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WA Rev Code § 24.03A.902 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.902 - Prohibition of financial benefit.

RCW 24.03A.902 Prohibition of financial benefit. (Effective January 1, 2022.)A person who is a member or otherwise affiliated with a charitable corporation may not receive a direct or indirect financial benefit in connection with a disposition of assets governed by RCW 24.03A.885 through 24.03A.902 unless the person is a charitable corporation, the federal government, a tribal government, a state or local government, a governmental subdivision, or an unincorporated entity that has charitable purposes. This section does not apply to the receipt of reasonable compensation for services rendered.[ 2021 c 176 § 3405.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.904 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.904 - Authorization of voluntary dissolution.

RCW 24.03A.904 Authorization of voluntary dissolution. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) Unless the articles or bylaws require a greater vote, a majority of the directors in office of a nonprofit corporation may authorize the dissolution of any nonprofit corporation that is not a membership corporation or is a membership corporation but has no members entitled to vote on its dissolution.(2) If a membership corporation has no members entitled to vote on dissolution, then the corporation shall deliver notice of the proposed dissolution to all members of the corporation at least ten days before the meeting at which the board is to authorize the dissolution.(3) For a membership corporation that has members that are entitled to vote on its dissolution:(a) The board may propose dissolution for submission to the members entitled to vote, and for such a proposal to dissolve to be authorized:(i) The board shall recommend dissolution to the members entitled to vote on the dissolution, unless the board determines that because of conflict of interest or other special circumstances it should make no recommendation and communicates the basis for its determination to the members entitled to vote on the dissolution;(ii) The board may condition its submission of the proposal for dissolution on any basis, including approval of the proposed plan of distribution if required under RCW 24.03A.906;(iii) The nonprofit corporation shall give notice to each member, whether or not entitled to vote, of the proposed meeting of members that includes the following statements:(A) That the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider dissolving the corporation; and(B) How the assets of the corporation will be distributed after all creditors have been paid or how the distribution of assets will be determined; and(iv) The members entitled to vote on the dissolution shall approve the proposal to dissolve as provided in (b) of this subsection.(b) Unless the articles, the bylaws, or the board acting pursuant to (a)(ii) of this subsection requires a greater vote or a greater number of members to be present, the adoption of the proposal to dissolve by the members entitled to vote thereon requires the approval of at least a majority of those members at a meeting at which a quorum is present, and, if any class of members is entitled to vote as a separate group on the proposal, the approval by a majority of the members in each separate voting group entitled to vote at a meeting at which a quorum of the voting group is present.[ 2021 c 176 § 3501.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.910 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.910 - Articles of dissolution.

RCW 24.03A.910 Articles of dissolution. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) At any time after dissolution is authorized, the nonprofit corporation may dissolve by filing with the secretary of state articles of dissolution, accompanied by a revenue clearance certificate issued pursuant to RCW 82.32.260. The articles of dissolution shall set forth:(a) The name of the corporation;(b) The date of its incorporation;(c) The effective date of the dissolution, which may be the date on which the articles of dissolution are filed or any date and time up to thirty days thereafter;(d) Whether it is a membership corporation and, if it is a membership corporation, whether it has members that have a right to vote on its dissolution;(e) If the corporation is not a membership corporation or has no members that have a right to vote on its dissolution, that the dissolution was authorized by the requisite number of directors;(f) If the corporation is a membership corporation that has members that have a right to vote on its dissolution, that the requisite number of members has approved the proposal to dissolve;(g) Whether the corporation is a charitable corporation or is holding property for charitable purposes;(h) If the corporation is a charitable corporation or is holding property for charitable purposes, that the attorney general has approved, or is deemed to have approved, the corporation's plan of distribution pursuant to RCW 24.03A.908; and(i) That the net assets of the corporation remaining after winding up have been, or will be, distributed in accordance with the corporation's articles and bylaws and the corporation's adopted plan of distribution.(2) A nonprofit corporation is dissolved upon the effective date of its articles of dissolution.(3) For purposes of RCW 24.03A.904 through 24.03A.926, "dissolved corporation" means a nonprofit corporation whose articles of dissolution have become effective and includes a liquidating trust, if any, or other acquirer entity to which the remaining assets of the corporation are transferred subject to its liabilities for purposes of liquidation.[ 2021 c 176 § 3504.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.912 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.912 - Revocation of dissolution.

