{"code":"CORP","codeName":"Corporations Code","section":"160","citation":"Corp. Code, § 160","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 1. General Provisions and Definitions [100. - 195.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/title-1/division-1/chapter-1"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 437, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 2000.","effective":"2000-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), “control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a corporation.</p><p>(b) “Control” in Sections <a href=\"/corp/181\">181</a>, <a href=\"/corp/1001\">1001</a>, and <a href=\"/corp/1200\">1200</a> means the ownership directly or indirectly of shares or equity securities possessing more than 50 percent of the voting power of a domestic corporation, a foreign corporation, or an other business entity.</p>","text":"(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), “control” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a corporation. (b) “Control” in Sections 181, 1001, and 1200 means the ownership directly or indirectly of shares or equity securities possessing more than 50 percent of the voting power of a domestic corporation, a foreign corporation, or an other business entity.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/general-provisions-and-definitions-160","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}