Chapter 10-19.1 - NORTH DAKOTA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

Section 10-19.1-00.1 - Citation
Section 10-19.1-01 - Definitions
Section 10-19.1-01.1 - Legal recognition of electronic records and electronic signatures
Section 10-19.1-01.2 - Knowledge and notice
Section 10-19.1-02 - Application to corporations incorporated after June 30, 1985
Section 10-19.1-02.1 - Reservation of legislative right
Section 10-19.1-03 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-04 - Mandatory application
Section 10-19.1-05 - Retention of two-thirds majority
Section 10-19.1-06 - Transition
Section 10-19.1-07 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-08 - Purposes
Section 10-19.1-09 - Incorporators
Section 10-19.1-10 - Articles
Section 10-19.1-11 - Filing of articles of incorporation
Section 10-19.1-12 - Effective date of incorporation
Section 10-19.1-13 - [See Note] Corporate name (§ 10-19.1-13)
Section 10-19.1-14 - Reserved name
Section 10-19.1-15 - Registered office - Registered agent
Section 10-19.1-16 - Change of registered office or registered agent - Change of name of registered agent
Section 10-19.1-17 - Amendment of articles
Section 10-19.1-18 - Procedure for amendment when no shares are outstanding
Section 10-19.1-19 - Procedure for amendment after issuance of shares
Section 10-19.1-20 - Class or series voting on amendments
Section 10-19.1-21 - Articles of amendment
Section 10-19.1-22 - Effect of amendment
Section 10-19.1-23 - Filing articles of amendment
Section 10-19.1-24 - Effective date of articles of amendment
Section 10-19.1-25 - Amendment of articles in court-supervised reorganization
Section 10-19.1-26 - General powers
Section 10-19.1-27 - Corporate seal
Section 10-19.1-28 - Defense of ultra vires
Section 10-19.1-29 - Unauthorized assumption of corporate powers - Liability
Section 10-19.1-30 - Organization
Section 10-19.1-31 - Bylaws
Section 10-19.1-32 - Board
Section 10-19.1-33 - Number of directors
Section 10-19.1-34 - Qualifications and election of directors
Section 10-19.1-35 - Terms of directors
Section 10-19.1-36 - Acts not void or voidable
Section 10-19.1-37 - Compensation of directors
Section 10-19.1-38 - Classification of directors
Section 10-19.1-39 - Voting for directors - Cumulative voting
Section 10-19.1-40 - Resignation of directors
Section 10-19.1-41 - Nonjudicial removal of directors
Section 10-19.1-41.1 - Removal of directors by judicial proceeding
Section 10-19.1-42 - Board vacancies
Section 10-19.1-43 - Board meetings
Section 10-19.1-44 - Absent directors
Section 10-19.1-45 - Quorum of directors
Section 10-19.1-46 - Act of the board
Section 10-19.1-47 - Action without meeting by directors
Section 10-19.1-48 - Board committees
Section 10-19.1-49 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-50 - Standard of conduct for directors
Section 10-19.1-51 - Director conflicts of interest
Section 10-19.1-52 - Officers
Section 10-19.1-53 - Duties of officers and agents
Section 10-19.1-54 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-55 - Multiple offices
Section 10-19.1-56 - Officers deemed elected
Section 10-19.1-57 - Contract rights
Section 10-19.1-58 - Resignation, removal, and vacancies for officers
Section 10-19.1-59 - Delegation by officers
Section 10-19.1-60 - Standard of conduct for officers
Section 10-19.1-61 - Authorized shares
Section 10-19.1-61.1 - Share dividends, divisions, and combinations
Section 10-19.1-62 - Subscriptions for shares
Section 10-19.1-63 - Consideration for shares - Value and payment - Liability
Section 10-19.1-64 - Rights to purchase
Section 10-19.1-65 - Pre-emptive rights
Section 10-19.1-66 - Share certificates - Issuance and contents - Uncertificated shares
Section 10-19.1-67 - Lost share certificates - Replacement
Section 10-19.1-68 - Fractional shares
Section 10-19.1-69 - Liability of subscribers and shareholders with respect to shares
Section 10-19.1-70 - Restriction on transfer or registration of securities
Section 10-19.1-71 - Regular meetings of shareholders
Section 10-19.1-72 - Special meetings of shareholders
Section 10-19.1-72.1 - Court-ordered meeting of shareholders
Section 10-19.1-73 - Notice of shareholder meetings
Section 10-19.1-73.1 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-73.2 - Voting rights
Section 10-19.1-73.3 - Voting list
Section 10-19.1-74 - Act of the shareholders
Section 10-19.1-74.1 - Contractual requirement to submit matter to shareholders
Section 10-19.1-75 - Shareholder action without a meeting
Section 10-19.1-75.1 - Shareholder action by ballot
Section 10-19.1-75.2 - Remote communications for shareholder meetings
Section 10-19.1-75.3 - Number of shareholders
Section 10-19.1-76 - Quorum of shareholders
Section 10-19.1-76.1 - Voting of shares by organizations and legal representatives
Section 10-19.1-76.2 - Proxies
Section 10-19.1-76.3 - Acceptance of shareholder act by the corporation
Section 10-19.1-77 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-78 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-79 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-80 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-81 - Voting trusts
Section 10-19.1-82 - Shareholder voting agreements
Section 10-19.1-83 - Shareholder control agreements
Section 10-19.1-84 - Books and records - Inspection
Section 10-19.1-85 - Financial statements
Section 10-19.1-85.1 - Equitable remedies for shareholders
Section 10-19.1-86 - Actions by shareholders
Section 10-19.1-87 - Rights of dissenting shareholders
