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CORPORATIONS CODE
SECTION 8020-8022



8020.  (a) Upon merger pursuant to this chapter the separate
existences of the disappearing parties to the merger cease and the
surviving party to the merger shall succeed, without other transfer,
to all the rights and property of each of the disappearing parties to
the merger and shall be subject to all the debts and liabilities of
each and trust obligations upon the property of a disappearing party
in the same manner as if incurred by the surviving party to the
merger.
   (b) All rights of creditors and all liens and trusts upon or
arising from the property of each of the constituent corporations and
other parties to the merger shall be preserved unimpaired, provided
that the liens and trust obligations upon property of a disappearing
party shall be limited to the property affected thereby immediately
prior to the time the merger is effective.
   (c) Any action or proceeding pending by or against any
disappearing corporation or other party to the merger may be
prosecuted to judgment, which shall bind the surviving party to the
merger, or the surviving party to the merger may be proceeded against
or substituted in its place.



8020.5.  (a) Upon merger pursuant to this chapter, a surviving
domestic or foreign corporation or other business entity shall be
deemed to have assumed the liability of each disappearing domestic or
foreign corporation or other business entity that is taxed under
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of, or under Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) of, Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code for the following:
   (1) To prepare and file, or to cause to be prepared and filed, tax
and information returns otherwise required of that disappearing
entity as specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 18501) of
Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
   (2) To pay any tax liability determined to be due.
   (b) If the surviving entity is a domestic limited liability
company, domestic corporation, or registered limited liability
partnership or a foreign limited liability company, foreign limited
liability partnership, or foreign corporation that is registered or
qualified to do business in California, the Secretary of State shall
notify the Franchise Tax Board of the merger.



8021.  Whenever a domestic or foreign or foreign business
corporation or other business entity (Section 5063.5) having any real
property in this state merges with another domestic or foreign or
foreign business corporation or other business entity pursuant to the
laws of this state or of the state or place in which any constituent
party to the merger was organized, and the laws of the state or
place of organization (including this state) of any disappearing
party to the merger provide substantially that the making and filing
of the agreement of merger vests in the surviving party to the merger
all the real property of any disappearing party to the merger, the
filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county
in this state in which any of the real property of the disappearing
party to the merger is located of either (a) a certificate prescribed
by the Secretary of State, or (b) a copy of the agreement of merger
or certificate of merger, certified by the Secretary of State or an
authorized public official of the state or place pursuant to the laws
of which the merger is effected, shall evidence record ownership in
the surviving party to the merger of all interest of such
disappearing party to the merger in and to the real property located
in that county.



8022.  Any bequest, devise, gift, grant, or promise contained in a
will or other instrument of donation, subscription, or conveyance,
which is made to a constituent corporation and which takes effect or
remains payable after the merger, inures to the surviving party to
the merger.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Corp > 8020-8022

CORPORATIONS CODE
SECTION 8020-8022



8020.  (a) Upon merger pursuant to this chapter the separate
existences of the disappearing parties to the merger cease and the
surviving party to the merger shall succeed, without other transfer,
to all the rights and property of each of the disappearing parties to
the merger and shall be subject to all the debts and liabilities of
each and trust obligations upon the property of a disappearing party
in the same manner as if incurred by the surviving party to the
merger.
   (b) All rights of creditors and all liens and trusts upon or
arising from the property of each of the constituent corporations and
other parties to the merger shall be preserved unimpaired, provided
that the liens and trust obligations upon property of a disappearing
party shall be limited to the property affected thereby immediately
prior to the time the merger is effective.
   (c) Any action or proceeding pending by or against any
disappearing corporation or other party to the merger may be
prosecuted to judgment, which shall bind the surviving party to the
merger, or the surviving party to the merger may be proceeded against
or substituted in its place.



8020.5.  (a) Upon merger pursuant to this chapter, a surviving
domestic or foreign corporation or other business entity shall be
deemed to have assumed the liability of each disappearing domestic or
foreign corporation or other business entity that is taxed under
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of, or under Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) of, Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code for the following:
   (1) To prepare and file, or to cause to be prepared and filed, tax
and information returns otherwise required of that disappearing
entity as specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 18501) of
Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
   (2) To pay any tax liability determined to be due.
   (b) If the surviving entity is a domestic limited liability
company, domestic corporation, or registered limited liability
partnership or a foreign limited liability company, foreign limited
liability partnership, or foreign corporation that is registered or
qualified to do business in California, the Secretary of State shall
notify the Franchise Tax Board of the merger.



