Chapter 156 - BUSINESS CORPORATIONS

Section 156:1 - Definitions
Section 156:2 - Scope of chapter
Section 156:3 - Corporations not within application of chapter; adoption of chapter
Section 156:4 - Powers
Section 156:5 - Holding stock in other corporations; prohibitions
Section 156:6 - Organization; content of agreement of association
Section 156:7 - Corporations dealing with real estate; duration
Section 156:8 - First meeting; notice; service; waiver of notice
Section 156:9 - Organization; selection of temporary clerk; adoption of by-laws; election of officers
Section 156:10 - Oath to articles by directors; liability to stockholders
Section 156:11 - Approval by secretary of corporation documents; filing of articles
Section 156:12 - Certificate of incorporation
Section 156:13 - Scope of by-laws
Section 156:14 - Creation and issuance of shares
Section 156:15 - Consideration for capital stock; installment payments
Section 156:16 - Issue of unissued balance of authorized capital stock; approval
Section 156:17 - Validation of issue not submitted for approval
Section 156:18 - Payment of subscriptions
Section 156:19 - Subscriptions in default; sale of rights to subscribe
Section 156:20 - Instalments in default; sale of rights to shares
Section 156:21 - Management of corporation
Section 156:22 - Election or appointment of officers; terms; qualifications
Section 156:23 - Manufacturing corporations; election of a director by employees
Section 156:24 - Certificate of changes; submission to commissioner; filing; penalty
Section 156:25 - Powers of the board of directors
Section 156:26 - Executive committee of the board; duties
Section 156:27 - Meetings of the board of directors
Section 156:28 - Stockholders meetings; time; place; notice; quorum; waiver of notice
Section 156:29 - Change in date of annual meeting
Section 156:30 - Special meetings
Section 156:31 - Corporate voting of own shares
Section 156:32 - Voting rights; proxies
Section 156:33 - Certificates; signatures; seal; limitations and preferences
Section 156:34 - Replacement of lost or destroyed certificates
Section 156:35 - Reduction of capital stock; services rendered by operatives; disproportionate payments by a stockholder; contribution
Section 156:36 - Officers' liability
Section 156:37 - Directors liability
Section 156:38 - Conditions to liability; enforcement of liability
Section 156:39 - Permission to discontinue; non-joinder of all persons liable; death of a defendant
Section 156:40 - Apportionment of assessment
Section 156:41 - Increase or reduction of capital stock; changes of location; change of par value of capital stock; dissolution proceedings
Section 156:41A - Change in number of shares without par value
Section 156:41B - Change in number of shares with par value
Section 156:41C - Change of shares without par value to par value shares
Section 156:42 - Change of name, business, classes of capital stock, or organizational structure; sale, mortgage, pledge, lease or exchange of property
Section 156:43 - Approval of amendments; fees
Section 156:44 - Change of capital stock in accordance with sec. 41 or 41C; content of articles
Section 156:45 - Reduction of capital stock in accordance with sec. 41; content of articles
Section 156:46 - Sale, lease or exchange of property; remedy of dissenting stockholder
Section 156:46A - Definitions; organizations authorized to merge; method; effect of merger
Section 156:46B - Corporations authorized to consolidate; method
Section 156:46C - Effect of consolidation
Section 156:46D - Domestic and foreign corporations; method; liability of directors
Section 156:46E - Consolidations; remedy of dissenting shareholders
Section 156:46F - Certificate of consolidation; issuance by state secretary; contents
Section 156:47 - Annual reports; time; content
Section 156:48 - Approval; filing; public inspection
Section 156:50 - Failure to file; penalty
Section 156:51 - Conditions to appointment of receivers
Section 156:52 - Failure to file certificates or reports
Section 156:53 - Filing of articles of organization
Section 156:54 - Increase in capital stock with par value; change of par value shares; increase in shares without par value; change of no par value shares to shares with par value
Section 156:55 - Other amendments, certificates, statements and reports