RCW 24.03A.912 Revocation of dissolution. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) A nonprofit corporation may revoke its dissolution within one hundred twenty days of the effective date of the dissolution.(2) Revocation of dissolution must be authorized in the same manner as the dissolution was authorized unless that authorization permitted revocation by action of the board alone, in which event the board may revoke the dissolution without action by the members.(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, after the revocation of dissolution is authorized, the nonprofit corporation may revoke the dissolution by delivering to the secretary of state for filing articles of revocation of dissolution, together with a copy of its articles of dissolution, that set forth:(a) The name of the corporation;(b) The effective date of the dissolution that was revoked;(c) The date that the revocation of dissolution was authorized; and(d) That the revocation of dissolution was approved in the manner required by this chapter and by the articles and bylaws.(4) A charitable corporation or a nonprofit corporation holding property restricted to charitable purposes shall not deliver articles of revocation of dissolution to the secretary of state for filing without the approval of the attorney general. Such a corporation shall give the attorney general notice in the form of a record that it intends to revoke its dissolution, to which notice a copy of the articles of revocation of dissolution adopted in accordance with subsection (2) of this section must be attached. In the event that the attorney general does not deliver a notice of objection in the form of a record to the corporation within twenty days after the delivery to the attorney general of notice of the revocation of dissolution, approval of the revocation of dissolution is deemed to have been given.(5) Revocation of dissolution is effective upon the effective date of the articles of revocation of dissolution.(6) When the revocation of dissolution is effective, it relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the dissolution and the nonprofit corporation resumes carrying on its activities as if dissolution had never occurred.[ 2021 c 176 § 3505.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.914 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.914 - Effect of dissolution.

RCW 24.03A.914 Effect of dissolution. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) A nonprofit corporation, the dissolution of which has been authorized, continues its corporate existence but may not carry on any activities except those appropriate to wind up and liquidate its affairs, including:(a) Collecting its assets;(b) Disposing of its properties that will not be distributed in kind;(c) Discharging or making provision for discharging its liabilities;(d) Distributing its remaining property as required by the plan of distribution; and(e) Doing every other act necessary to wind up and liquidate its activities and affairs.(2) Dissolution of or authorization to dissolve a nonprofit corporation does not:(a) Transfer title to the corporation's property;(b) Subject its directors or officers to standards of conduct different from those prescribed in RCW 24.03A.495 and 24.03A.590;(c) Change quorum or voting requirements for its board or members; change provisions for selection, resignation, or removal of its directors or officers or both; or change provisions for amending its bylaws;(d) Prevent commencement of a proceeding by or against the corporation in its corporate name;(e) Abate or suspend a proceeding pending by or against the corporation on the effective date of dissolution;(f) Terminate the authority of the registered agent of the corporation; or(g) Modify any gift restriction, unless the restriction is modified in accordance with RCW 24.03A.190.[ 2021 c 176 § 3506.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.916 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.916 - Prohibition of financial benefit.

RCW 24.03A.916 Prohibition of financial benefit. (Effective January 1, 2022.)No person may receive a direct or indirect financial benefit in connection with the dissolution of a charitable corporation unless the person is an entity operated exclusively for one or more charitable purposes, the federal government, a tribal government, a state or local government, or an unincorporated entity that has charitable purposes. This section does not apply to the receipt of reasonable compensation for services rendered.[ 2021 c 176 § 3507.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.918 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.918 - Known claims against dissolved corporation.

RCW 24.03A.918 Known claims against dissolved corporation. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) A dissolved nonprofit corporation shall deliver notice of the dissolution in the form of a record to all of the corporation's known claimants within thirty days of the date when the corporation delivered articles of dissolution to the secretary of state for filing.(2) A dissolved nonprofit corporation may dispose of the known claims against it by delivering a notice in the form of a record that meets the requirements listed in subsection (3) of this section to its known claimants at any time after the date when the corporation delivered articles of dissolution to the secretary of state for filing. Delivery of a notice under this subsection shall satisfy the requirement of subsection (1) of this section if the notice is delivered to all known claimants within thirty days of the date when the corporation delivered articles of dissolution to the secretary of state for filing.(3) A notice to claimants under subsection (2) of this section must:(a) Describe information that must be included in a claim;(b) Provide a mailing address where a claim may be sent;(c) State the deadline, which may not be fewer than one hundred twenty days from the effective date of the notice, by which the dissolved nonprofit corporation must receive the claim; and(d) State that the claim will be barred if not received by the deadline.(4) A claim against the dissolved nonprofit corporation is barred:(a) If a claimant who was given notice under subsection (2) of this section does not deliver the claim to the dissolved corporation by the deadline; or(b) If a claimant whose claim was rejected by the dissolved corporation does not commence a proceeding to enforce the claim within ninety days from the effective date of the rejection notice.(5) For purposes of this section, "claim" does not include a contingent liability or a claim based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.[ 2021 c 176 § 3508.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.920 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.920 - Other claims against dissolved corporation.

RCW 24.03A.920 Other claims against dissolved corporation. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) A dissolved nonprofit corporation may publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the dissolved corporation present them in accordance with the notice.(2) The notice must:(a) Be published three times during three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the principal office of the dissolved nonprofit corporation or, if none in this state, its registered office is or was last located;(b) Describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim shall be sent; and(c) State that a claim against the dissolved corporation will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within three years after the last publication of the notice.(3) If the dissolved nonprofit corporation publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (2) of this section, then the claim of each of the following claimants is barred unless the claimant commences a proceeding to enforce the claim against the dissolved corporation within three years after the last publication date of the newspaper notice:(a) A claimant who was not given notice under RCW 24.03A.918;(b) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not acted on; or(c) A claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.[ 2021 c 176 § 3509.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.922 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.922 - Enforcement of claims.

