(1)
The holder of an unpaid claim against a dissolved corporation
that is not barred under RCW 23B.14.060(2) or 23B.14.065(4) or by
expiration of the survival period specified in RCW 23B.14.340
may, within the statute of limitations applicable to the claim,
commence a proceeding against the dissolved corporation to
collect the amount of the claim from any remaining undistributed
assets of the corporation. If the undistributed assets of the
corporation are not or may not be sufficient to satisfy the
amount of the unpaid claim, and there have been distributions to
shareholders as to which the limitations period specified in RCW 23B.08.310(5) has not expired at the time the proceeding is
commenced, the holder of the unpaid claim may include as a part
of the relief claimed against the dissolved corporation a
petition to compel the dissolved corporation to collect any
amounts owing to it by directors or shareholders under RCW 23B.08.310 and to apply the collections toward payment of the
claim. The filing of such a petition to compel the corporation
to collect unlawfully distributed amounts from directors or
shareholders tolls the limitations periods specified in RCW 23B.08.310(5) and 23B.14.340 with respect to the unpaid claim, as
to directors and shareholders who may be liable under RCW 23B.08.310. If the dissolved corporation fails, within a
reasonable period of time after the filing of such a petition to
compel it to collect amounts owing under RCW 23B.08.310, to join
those directors and shareholders who may be liable for the
amounts, the holder of the unpaid claim may join those directors
and shareholders as additional defendants in the proceeding. The
holder of the unpaid claim may also join all directors and
shareholders who may be liable under RCW 23B.08.310 as additional
defendants in the proceeding, at any time upon establishing to
the satisfaction of the court that any of such shareholders, with
intent to delay or defraud or place property beyond the reach of
the corporation's creditors, has removed or is about to remove
from this state, or has assigned, secreted, or disposed of, or is
about to assign, secrete, or dispose of, any of the property
distributed by the corporation as to which the shareholder may be
liable under RCW 23B.08.310(3). Except as permitted by this
section, the holder of the unpaid claim may not, by means of any
proceeding or otherwise, seek to enforce the claim directly
against any of the dissolved corporation's officers or directors
in those capacities, or against any of its shareholders on
account of their receipt of distributions after the effective
date of dissolution.
(2) Claims against a dissolved corporation that are barred
under RCW 23B.14.060(2) or 23B.14.065(4) or by expiration of the
survival period specified in RCW 23B.14.340 may not be enforced
against the dissolved corporation, any of its officers or
directors in those capacities, or any of its shareholders on
account of their receipt of distributions after the effective
date of dissolution.
[2006 c 52 § 11.]