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Section
414-1
Short title.
Section
414-2
Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
Section
414-3
Definitions.
Section
414-4
Notice.
Section
414-5
Number of shareholders.
Section
414-6
Department director; powers.
Section
414-11
Filing requirements.
Section
414-12
Forms.
Section
414-13
Filing, service, and copying fees.
Section
414-14
Effective time and date of document.
Section
414-15
Correcting filed document.
Section
414-16
Filing duty of department director.
Section
414-17
Appeal from department director's refusal to file document.
Section
414-18
Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
Section
414-19
Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence.
Section
414-20
Penalty for signing false document.
Section
414-31
Incorporators.
Section
414-32
Articles of incorporation.
Section
414-33
Incorporation.
Section
414-34
Liability for pre-incorporation transactions.
Section
414-35
Organization of corporation.
Section
414-36
Bylaws.
Section
414-37
Emergency bylaws.
Section
414-41
Purposes.
Section
414-42
General powers.
Section
414-43
Emergency powers.
Section
414-44
Ultra vires.
Section
414-51
Corporate name.
Section
414-52
Reserved name.
Section
414-53
Administrative order of abatement for infringement of corporate name.
Section
414-61
Registered agent.
Section
414-62
Designation or change of registered agent.
Section
414-63
Resignation of registered agent.
Section
414-64
Service on corporation.
Section
414-71
Authorized shares.
Section
414-72
Terms of class or series determined by board of directors.
Section
414-73
Issued and outstanding shares.
Section
414-74
Fractional shares.
Section
414-81
Subscription for shares before incorporation.
Section
414-82
Issuance of shares.
Section
414-83
Liability of shareholders.
Section
414-84
Share dividends.
Section
414-85
Share options.
Section
414-86
Form and content of certificates.
Section
414-87
Shares without certificates.
Section
414-88
Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities.
Section
414-89
Expense of issue.
Section
414-101
Shareholders' preemptive rights.
Section
414-102
Corporation's acquisition of its own shares.
Section
414-111
Distributions to shareholders.
Section
414-121
Annual meeting.
Section
414-122
Special meeting.
Section
414-123
Court-ordered meeting.
Section
414-124
Action without meeting.
Section
414-125
Notice of meeting.
Section
414-126
Waiver of notice.
Section
414-127
Record date.
Section
414-141
Shareholders' list for meeting.
Section
414-142
Voting entitlement of shares.
Section
414-143
Proxies.
Section
414-144
Shares held by nominees.
Section
414-145
Corporation's acceptance of votes, etc.
Section
414-146
Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups.
Section
414-147
Action by single and multiple voting groups.
Section
414-148
Greater quorum or voting requirements.
Section
414-149
Voting for directors; cumulative voting.
Section
414-161
Voting trusts.
Section
414-162
Voting agreements.
Section
414-163
Shareholder agreements.
Section
414-171
Definitions.
Section
414-172
Standing.
Section
414-173
Demand.
Section
414-174
Stay of proceedings.
Section
414-175
Dismissal.
Section
414-176
Discontinuance or settlement.
Section
414-177
Payment of expenses.
Section
414-178
Applicability to foreign corporations.
Section
414-191
Requirement for and duties of board of directors.
Section
414-192
Qualifications of directors.
Section
414-193
Number and election of directors.
Section
414-194
Election of directors by certain classes of shareholders.
Section
414-195
Terms of directors generally.
Section
414-196
Staggered terms for directors.
Section
414-197
Resignation of directors.
Section
414-198
Removal of directors by shareholders.
Section
414-199
Removal of directors by judicial proceeding.
Section
414-200
Vacancy on board.
Section
414-201
Compensation of directors.
Section
414-211
Meetings.
Section
414-212
Action without meeting.
Section
414-213
Notice of meeting.
Section
414-214
Waiver of notice of meeting.
Section
414-215
Quorum and voting.
Section
414-216
Committees.
Section
414-221
General standards for directors.
Section
414-222
Limitation of liability of directors; shareholder approval required.
Section
414-223
Liability for unlawful distributions.
Section
414-231
Required officers.
Section
414-232
Duties of officers.
Section
414-233
Standards of conduct for officers.
Section
414-234
Resignation and removal of officers.
Section
414-235
Contract rights of officers.
Section
414-241
Definitions.
Section
414-242
Permissible indemnification.
