Utah § 16-20-701 - Events causing dissolution. (Effective 10/1/2026)

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§ 16-20-701. Events causing dissolution. (Effective 10/1/2026)

Effective 10/1/2026
16-20-701. Events causing dissolution.
A limited liability company is dissolved, and the limited liability company's activities and affairs must be wound up, upon the occurrence of any of the following:

(1)	an event, circumstance, or date that the certificate of organization or operating agreement states causes dissolution;

(2)	the consent of all the members;

(3)

the passage of 90 consecutive days during which the limited liability company has no members unless:

(a)	consent to admit at least one specified person as a member is given by transferees owning the rights to receive a majority of distributions as transferees at the time the consent is to be effective; and

(b)	at least one person becomes a member in accordance with the consent;

(4)

upon a petition brought by a member, the entry of a court order dissolving the limited liability company on the grounds that:

(a)	the conduct of all or substantially all of the limited liability company's activities and affairs is unlawful; or

(b)	it is not reasonably practicable to carry on the limited liability company's activities and affairs in conformity with the certificate of organization and the operating agreement;

(5)

upon a petition brought by a member, the entry of a court order dissolving the limited liability company on the grounds that the managers or those members in control of the limited liability company:

(a)	have acted, are acting, or will act in a manner that is illegal or fraudulent; or

(b)	have acted, are acting, or will act in a manner that is oppressive and was, is, or will be directly harmful to the applicant; or

(6)	the signing and filing of a statement of administrative dissolution by the division under Section 16-1a-603.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 93, 2026 General Session

Source: official Utah text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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