CHAPTER 2. Organization and Bylaws
Chapter 2 added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 682.
§§ 200–213 · 20 sections
- § 200 (a) One or more natural persons, partnerships, associations or corporations, domestic or foreign, may form a corporation under this division by executing and…
- § 200.5 (a) An existing business association organized as a trust under the laws of this state or of a foreign jurisdiction may incorporate under this division upon…
- § 201 (a) The Secretary of State shall not file articles setting forth a name in which “bank,” “ trust,” “trustee,” or related words appear, unless the certificate…
- § 201.5 The Secretary of State shall not file articles in which the business is to be an insurer unless the certificate of the Insurance Commissioner approving the…
- § 201.6 (a) (1) When an insurer has been approved by the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to Section 709.5 of the Insurance Code to redomesticate to this state, the…
- § 201.7 Upon receipt of a certified copy of the commissioner’s authorization issued pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11542 or subdivision (a) of Section 4097.11…
- § 202 The articles of incorporation shall set forth: (a) The name of the corporation; provided, however, that in order for the corporation to be subject to the…
- § 203 Except as specified in the articles or in any shareholders’ agreement, no distinction shall exist between classes or series of shares or the holders thereof.
- § 203.5 (a) If the articles include the designation and number of shares of one or more series within a class, the stated number of shares for all series within the…
- § 204 The articles of incorporation may set forth: (a) Any or all of the following provisions, which shall not be effective unless expressly provided in the…
- § 204.5 (a) If the articles of a corporation include a provision reading substantially as follows: “The liability of the directors of the corporation for monetary…
- § 205 Solely for the purpose of any statute or regulation imposing any tax or fee based upon the capitalization of a corporation, all authorized shares of a…
- § 206 Subject to any limitation contained in the articles and to compliance with any other applicable laws, any corporation other than a corporation subject to the…
- § 207 Subject to any limitations contained in the articles and to compliance with other provisions of this division and any other applicable laws, a corporation…
- § 208 (a) No limitation upon the business, purposes or powers of the corporation or upon the powers of the shareholders, officers or directors, or the manner of…
- § 209 For all purposes other than an action in the nature of quo warranto, a copy of the articles of a corporation duly certified by the Secretary of State is…
- § 210 If initial directors have not been named in the articles, the incorporator or incorporators, until the directors are elected, may do whatever is necessary and…
- § 211 Bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed either by approval of the outstanding shares (Section 152) or by the approval of the board, except as provided in…
- § 212 (a) The bylaws shall set forth (unless such provision is contained in the articles, in which case it may only be changed by an amendment of the articles) the…
- § 213 Every corporation shall keep at its principal office in this state, or if its principal office is not in this state at its principal business office in this…