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Chapter 10-33

N.D. Cent. Code ch. 10-33

Nonprofit Corporations

10-33-01Definitions 10-33-01.1Legal recognition of electronic records and electronic signatures 10-33-01.2Knowledge and notice 10-33-01.3Reservation of legislative right 10-33-02Application and election 10-33-03Transition 10-33-04Purposes 10-33-05Incorporators 10-33-06Articles 10-33-07Private foundations - Provisions considered contained in articles 10-33-08Filing of articles of incorporation 10-33-09Effective date of incorporation 10-33-10Corporate name 10-33-11Reserved name 10-33-12Registered office - Registered agent 10-33-13Change of registered office - Appointment or change of registered agent - Change of name of registered agent 10-33-14Amendment of articles 10-33-15Procedure for amendment of articles 10-33-16Articles of amendment 10-33-17Effect of amendment 10-33-18Filing articles of amendment 10-33-19Effective date of articles of amendment 10-33-20Amendment of articles in court-supervised reorganization 10-33-21General powers 10-33-22Corporate seal 10-33-23Defense of ultra vires 10-33-24Unauthorized assumption of corporate powers - Liability 10-33-25Organization 10-33-26Bylaws 10-33-27Board 10-33-28Number of directors 10-33-29Qualifications and election of directors 10-33-30Terms of directors 10-33-31Acts not void or voidable 10-33-32Compensation of directors 10-33-33Classification of directors 10-33-34Cumulative voting for directors 10-33-35Resignation of directors 10-33-36Nonjudicial removal of directors 10-33-37Removal of directors by judicial proceeding 10-33-38Board vacancies 10-33-39Board meetings 10-33-40Absent directors 10-33-41Quorum of directors 10-33-42Act of the board 10-33-43Action without meeting by directors 10-33-44Board committees 10-33-45Standard of conduct for directors 10-33-46Director conflicts of interest 10-33-47Immunity of officers, directors, and trustees 10-33-48Immunity of volunteers 10-33-49Officers 10-33-50Duties of officers and agents 10-33-51Multiple offices 10-33-52Officers deemed elected 10-33-53Contract rights 10-33-54Resignation, removal, and vacancies for officers 10-33-55Delegation by officers 10-33-56Standard of conduct for officers 10-33-57Members 10-33-58Membership certificates 10-33-59Transfer of membership 10-33-60Liability of members - Third parties - Dues, assessments, or fees 10-33-61Resignation by members 10-33-62Termination of membership 10-33-63Purchase of memberships 10-33-64Delegates 10-33-65Annual meetings of voting members 10-33-66Special meetings of voting members 10-33-67Court-ordered meeting of voting members 10-33-68Notice of member meetings 10-33-69Record date - Determining members entitled to notice and vote 10-33-70Members' list for meeting 10-33-71Right to vote 10-33-72Act of the members 10-33-72.1Contractual requirement to submit a matter to the members 10-33-73Member action without a meeting 10-33-74Member action by ballot 10-33-75Remote communications for member meetings 10-33-76Quorum of members 10-33-77Proxies 10-33-78Acceptance of member act by the corporation 10-33-79Voting agreements 10-33-80Books and records - Financial statement 10-33-81Equitable remedies for members 10-33-82Loans - Guarantees - Suretyship 10-33-83Advances 10-33-84Indemnification 10-33-85Merger, consolidation, or transfer 10-33-86Plan of merger or consolidation 10-33-87Plan approval 10-33-88Articles of merger or consolidation - Certificate 10-33-89Abandonment 10-33-90Effective date of merger or consolidation - Effect 10-33-91Continuance of corporate authority 10-33-92Merger or consolidation with foreign corporation 10-33-93Merger of corporation conducting activities as a hospital with a corporation organized for profit - Retention of property tax status 10-33-94Transfer of assets - When permitted 10-33-95Certain assets not to be diverted 10-33-96Methods of dissolution 10-33-97Voluntary dissolution by incorporators 10-33-98Voluntary dissolution by board and members with voting rights 10-33-99Filing notice of intent to dissolve - Effect 10-33-100Procedure in dissolution 10-33-101Dissolution procedure for corporations that give notice to creditors and claimants 10-33-102Dissolution procedure for corporations that do not give notice to creditors and claimants 10-33-103Filing of articles of dissolution - Effective date of dissolution - Certificate of dissolution 10-33-104Revocation of dissolution proceedings 10-33-105Distribution of assets 10-33-106Supervised voluntary dissolution 10-33-107Involuntary dissolution 10-33-108Procedure in involuntary or supervised voluntary dissolution 10-33-109Qualifications of receivers - Powers 10-33-110Filing claims in proceedings to dissolve 10-33-111Discontinuance of dissolution proceedings 10-33-112Decree of dissolution 10-33-113Filing decree 10-33-114Deposit with administrator of abandoned property of amount due certain persons - Appropriation 10-33-115Claims barred - Exceptions 10-33-116Right to sue or defend after dissolution 10-33-117Omitted assets 10-33-118Extension after duration expired 10-33-119Effect of extension 10-33-120Service of process on corporation, foreign corporation, and nonresident directors 10-33-121State interested - Proceedings 10-33-122Attorney general - Notice to - Waiting period 10-33-123Powers of attorney general 10-33-124Certified nonprofit development corporation - Application 10-33-125Foreign corporation - Governing law 10-33-126Foreign corporation - Name 10-33-127Foreign corporation - Admission of foreign corporation conducting activities - Obtaining licenses and permits 10-33-128Foreign corporation application for certificate of authority 10-33-129Foreign corporation - Issuance of certificate of authority 10-33-130Foreign corporation - Amendments to the certificate of authority 10-33-131Foreign corporation - Registered agent - Registered office 10-33-132Foreign corporation - Merger of foreign corporation authorized to conduct activities in this state 10-33-133Foreign corporation - Certificate of withdrawal 10-33-134Foreign corporation - Revocation of certificate of authority 10-33-135Foreign corporation - Conduct of activity without certificate of authority - Civil penalty 10-33-136Foreign corporation - Conduct not constituting conducting activities 10-33-137Foreign corporation - Action by attorney general 10-33-138Foreign corporation - Service of process 10-33-139Secretary of state - Annual report of corporations and foreign corporations 10-33-140Secretary of state - Fees and charges 10-33-141Secretary of state - Enforcement - Penalty - Appeal 10-33-141.1Delivery to and filing of records by secretary of state and effective date 10-33-141.2Correcting a filed record 10-33-141.3Secretary of state - Involuntary dissolution - Revocation of certificate of authority 10-33-142Secretary of state - Evidence 10-33-142.1Secretary of state - Confidential records 10-33-143Secretary of state - Forms 10-33-144Transaction by a nonprofit corporation operating or controlling a hospital or nursing home - Notice to attorney general - Waiting period 10-33-145Transaction by a nonprofit corporation or entity operating or controlling a hospital or nursing home - Attorney general's powers and duties - Experts - Continuing appropriation 10-33-146Transaction by a nonprofit corporation or entity operating or controlling a hospital or nursing home - Notice of decision - Public meeting - Meeting notice 10-33-147Transaction by a nonprofit corporation or entity operating or controlling a hospital or nursing home - Attorney general decision 10-33-148Investigation - Subpoena - Hearing - Powers of the attorney general 10-33-149Authority of the attorney general or a court is not impaired