Title 10 — Corporations
47 chapters · 661 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-131 Foreign corporation - Registered agent - Registered office
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A foreign corporation authorized to conduct activities in this state shall continuously maintain a registered agent and registered office in this state as provided in chapter 10-01.1. 10-33-132. Foreign corporation - Merger of foreign corporation authorized to conduct activities …
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-133 Foreign corporation - Certificate of withdrawal
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1. A foreign corporation authorized to conduct activities in this state may withdraw from this state upon procuring from the secretary of state a certificate of withdrawal. In order to procure the certificate, the foreign corporation shall file with the secretary of state an appl…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-134 Foreign corporation - Revocation of certificate of authority
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Repealed by S.L. 2015, ch. 86, § 24. 10-33-135. Foreign corporation - Conduct of activity without certificate of authority - Civil penalty. 1. A foreign corporation conducting activities in this state may not maintain any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state unt…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-136 Foreign corporation - Conduct not constituting conducting activities
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1. The following activities of a foreign corporation, among others, do not constitute conducting activity within the meaning of this chapter: a. Maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding; b. Holding meetings of its members or carrying on any other activities concerning i…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-137 Foreign corporation - Action by attorney general
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The attorney general may bring an action to restrain a foreign corporation from conducting activity in this state in violation of this chapter.
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-138 Foreign corporation - Service of process
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Service of process on a foreign corporation must be as provided in section 10-01.1-13. 10-33-139. Secretary of state - Annual report of corporations and foreign corporations. 1. Each corporation, and each foreign corporation authorized to conduct activities in this state, shall f…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-14 Amendment of articles
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The articles of a corporation may be amended at any time to include or modify any provision that is required or permitted to appear in the articles or to omit any provision not required to be included in the articles, except that when articles are amended to restate them, the nam…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-140 Secretary of state - Fees and charges
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1. The secretary of state shall charge and collect for: a. Filing articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of incorporation, forty dollars. b. Filing articles of amendment, twenty dollars. c. Filing statement of correction, twenty dollars. d. Filing restated articles o…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-141 Secretary of state - Enforcement - Penalty - Appeal
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1. The secretary of state may administer this chapter. 2. The secretary of state may propound to any corporation or foreign corporation that is subject to this chapter and to any officer, director, or employee thereof any interrogatory as may be reasonably necessary and proper to…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-141.1 Delivery to and filing of records by secretary of state and effective date
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1. A record authorized or required to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter must be captioned to describe the purpose of the record, be in a medium permitted by the secretary of state, and be delivered to the secretary of state. If the secretary of …
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-141.2 Correcting a filed record
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With respect to correction of a filed record: 1. Whenever a record authorized by this chapter to be filed with the secretary of state has been filed and inaccurately records the action referred to in the record, contains an inaccurate or erroneous statement, or was defectively or…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-142 Secretary of state - Evidence
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1. All certificates issued by the secretary of state and all copies of records filed in accordance with this chapter, when certified by the secretary of state, may be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as evidence of the facts stated. 2. A certi…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-142.1 Secretary of state - Confidential records
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Any social security number or federal tax identification number disclosed or contained in any record filed with the secretary of state under this chapter is confidential. The secretary of state shall delete or obscure any social security number or federal tax identification numbe…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-143 Secretary of state - Forms
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All annual reports required by this chapter to be filed in the office of the secretary of state must be made on forms prescribed by the secretary of state. Forms for all other records to be filed in the office of the secretary of state may be furnished by the secretary of state u…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-148 Investigation - Subpoena - Hearing - Powers of the attorney general
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In discharging the attorney general's responsibilities under sections 10-33-144 through 10-33-149, and in connection with the public hearing provided for in section 10-33-146, the attorney general may conduct investigations, issue subpoenas to any person directly related to the p…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-149 Authority of the attorney general or a court is not impaired
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Sections 10-33-144 through 10-33-148 are in addition to, and do not supersede, any other authority of the attorney general established by statute, case law, or common law.
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-15 Procedure for amendment of articles
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1. A majority of incorporators may amend the articles by written action if no directors are named in the original articles, if no directors have been elected, and if there are no members with voting rights. A majority of directors may amend the articles if there are no members wi…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-16 Articles of amendment
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When an amendment has been adopted, articles of amendment must be prepared that contain: 1. The name of the corporation. 2. The amendment adopted. 3. The date of the adoption of the amendment pursuant to this chapter. 4. If the amendment restates the articles in their entirety, a…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-17 Effect of amendment
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1. An amendment does not affect an existing cause of action in favor of or against the corporation, nor a pending suit to which the corporation is a party, nor the existing rights of persons other than members. 2. If the corporate name is changed by the amendment, a suit brought …
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-18 Filing articles of amendment
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An original of the articles of amendment must be filed with the secretary of state. If the secretary of state finds that the articles of amendment conform to the filing requirements of this chapter and that all fees have been paid as provided in section 10-33-140, then the articl…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-19 Effective date of articles of amendment
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The articles of amendment are effective upon acceptance by the secretary of state or at another time within thirty days after acceptance if the articles of amendment so provide.
