University of Richmond Law Review Volume 12 | Issue 2 Article 5 1978 Dissolution, Forfeiture, and Liquidation of Virginia Corporations Joel D. Gusky Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview Part of the Business Organizations Law Commons Recommended Citation Joel D. Gusky, Dissolution, Forfeiture, and Liquidation of Virginia Corporations, 12 U. Rich. L. Rev. 333 (1978). Available at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/lawreview/vol12/iss2/5 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in University of Richmond Law Review by an authorized administrator of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. DISSOLUTION, FORFEITURE, AND LIQUIDATION OF VIRGINIA CORPORATIONS Joel D. Gusky* INTRODUCTION Article 7 of Virginia's Corporation Code,' under the general head- ing of "dissolution",2 describes the various methods by which corpo- rate existence terminates in Virginia. Although Article 7 speaks in terms of dissolution per se, in reality there are three separate and distinct forms of dissolution: (1-) voluntary dissolution, 3 (2) forfei- ture,4 and (3) liquidation of the corporation by a court of equity upon the petition of either the stockholders or the creditors of the corporation sought to be dissolved.' Each section is sui generis and has certain procedures which incorporators, the State Corporation Commission (Commission), stockholders, or creditors must follow in order to dissolve the corporation of which they are a part or of which they have a public or private interest. The procedures for each pro- vision raise legal issues which effect, either directly or indirectly, the rights and interests of the parties described above.