Title 7
Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships

Chapter 16
The Rhode Island Limited Liability Company Act

R.I. Gen. Laws § 7-16-39

§ 7-16-39. Dissolution.

A limited liability company is dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the happening of the first to occur of the following:

(1) At any time specified in the articles of organization;

(2) An event specified in the articles of organization or a written operating agreement to cause dissolution;

(3) By action of members taken pursuant to § 7-16-21(b)(1);

(4) On the written consent of a majority of the capital values of the remaining members after the death, withdrawal, expulsion, bankruptcy, or dissolution of a member, or the occurrence of any other event that terminates the continued membership of a member in the limited liability company, unless otherwise provided in the articles of organization or a written operating agreement;

(5) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or a written operating agreement, on the death, withdrawal, expulsion, bankruptcy or dissolution of the last remaining member or any other event that terminates the continued membership of the last remaining member, unless within ninety (90) days the successor(s) in interest of the last remaining member and any assignees of the member’s interest and of any other member’s interest agree in writing to admit at least one (1) member to continue the business of the limited liability company; or

(6) Entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under § 7-16-40.

History of Section.
P.L. 1992, ch. 280, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 188, § 5.