RCW 24.03A.922 Enforcement of claims. (Effective January 1, 2022.)A claim that is not barred by RCW 24.03A.918(4) or 24.03A.920(3) may be enforced:(1) Against the dissolved nonprofit corporation, to the extent of its undistributed assets; or(2) Except as provided in RCW 24.03A.924(4), if the assets have been distributed in liquidation, against any person, other than a creditor of the dissolved corporation, to whom the corporation distributed its property, subject to the following restrictions:(a) Recovery is limited to the amount of the distributee's pro rata share of the claim or the corporate assets distributed to the distributee in liquidation, whichever is less;(b) A distributee's total liability for all claims under this section may not exceed the total amount of assets distributed to the distributee; and(c) A distributee is only liable to the extent permitted by existing common law or statutory remedies, and nothing in this section creates a separate cause of action against a distributee.[ 2021 c 176 § 3510.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.924 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.924 - Court proceedings.

RCW 24.03A.924 Court proceedings. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) A dissolved nonprofit corporation that has published a notice under RCW 24.03A.918 may file an application with the court for a determination of the amount and form of security to be provided for payment of claims that are contingent or have not been made known to the dissolved corporation or that are based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution but that, based on the facts known to the dissolved corporation, are reasonably estimated to be presented after the effective date of dissolution. Provision need not be made for any claim that is or is reasonably anticipated to be barred under RCW 24.03A.918(3).(2) Within ten days after the filing of the application, the dissolved corporation shall give notice of the proceeding to each claimant holding a contingent claim whose contingent claim is shown on the records of the dissolved corporation.(3) The court may appoint a special representative to represent the interests of all claimants whose identities are unknown in any proceeding brought under this section. The dissolved corporation shall pay reasonable fees and expenses of the special representative, including all reasonable expert witness fees.(4) Provision by the dissolved nonprofit corporation for security in the amount and the form ordered by the court under this section satisfies the dissolved corporation's obligations with respect to claims that are contingent, have not been made known to the dissolved corporation, or are based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution. Such claims may not be enforced against a person who received assets in liquidation.[ 2021 c 176 § 3511.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.926 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.926 - Directors' duties.

RCW 24.03A.926 Directors' duties. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) Directors shall cause the dissolved corporation to discharge or make reasonable provision for the payment of claims and make distributions of assets in accordance with the plan of distribution after payment or provision for claims.(2) Directors of a dissolved corporation that has disposed of claims under RCW 24.03A.918, 24.03A.920, or 24.03A.924 are not liable for breach of subsection (1) of this section with respect to claims against the dissolved corporation that are barred or satisfied under RCW 24.03A.918, 24.03A.920, or 24.03A.924.(3) Failure to dispose of claims under RCW 24.03A.918, 24.03A.920, or 24.03A.924 is not, in and of itself, a violation of this section.[ 2021 c 176 § 3512.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.928 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.928 - Administrative dissolution.

RCW 24.03A.928 Administrative dissolution. (Effective January 1, 2022.)The secretary of state may commence a proceeding under RCW 23.95.610 to administratively dissolve a nonprofit corporation for any reason set forth in RCW 23.95.605.[ 2021 c 176 § 3601.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.930 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.930 - Procedure and effect of administrative dissolution.

RCW 24.03A.930 Procedure and effect of administrative dissolution. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) Administrative dissolution does not terminate, bar, or otherwise modify any claim against the administratively dissolved corporation.(2) A person is not liable in contract, tort, or otherwise solely by reason of being a director, officer, or member of a nonprofit corporation that was dissolved under RCW 24.03A.928 through 24.03A.942, with respect to the activities or affairs of the corporation that have been continued, without knowledge of the dissolution.[ 2021 c 176 § 3602.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.932 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.932 - Property held for charitable purposes.

RCW 24.03A.932 Property held for charitable purposes. (Effective January 1, 2022.)(1) If a charitable corporation, or a corporation holding property for charitable purposes, has been administratively dissolved and has not been reinstated, then neither the corporation nor any other person may transfer or distribute to any other person any property held for charitable purposes by the corporation unless the corporation has:(a) Adopted a plan of distribution satisfying the requirements of RCW 24.03A.908(2) and following the procedure set out in RCW 24.03A.908(3); and(b) Obtained the approval or deemed approval of the attorney general of the plan of distribution, following the procedure set out in RCW 24.03A.908 (4) and (5).(2) A corporation that has been administratively dissolved is not required to apply for reinstatement if its only activities will consist of adopting a plan of distribution, obtaining the approval or deemed approval of the attorney general of the plan of distribution, and distributing assets in accordance with the plan of distribution.[ 2021 c 176 § 3603.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.
WA Rev Code § 24.03A.934 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03A - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03A.934 - Reinstatement of administratively dissolved corporation.

RCW 24.03A.934 Reinstatement of administratively dissolved corporation. (Effective January 1, 2022.)A nonprofit corporation administratively dissolved under RCW 23.95.610 may apply to the secretary of state for reinstatement by following the procedure and meeting the requirements set forth in RCW 23.95.615. A nonprofit corporation denied reinstatement may obtain judicial review of the denial within the time specified in RCW 23.95.620.[ 2021 c 176 § 3604.]NOTES:Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.