Section
414-243
Mandatory indemnification.
Section
414-244
Advance for expenses.
Section
414-245
Court-ordered indemnification and advance for expenses.
Section
414-246
Determination and authorization of indemnification.
Section
414-247
Officers.
Section
414-248
Insurance.
Section
414-249
Variation by corporate action; application of subpart.
Section
414-250
Nonexclusivity of subpart.
Section
414-261
Definitions.
Section
414-262
Judicial action.
Section
414-263
Directors' action.
Section
414-264
Shareholders' action.
Section
414-271
Conversion into and from corporations.
Section
414-272
Articles of conversion.
Section
414-273
REPEALED.
Section
414-274
Effect of conversion.
Section
414-281
Authority to amend.
Section
414-282
Amendment by board of directors.
Section
414-283
Amendment by board of directors and shareholders.
Section
414-284
Voting on amendments by voting groups.
Section
414-285
Amendment before issuance of shares.
Section
414-286
Articles of amendment.
Section
414-287
Restated or amended and restated articles of incorporation.
Section
414-288
Amendment pursuant to reorganization.
Section
414-289
Effect of amendment.
Section
414-301
Amendment by board of directors or shareholders.
Section
414-302
Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirement for shareholders.
Section
414-303
Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirement for directors.
Section
414-310
Definitions.
Section
414-311
Merger.
Section
414-311.6
Foreign mergers.
Section
414-312
Share exchange.
Section
414-313
Action plan.
Section
414-314
Merger of subsidiary.
Section
414-315
Articles of merger or share exchange.
Section
414-316
Effect of merger or share exchange.
Section
414-317
REPEALED.
Section
414-318
Merger of subsidiary corporations.
Section
414-319
REPEALED.
Section
414-331
Sale of assets in regular course of business and mortgage of assets.
Section
414-332
Sale of assets other than in regular course of business.
Section
414-341
Definitions.
Section
414-342
Right to dissent.
Section
414-343
Dissent by nominees and beneficial owners.
Section
414-351
Notice of dissenters' rights.
Section
414-352
Notice of intent to demand payment.
Section
414-353
Dissenters' notice.
Section
414-354
Duty to demand payment.
Section
414-355
Share restrictions.
Section
414-356
Payment.
Section
414-357
Failure to take action.
Section
414-358
After-acquired shares.
Section
414-359
Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer.
Section
414-371
Court action.
Section
414-372
Court costs and counsel fees.
Section
414-381
Dissolution by incorporators or initial directors.
Section
414-382
Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders.
Section
414-383
Articles of dissolution.
Section
414-384
Revocation of dissolution.
Section
414-385
Effect of dissolution.
Section
414-386
Known claims against dissolved corporation.
Section
414-387
Unknown claims against dissolved corporation.
Section
414-401
Grounds for administrative dissolution.
Section
414-402
Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution and effect of expiration.
Section
414-403
Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
Section
414-404
Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
Section
414-411
Grounds for judicial dissolution.
Section
414-412
Procedure for judicial dissolution.
Section
414-413
Receivership or custodianship.
Section
414-414
Decree of dissolution.
Section
414-415
Election to purchase in lieu of dissolution.
Section
414-421
Deposit with director of finance.
Section
414-422
Trustees or receivers for dissolved corporations; appointment; powers; duties.
Section
414-431
Authority to transact business required.
Section
414-432
Consequences of transacting business without authority.
Section
414-433
Application for certificate of authority.
Section
414-434
Change of name by foreign corporation.
Section
414-435
Effect of certificate of authority.
Section
414-436
Corporate name of foreign corporation.
Section
414-437
Registered agent of foreign corporation.
Section
414-438
Change of registered agent of foreign corporation.
Section
414-439
Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.
Section
414-440
Service on foreign corporation.
Section
414-441
Application to corporations heretofore authorized to transact business in this State.
Section
414-451
Withdrawal of foreign corporation.
Section
414-461
Grounds for revocation.
Section
414-462
Procedure for and effect of revocation.
Section
414-463
Appeal from revocation.
Section
414-470
Books and records.
Section
414-472
Annual report.
Section
414-473
Penalties imposed upon corporations.
Section
414-481
Application to existing domestic corporations.
Section
414-482
Application to qualified foreign corporations.
Section
414-483
Savings provision.
Section
414-484
Severability.