{"code":"CORP","codeName":"Corporations Code","section":"18400","citation":"Corp. Code, § 18400","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 3. UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS [18000. - 24001.5.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/title-3"},{"name":"PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS [18000. - 18420.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/title-3/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6. Governance [18300. - 18420.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/title-3/part-1/chapter-6"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Merger [18350. - 18400.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/title-3/part-1/chapter-6/article-5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 116, Sec. 5.   Effective January 1, 2006.","effective":"2006-01-01","html":"<p>A bequest, devise, gift, grant, or promise contained in a will or other instrument of donation, subscription, or conveyance that is made to a disappearing entity and that takes effect or remains payable after the merger inures to the benefit of the surviving entity. A trust obligation that would govern property if transferred to the disappearing entity applies to property that is instead transferred to the surviving entity under this section.</p>","text":"A bequest, devise, gift, grant, or promise contained in a will or other instrument of donation, subscription, or conveyance that is made to a disappearing entity and that takes effect or remains payable after the merger inures to the benefit of the surviving entity. A trust obligation that would govern property if transferred to the disappearing entity applies to property that is instead transferred to the surviving entity under this section.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/corporations-code/merger-18400","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}