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-20 Amendment of articles in court-supervised reorganization
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1. Whenever a plan of reorganization of a corporation has been confirmed by decree or order of a court of competent jurisdiction in proceedings for the reorganization of the corporation, pursuant to the provisions of any applicable statute of the United States relating to reorgan…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-21 General powers
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1. A corporation has the powers set forth in this section, subject to any limitations provided in any other statute of this state or in its articles. 2. A corporation has perpetual duration. 3. A corporation may sue and be sued, complain and defend and participate as a party or o…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-22 Corporate seal
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A corporation may, but need not, have a corporate seal. The use or nonuse of a corporate seal does not affect the validity, recordability, or enforceability of a record or act. If a corporation has a corporate seal, the use of the seal by the corporation on a record is not necess…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-23 Defense of ultra vires
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No act of a corporation and no conveyance or transfer of real or personal property to or by a corporation is invalid by reason of the fact that the corporation was without capacity or power to do such act or to make or receive such conveyance or transfer but such lack of capacity…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-24 Unauthorized assumption of corporate powers - Liability
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All persons who assume to act as a corporation without authority are jointly and severally liable for all debts and liabilities incurred or arising as a result.
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-25 Organization
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1. If the first board is not named in the articles, the incorporators may elect the first board or may act as directors with all of the powers, rights, duties, and liabilities of directors, until directors are elected. 2. After the issuance of the certificate of incorporation, th…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-26 Bylaws
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1. A corporation may, but need not, have bylaws. Bylaws may contain any provision relating to the management or regulation of the affairs of the corporation consistent with law or the articles, including: a. The number of directors, and the qualifications, manner of election, pow…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-27 Board
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1. The activities and affairs of a corporation must be managed by or under the direction of a board. a. All directors are entitled to vote and have equal rights and preferences except as otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws. b. The members of the first board may be named …
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-28 Number of directors
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With respect to the number of directors: 1. The board must consist of three or more directors, with the number specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles or bylaws. However, if the corporation has either one or two members with voting rights, the number of directors ma…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-29 Qualifications and election of directors
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Directors must be individuals. The method of election and any additional qualifications for directors may be imposed by or in the manner provided in the articles or bylaws.
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-30 Terms of directors
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1. With respect to length of terms: a. Directors are elected or appointed and hold office for fixed terms provided for in the articles or bylaws. A fixed term of a director, other than an ex officio director, may not exceed ten years. If the articles or bylaws do not provide for …
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-31 Acts not void or voidable
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The expiration of a director's term with or without the election of a qualified successor does not make prior or subsequent acts of the officers or the board void or voidable.
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-32 Compensation of directors
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Subject to any limitations in the articles or bylaws, the board may fix the compensation of directors.
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-33 Classification of directors
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1. Except as provided in subsection 2, directors may be divided into classes. 2. Directors of a corporation described in subsection 1 of section 10-33-122 may not vote by class except when the articles or bylaws provide that only one class of directors may vote on a particular ma…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-34 Cumulative voting for directors
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Unless the articles provide otherwise, there is no cumulative voting.
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-35 Resignation of directors
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1. A director may resign at any time by giving written notice to the corporation. The resignation is effective without acceptance when the notice is given to the corporation, unless a later effective time is specified in the notice. 2. If a resignation is made effective at a late…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-36 Nonjudicial removal of directors
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1. This section applies unless a different method of removal is provided for in the articles or bylaws. 2. With respect to an elected director: a. If there is a member with voting rights: (1) A director may be removed by the board at any time, with or without cause, if: (a) The d…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-37 Removal of directors by judicial proceeding
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1. The district court of the county in which the principal executive office of a corporation is located may remove any director of the corporation from office in a proceeding commenced either by the corporation, its members holding at least ten percent of the voting power of any …
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-38 Board vacancies
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1. Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, and except as provided in this section, if a vacancy occurs on the board, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors: a. The members with voting rights, if any, may fill the vacancy; or b. The rema…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-39 Board meetings
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1. Meetings of the board may be held from time to time as provided in the articles or bylaws at any place within or without the state that the board may select or by any means described in subsection 2. a. Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, a meeting of the board mu…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-40 Absent directors
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If the articles or bylaws so provide, a director may give advance written consent or opposition to a proposal to be acted on at a board meeting. If the director is not present at the meeting, consent or opposition to a proposal does not constitute presence for purposes of determi…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-41 Quorum of directors
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A majority, or a larger or smaller proportion or number provided in the articles or bylaws, of the directors currently holding office is a quorum for the transaction of business. In the absence of a quorum, a majority of the directors present may adjourn a meeting from time to ti…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-42 Act of the board
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The board shall take action by the affirmative vote of a majority of directors with voting rights present and entitled to vote at a duly held meeting, unless this chapter or the articles or bylaws require the affirmative vote of a larger proportion or number.
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-43 Action without meeting by directors
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1. An action required or permitted to be taken at a board meeting may be taken by written action signed, or consented to by authenticated electronic communication, by all of the directors. If the articles so provide, any action, other than an action requiring approval of members …
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-44 Board committees
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1. A resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors currently holding office may establish committees having the authority of the board in the management of the activities of the corporation to the extent provided in the resolution. Committees may incl…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-45 Standard of conduct for directors
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1. A director shall discharge the duties of the position of director in good faith, in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation, and with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would exercise under similar circumst…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-46 Director conflicts of interest
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1. A contract or other transaction between a corporation and its director or a member of the family of its director; a director of a related organization, or a member of the family of a director of a related organization; or an organization in or of which the corporation's direct…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-47 Immunity of officers, directors, and trustees
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Any person that serves as a director, officer, or trustee of a corporation that is, or would qualify as a nonprofit organization that is described in paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, and 19 of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended [26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), (4),…
N.D.C.C. § 10-33-48 Immunity of volunteers
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1. Any person who, on a volunteer basis, provides services or performs duties on behalf of a corporation is immune from civil liability for any act or omission resulting in damage or injury if at the time of the act or omission all of the following are met: a. The person who caus…