8021.  Whenever a domestic or foreign or foreign business
corporation or other business entity (Section 5063.5) having any real
property in this state merges with another domestic or foreign or
foreign business corporation or other business entity pursuant to the
laws of this state or of the state or place in which any constituent
party to the merger was organized, and the laws of the state or
place of organization (including this state) of any disappearing
party to the merger provide substantially that the making and filing
of the agreement of merger vests in the surviving party to the merger
all the real property of any disappearing party to the merger, the
filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county
in this state in which any of the real property of the disappearing
party to the merger is located of either (a) a certificate prescribed
by the Secretary of State, or (b) a copy of the agreement of merger
or certificate of merger, certified by the Secretary of State or an
authorized public official of the state or place pursuant to the laws
of which the merger is effected, shall evidence record ownership in
the surviving party to the merger of all interest of such
disappearing party to the merger in and to the real property located
in that county.



8022.  Any bequest, devise, gift, grant, or promise contained in a
will or other instrument of donation, subscription, or conveyance,
which is made to a constituent corporation and which takes effect or
remains payable after the merger, inures to the surviving party to
the merger.


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Statutes > California > Corp > 8020-8022

CORPORATIONS CODE
SECTION 8020-8022



8020.  (a) Upon merger pursuant to this chapter the separate
existences of the disappearing parties to the merger cease and the
surviving party to the merger shall succeed, without other transfer,
to all the rights and property of each of the disappearing parties to
the merger and shall be subject to all the debts and liabilities of
each and trust obligations upon the property of a disappearing party
in the same manner as if incurred by the surviving party to the
merger.
   (b) All rights of creditors and all liens and trusts upon or
arising from the property of each of the constituent corporations and
other parties to the merger shall be preserved unimpaired, provided
that the liens and trust obligations upon property of a disappearing
party shall be limited to the property affected thereby immediately
prior to the time the merger is effective.
   (c) Any action or proceeding pending by or against any
disappearing corporation or other party to the merger may be
prosecuted to judgment, which shall bind the surviving party to the
merger, or the surviving party to the merger may be proceeded against
or substituted in its place.



8020.5.  (a) Upon merger pursuant to this chapter, a surviving
domestic or foreign corporation or other business entity shall be
deemed to have assumed the liability of each disappearing domestic or
foreign corporation or other business entity that is taxed under
Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of, or under Part 11
(commencing with Section 23001) of, Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code for the following:
   (1) To prepare and file, or to cause to be prepared and filed, tax
and information returns otherwise required of that disappearing
entity as specified in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 18501) of
Part 10.2 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
   (2) To pay any tax liability determined to be due.
   (b) If the surviving entity is a domestic limited liability
company, domestic corporation, or registered limited liability
partnership or a foreign limited liability company, foreign limited
liability partnership, or foreign corporation that is registered or
qualified to do business in California, the Secretary of State shall
notify the Franchise Tax Board of the merger.



8021.  Whenever a domestic or foreign or foreign business
corporation or other business entity (Section 5063.5) having any real
property in this state merges with another domestic or foreign or
foreign business corporation or other business entity pursuant to the
laws of this state or of the state or place in which any constituent
party to the merger was organized, and the laws of the state or
place of organization (including this state) of any disappearing
party to the merger provide substantially that the making and filing
of the agreement of merger vests in the surviving party to the merger
all the real property of any disappearing party to the merger, the
filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county
in this state in which any of the real property of the disappearing
party to the merger is located of either (a) a certificate prescribed
by the Secretary of State, or (b) a copy of the agreement of merger
or certificate of merger, certified by the Secretary of State or an
authorized public official of the state or place pursuant to the laws
of which the merger is effected, shall evidence record ownership in
the surviving party to the merger of all interest of such
disappearing party to the merger in and to the real property located
in that county.



8022.  Any bequest, devise, gift, grant, or promise contained in a
will or other instrument of donation, subscription, or conveyance,
which is made to a constituent corporation and which takes effect or
remains payable after the merger, inures to the surviving party to
the merger.