13 chapters · 442 sections in this title.
RCW 24.03A.942 Decree of dissolution.
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(1) If, after a hearing, the court determines that one or more grounds for judicial dissolution described in RCW 24.03A.936 exist, then it may enter a decree dissolving the nonprofit corporation and specifying the effective date of the dissolution, and the clerk of the court shal…
RCW 24.03A.944 Notice to attorney general.
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(1) Every notice to the attorney general required under this chapter must be served upon the attorney general. Service upon the attorney general must be via United States mail, postage prepaid, or by other means as authorized by the attorney general.(2) Every notice to the attorn…
RCW 24.03A.946 Actions to secure property held for charitable purposes.
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The attorney general may commence in the court described in RCW 24.03A.025 any action or proceeding to:(1) Ensure compliance by a nonprofit corporation, or its members, directors, officers, employees, or agents, with any provision of this chapter that governs the distribution, di…
RCW 24.03A.948 Attorney general's right to intervene.
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The attorney general, as of right, may intervene in any proceeding that has been commenced by a person other than the attorney general if the attorney general is otherwise authorized to bring such a proceeding under this chapter.[ 2021 c 176 s 4103.]Notes:Effective date—2021 c 17…
RCW 24.03A.950 Attorney general's investigative power.
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Upon reasonable suspicion that there has been a violation of any provision of this chapter that governs the distribution, disposition, management, or expenditure of, or reporting obligations relating to, any property held for charitable purposes, or that a charitable corporation …
RCW 24.03A.952 Civil investigative demands.
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(1) The attorney general may, before the institution of a civil proceeding arising from an investigation instituted under RCW 24.03A.950, execute in writing and cause to be served upon a person a civil investigative demand requiring the person to produce documentary material and …
RCW 24.03A.954 Religious corporations.
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The attorney general shall not commence any action under RCW 24.03A.946 against a religious corporation; intervene in any action under RCW 24.03A.948 involving a religious corporation; institute any investigation under RCW 24.03A.950, the subject of which is a religious corporati…
RCW 24.03A.956 Assurances of discontinuance.
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In the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter that govern the distribution, disposition, or expenditure of, or reporting obligations relating to, property held for charitable purposes, the attorney general may accept an assurance of discontinuance of any act or practice de…
RCW 24.03A.958 Civil penalties, costs, and fees.
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(1) Pursuant to an action by the attorney general, a person shall forfeit and pay a civil penalty of not more than five thousand dollars for each violation if such person:(a) Engages in conduct that violates any provision of this chapter governing the distribution, disposition, m…
RCW 24.03A.960 Charitable asset protection account.
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(1) The Washington state attorney general charitable asset protection account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Only the attorney general or the attorney general's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. Moneys in the account shall be used exclusivel…
RCW 24.03A.962 Definitions.
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This section and RCW 24.03A.964 and 24.03A.966 apply to, and the term "corporate action" in this section and RCW 24.03A.964 and 24.03A.966 means, any of the following actions:(1) The election, appointment, designation, or other selection and the suspension, removal, or expulsion …
RCW 24.03A.964 Proceedings prior to corporate action.
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(1) Where under applicable law or the articles or bylaws of a nonprofit corporation there has been a failure to hold a meeting to take corporate action and the failure has continued for thirty days after the date designated or appropriate therefor, the court may summarily order a…
RCW 24.03A.966 Review of contested corporate action.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, upon petition of a person whose status as, or whose rights or duties as, a member, delegate, director, or officer of a corporation are or may be affected by any corporate action, or, in the case of a charitable corporation…