Section 55-14-07 - Unknown and certain other claims against dissolved corporation(a) A dissolved corporation may also publish notice of its dissolution and request that persons with claims against the corporation present them in accordance with the notice.(b) The notice must: (1) Be published one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the dissolved corporation's principal office (or, if none in this State, its registered office) is or was last located;(2) Describe the information that must be included in a claim and provide a mailing address where the claim may be sent; and(3) State that a claim against the corporation will be barred unless a proceeding to enforce the claim is commenced within five years after the publication of the notice.(c) If the dissolved corporation publishes a newspaper notice in accordance with subsection (b), 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 five years after the publication date of the newspaper notice: (1) A claimant who did not receive written notice under G.S. 55-14-06;(2) A claimant whose claim was timely sent to the dissolved corporation but not acted on;(3) A claimant whose claim is contingent or based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-14-07
1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1973, c. 469, ss.39, 40, c. 476, s. 193; 1989, c. 265, s. 1.