TITLE 4: ECONOMIC RESOURCES
DIVISION 4: CORPORATIONS, PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
§ 4450. Vacancy on Board. (a) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, if a vacancy occurs on a board of directors, including a vacancy resulting from an increase in the number of directors: (1) The shareholders may fill the vacancy; (2) The board of directors may fill the vacancy; or (3) If the directors remaining in office constitute fewer than a quorum of the board, they may fill the vacancy by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the directors remaining in office. (b) If the vacant office was held by a director elected by a voting group of shareholders, only the holders of shares of that voting group are entitled to vote to fill the vacancy if it is filled by the shareholders. (c) A vacancy that will occur at a specific later date (by reason of a resignation effective at a later date under 4 CMC § 4447(b) or otherwise) may be filled before the vacancy occurs but the new director may not take office until the vacancy occurs. Source: PL 10-7, § 1 (Bus. Corp. Reg. § 8.10), modified.