Montana § 35-2-730 Receivership Or Custodianship

Montana Statutes

§ 35-2-730 — Receivership Or Custodianship

Montana § 35-2-730

Title 35CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Ch. 2NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS

Part 7Dissolution and Liquidation

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Mont. Code Ann. § 35-2-730 (2026).

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35-2-730 . Receivership or custodianship.

(1)A court in a judicial proceeding brought to dissolve a public benefit corporation or mutual benefit corporation may appoint one or more receivers to wind up and liquidate the affairs of the corporation or one or more custodians to manage the affairs of the corporation. The court shall hold a hearing, after notifying all parties to the proceeding and any interested persons designated by the court, before appointing a receiver or custodian. The court appointing a receiver or custodian has exclusive jurisdiction over the corporation and all of its property, wherever located.

(2)The court may appoint, as a receiver or custodian, an individual authorized to transact business in this state or a domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation a

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35-2-730 . Receivership or custodianship. (1) A court in a judicial proceeding brought to dissolve a public benefit corporation or mutual benefit corporation may appoint one or more receivers to wind up and liquidate the affairs of the corporation or one or more custodians to manage the affairs of the corporation. The court shall hold a hearing, after notifying all parties to the proceeding and any interested persons designated by the court, before appointing a receiver or custodian. The court appointing a receiver or custodian has exclusive jurisdiction over the corporation and all of its property, wherever located.
(2) The court may appoint, as a receiver or custodian, an individual authorized to transact business in this state or a domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation authorized to transact business in this state. The court may require the receiver or custodian to post bond, with or without sureties, in an amount the court directs.
(3) The court shall describe the powers and duties of the receiver or custodian in its appointing order, which may be amended from time to time. Among other powers:
(a) the receiver:
(i) may, if authorized by the court, dispose of all or any part of the assets of the corporation wherever located, at a public or private sale, subject to any trust and other restrictions that would be applicable to the corporation; and
(ii) may sue and defend in the receiver's or custodian's name as receiver or custodian of the corporation in all courts of this state; and
(b) the custodian may exercise all the powers of the corporation through or in place of its board of directors or officers to the extent necessary to manage the affairs of the corporation in the best interests of its members and creditors.
(4) The court during a receivership may redesignate the receiver a custodian and during a custodianship may redesignate the custodian a receiver if doing so is in the best interests of the corporation, its members, and its creditors.
(5) From time to time during the receivership or custodianship, the court may order compensation paid and expense disbursements or reimbursements made to the receiver or custodian and the receiver or custodian's counsel from the assets of the corporation or proceeds from the sale of the assets.