Section 10-19.1-88 - Procedures for asserting dissenters' rights
Section 10-19.1-89 - Loans - Guarantees - Suretyship
Section 10-19.1-90 - Advances
Section 10-19.1-91 - Indemnification
Section 10-19.1-92 - Distributions
Section 10-19.1-93 - Power to acquire shares
Section 10-19.1-94 - Liability of shareholders for illegal distributions
Section 10-19.1-95 - Liability of directors for illegal distributions
Section 10-19.1-96 - Merger - Exchange - Transfer
Section 10-19.1-97 - Plan of merger or exchange
Section 10-19.1-98 - Plan approval
Section 10-19.1-99 - Articles of merger - Certificate
Section 10-19.1-100 - Merger of subsidiary into parent
Section 10-19.1-100.1 - Merger to effect a holding company reorganization
Section 10-19.1-101 - Abandonment of plan of merger or exchange
Section 10-19.1-102 - Effective date of merger or exchange - Effect
Section 10-19.1-102.1 - Continuance of corporate authority
Section 10-19.1-103 - Merger or exchange with foreign organization
Section 10-19.1-104 - Transfer of assets - When permitted
Section 10-19.1-104.1 - Conversion
Section 10-19.1-104.2 - Plan of conversion
Section 10-19.1-104.3 - Plan approval and amendment
Section 10-19.1-104.4 - Articles of conversion
Section 10-19.1-104.5 - Abandonment of conversion
Section 10-19.1-104.6 - Effective date of conversion - Effect
Section 10-19.1-105 - Methods of dissolution
Section 10-19.1-106 - Voluntary dissolution prior to the issuance of shares
Section 10-19.1-107 - Voluntary dissolution after the issuance of shares
Section 10-19.1-108 - Filing notice of intent to dissolve - Effect
Section 10-19.1-109 - Procedure in dissolution
Section 10-19.1-110 - Dissolution procedure for corporations that give notice to creditors and claimants
Section 10-19.1-110.1 - Dissolution procedure for corporations that do not give notice to creditors and claimants
Section 10-19.1-111 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-112 - Revocation of dissolution proceedings
Section 10-19.1-113 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-113.1 - Filing of articles of dissolution - Effective date of dissolution - Certificate
Section 10-19.1-114 - Supervised voluntary dissolution
Section 10-19.1-115 - Involuntary dissolution
Section 10-19.1-116 - Procedure in involuntary or supervised voluntary dissolution
Section 10-19.1-117 - Qualifications of receivers - Powers
Section 10-19.1-118 - Action by attorney general
Section 10-19.1-119 - Filing claims in proceedings to dissolve
Section 10-19.1-120 - Discontinuance of dissolution proceedings
Section 10-19.1-121 - Decree of dissolution
Section 10-19.1-122 - Filing decree
Section 10-19.1-123 - Deposit with administrator of abandoned property of amount due certain shareholders - Appropriation
Section 10-19.1-124 - Claims barred - Exceptions
Section 10-19.1-125 - Right to sue or defend after dissolution
Section 10-19.1-126 - Omitted assets
Section 10-19.1-127 - Extension after duration expired
Section 10-19.1-128 - Effect of extension
Section 10-19.1-129 - Service of process on corporation, foreign corporation, and nonresident directors
Section 10-19.1-130 - State interested - Proceedings
Section 10-19.1-131 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-132 - Foreign corporation - Governing law
Section 10-19.1-133 - Foreign corporation - Name
Section 10-19.1-134 - Foreign corporation - Admission of foreign corporation - Transacting business - Obtaining licenses and permits
Section 10-19.1-135 - Foreign corporation application for certificate of authority
Section 10-19.1-136 - Foreign corporation - Issuance of certificate of authority
Section 10-19.1-137 - Foreign corporation - Amendments to the certificate of authority
Section 10-19.1-138 - Foreign corporation - Registered agent - Registered office
Section 10-19.1-139 - Foreign corporation - Merger of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state
Section 10-19.1-139.1 - Foreign corporation - Conversion of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state
Section 10-19.1-140 - Foreign corporation - Certificate of withdrawal
Section 10-19.1-141 - [Repealed]
Section 10-19.1-142 - Foreign corporation - Transaction of business without certificate of authority
Section 10-19.1-143 - Foreign corporation - Transactions not constituting transacting business
Section 10-19.1-144 - Foreign corporation - Action by attorney general
Section 10-19.1-145 - Foreign corporation - Service of process
Section 10-19.1-146 - Secretary of state - Annual report of corporations and foreign corporations - Involuntary dissolution - Revocation of certificate of authority
Section 10-19.1-146.1 - Secretary of state - Involuntary dissolution - Revocation of certificate of authority
Section 10-19.1-147 - Fees for filing records - Issuing certificates - License fees
Section 10-19.1-148 - Secretary of state - Powers - Enforcement - Penalty - Appeal
Section 10-19.1-148.1 - Delivery to and filing of records by secretary of state and effective date
Section 10-19.1-148.2 - Correcting a filed record
Section 10-19.1-149 - Secretary of state - Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence
Section 10-19.1-149.1 - Secretary of state - Confidential records
Section 10-19.1-150 - Secretary of state - Forms to be furnished by the secretary of state
Section 10-19.1-151 - Miscellaneous - Foreign trade zones
Section 10-19.1-152 - Audit reports and audit of corporations receiving state subsidies for production of alcohol or methanol for combination with gasoline