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