{"code":"CORP","codeName":"Corporations Code","section":"1512","citation":"Corp. Code, § 1512","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS [100. - 14707.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 1. GENERAL CORPORATION LAW [100. - 2319.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/title-1/division-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 15. Records and Reports [1500. - 1512.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/title-1/division-1/chapter-15"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 408, Sec. 4.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) For the purposes of Sections <a href=\"/corp/1509\">1509</a>, <a href=\"/corp/1510\">1510</a>, and <a href=\"/corp/1511\">1511</a>, a shareholder includes (1) any person named in a share certificate as a shareholder or (2) any person named as a shareholder on the records of a central depository, bank, or broker-dealer with respect to shares which are subject to the control of the central depository, bank, or broker-dealer.</p><p>(b) A beneficiary of a trust, a beneficiary of the estate of a decedent, or an employee with respect to a pension, retirement, or health care trust or fund is not a shareholder of any shares standing in the name of the trust, the fund, the decedent, or the estate of the decedent.</p><p>(c) A person who is a shareholder by reason of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall provide the corporation with a photocopy of a receipt of a statement from the central depository, bank, or broker-dealer showing the person to be a shareholder and the corporation shall accept the photocopy as sufficient evidence thereof.</p>","text":"(a) For the purposes of Sections 1509, 1510, and 1511, a shareholder includes (1) any person named in a share certificate as a shareholder or (2) any person named as a shareholder on the records of a central depository, bank, or broker-dealer with respect to shares which are subject to the control of the central depository, bank, or broker-dealer. (b) A beneficiary of a trust, a beneficiary of the estate of a decedent, or an employee with respect to a pension, retirement, or health care trust or fund is not a shareholder of any shares standing in the name of the trust, the fund, the decedent, or the estate of the decedent. (c) A person who is a shareholder by reason of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall provide the corporation with a photocopy of a receipt of a statement from the central depository, bank, or broker-dealer showing the person to be a shareholder and the corporation shall accept the photocopy as sufficient evidence thereof.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/records-and-reports-1512","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}