights and franchises by filing in the Office of
the Secretary of State a certificate, executed and acknowledged by a
majority of the incorporators or governing body, conforming as
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 18. Corporations Page 478
nearly as may be to the certificate prescribed by Section 1095 of
this title.
C. If a nonstock corporation has included in its certificate of
incorporation a provision limiting the duration of its existence to
a specified date in accordance with paragraph 5 of subsection B of
Section 1006 of this title, a certificate of dissolution shall be
executed, acknowledged, and filed in accordance with Section 1007 of
this title within ninety (90) days before such specified date and
shall become effective on such specified date. Such certificate of
dissolution shall include the information required by Section 1096
of this title. Failure to timely file a certificate of dissolution
under this subsection with respect to any nonstock corporation shall
not affect the expiration of such corporation’s existence on the
date specified in its certificate of incorporation under paragraph 5
of subsection B of Section 1006 of this title and shall not
eliminate the requirement to file a certificate of dissolution as
contemplated by this subsection. If a certificate of good standing
is issued by the Secretary of State after the date specified in a
nonstock corporation’s certificate of incorporation under paragraph
5 of subsection B of Section 1006 of this title, such certificate of
good standing shall be of no force or effect.
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