Section 3-414 - Appointment of receiver in involuntary dissolution - In general. - Maryland Statutes

§ 3-414. Appointment of receiver in involuntary dissolution - In general.
 

(a)  Scope of section.- This section applies to any proceeding for involuntary dissolution of a corporation, except one brought under § 3-413(c) of this subtitle on grounds of insolvency. 

(b)  Action by court.- In a proceeding for the involuntary dissolution of a corporation, after notice and hearing, the court: 

(1) May appoint one or more temporary receivers or trustees to take charge of the assets and operate the business of the corporation, if necessary or proper to preserve them, pending a final determination as to dissolution; and 

(2) Shall determine whether the corporation should be dissolved. 

(c)  Order of dissolution.- If it appears that the corporation should be dissolved, the court shall enter a final order dissolving the corporation, and direct that it be liquidated under court supervision by one or more receivers appointed by it. 

(d)  Powers of receiver or trustee.- A receiver, temporary receiver, or trustee has all the powers of a receiver provided in this subtitle and any other powers provided in the order of the court, including the power to continue the corporate business. 

(e)  Distribution of assets to stockholders.- If it orders dissolution, the court may provide by order: 

(1) For the distribution in kind of the assets of the corporation to the stockholders; or 

(2) For some stockholders to receive assets of a different nature than other stockholders having the same type of interest. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 23, § 79A; 1975, ch. 311, § 2.]