Title 10 — Corporations

The secretary of state shall charge and collect for: 1. Filing articles of incorporation and issuing a certificate of incorporation, one hundred dollars. 2. Filing articles of amendment, twenty dollars. 3. Filing a statement of correction, twenty dollars. 4. Filing restated artic…

1. The secretary of state has the power and authority reasonably necessary to efficiently administer this chapter and to perform the duties imposed thereby. 2. The secretary of state may propound to any corporation or foreign corporation that is subject to this chapter and to any…

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…

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…

A corporation shall continuously maintain a registered agent in this state as provided by chapter 10-01.1, and if a noncommercial registered agent, then the address of that noncommercial registered agent in this state. 10-19.1-16. Change of registered office or registered agent -…

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…

1. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires: a. "Act of Congress" means the Act of Congress approved June 18, 1934, entitled an Act to provide for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of foreign trade zones and ports of entry of the United States, t…

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…

Before the issuance of shares by a corporation, the articles also may be amended pursuant to section 10-19.1-30 by the incorporators or by the board. The articles may be amended by the board to change or cancel a statement pursuant to subsection 4 of section 10-19.1-61, establish…

1. Except as otherwise provided in section 10-19.1-18, after the issuance of shares by the corporation, the articles may be amended in the manner set forth in this section. 2. A resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present, or proposed by a s…

The holders of the outstanding shares of a class or series are entitled to vote as a class or series upon a proposed amendment, whether or not entitled to vote thereon by the provisions of the articles, if the amendment would: 1. Increase or decrease the par value of the shares o…

When an amendment has been adopted, articles of amendment must be prepared which contain: 1. The name of the corporation. 2. The amendment adopted. 3. The date of the adoption of the amendment by the shareholders or by the incorporators or the board when no shares have been issue…

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 shareholders. 2. If the corporate name is changed by the amendment, a suit bro…

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 law and all fees have been paid as provided under section 10-19.1-147, the articles of amendment must be recorded in the o…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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 or until shares are issued, whichever occurs first. 2. After t…

1. A corporation may, but need not, have bylaws. Bylaws may contain any provision relating to the management or the regulation of the affairs of the corporation not inconsistent with section 10-19.1-32 or any other provision of law or the articles, including: a. The number of dir…

1. The business and affairs of a corporation must be managed by or under the direction of a board, subject to subsection 2 and section 10-19.1-83. The members of the first board may be named in the articles or elected by the incorporators pursuant to section 10-19.1-30 or by the …

The board must consist of one or more directors. The number of directors must be fixed by or in the manner provided in the articles or bylaws. The number of directors may be increased or, subject to section 10-19.1-41, decreased at any time by amendment to or in the manner provid…

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.

1. With respect to length of terms: a. Unless fixed terms are provided for in the articles or bylaws, a director serves for an indefinite term that expires at the next regular meeting of the shareholders. (1) A fixed term of a director, other than an ex officio director, may not …

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.

Subject to any limitations in the articles or bylaws, the board may fix the compensation of directors.

Directors may be divided into classes as provided in the articles or bylaws.

With respect to the election of directors: 1. Unless otherwise provided in the articles and subject to subsection 2, directors are elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present and entitled to vote on the election of directors at a meeting at which a quorum is …

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…

1. The provisions of this section apply unless modified by the articles, the bylaws, or an agreement described in section 10-19.1-83. 2. A director may be removed at any time, with or without cause, if: a. The director was named by the board to fill a vacancy; b. The shareholders…

1. The district court of the county where 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 or its shareholders holding at least ten percent of the voting power of …

1. Unless different rules for filling vacancies are provided for in the articles or bylaws: a. Vacancies on the board resulting from the death, resignation, removal, or disqualification of a director may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, …

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. If the articles, bylaws, or board fail to select a place for a meeting, th…

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…

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…

1. The board shall take action by the affirmative vote of the greater of a majority of the directors present at a duly held meeting at the time the action is taken, or a majority of the minimum proportion or number of directors that would constitute a quorum for the transaction o…

1. An action required or permitted to be taken at a board meeting may be taken by written action signed by all of the directors. If the articles so provide, any action, other than an action requiring shareholder approval, may be taken by written action signed, or consented to by …

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 business of the corporation only to the extent provided in the resolution. Committees may i…

Repealed by S.L. 1993, ch. 54, § 107.

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…

1. A contract or other transaction between a corporation and: a. One or more of its directors or a member of the family of a director; b. A director or governor of a related organization, or a member of the family of a director or governor of a related organization; or c. An orga…

1. The officers of a corporation must be individuals who are eighteen years of age or more, exercising the functions of the offices and: a. Must consist of a president, a secretary, and a treasurer, however designated; and b. May also include one or more vice presidents and any o…

Unless the articles, bylaws, or a resolution adopted by the board and not inconsistent with the articles or bylaws, provides otherwise, the officers shall have the following duties: 1. The president shall: a. Have general active management for the business of the corporation; b. …

Repealed by S.L. 1997, ch. 103, § 248.

Any number of offices or functions of those offices may be held or exercised by the same individual. If a record must be signed by individuals holding different offices or functions and an individual holds or exercises more than one of those offices or functions, that individual …

In the absence of an election or appointment of officers by the board, the individual or individuals exercising the functions of the principal officers of the corporation are deemed to have been elected to those offices.

The election or appointment of an individual as an officer or agent does not, of itself, create contract rights. However, a corporation may enter into a contract with an officer or agent. The resignation or removal of an officer or agent is without prejudice to any contractual ri…

1. An officer 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 date is specified in the notice. 2. With respect to removal: a. Except as otherw…