Chapter 11 - Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies.
- 79-11-1 - through 79-11-29. Repealed.
- 79-11-31 - Religious societies.
- 79-11-33 - Religious societies may own certain property.
- 79-11-35 - and 79-11-37. Repealed.
- 79-11-39 - Repealed.
- 79-11-41 - Trust funds for church maintenance; election to be subject to provisions of §§ 79-11-41 through 79-11-47; religious society defined.
- 79-11-43 - Designation as "perpetual religious society trust funds religious societies."
- 79-11-45 - Operation and establishment of a perpetual religious society trust fund.
- 79-11-47 - Accounting and reporting requirements for auditing procedures for certain records.
- 79-11-51 - Prohibited acts.
- 79-11-53 - Distribution of amounts to avoid tax liability.
- 79-11-55 - Applicability of Sections 79-11-51 and 79-11-53 when contrary to articles of organization.
- 79-11-57 - Amendment of articles of incorporation to exclude application of Sections 79-11-51 and 79-11-53.
- 79-11-59 - Rights and powers of courts and attorney general.
- 79-11-61 - References to United States Internal Revenue Code.
- 79-11-101 - Short title.
- 79-11-103 - Amendments and repeals.
- 79-11-105 - Requirements for filing of documents.
- 79-11-107 - Secretary may prescribe forms.
- 79-11-109 - Filing fees; fee for serving process upon Secretary of State; fees for copying and certifying copy of filed document.
- 79-11-111 - Effective date of filed documents.
- 79-11-113 - Correction of filed documents.
- 79-11-115 - Secretary of State to file documents; refusal to file document; filing of documents as ministerial.
- 79-11-117 - Appeal of refusal to file document.
- 79-11-119 - Certified copy of document as conclusive evidence of filing.
- 79-11-121 - Certificate of existence, application for; contents of; conclusive evidence of good standing.
- 79-11-123 - Signing false document which is to be filed as offense; penalty.
- 79-11-125 - Secretary granted power to perform duties.
- 79-11-127 - Definitions.
- 79-11-129 - Notice, types; when effective; how addressed.
- 79-11-131 - Petition to chancery court for alternative method for calling or conducting meeting of corporation members, delegates, or directors, or for obtaining their consent.
- 79-11-133 - Notice to Attorney General of commencement of certain proceedings.
- 79-11-135 - Persons who may act as incorporators.
- 79-11-137 - Contents of articles of incorporation.
- 79-11-139 - When corporate existence begins; filing of articles of incorporation as conclusive proof that conditions of incorporation satisfied.
- 79-11-141 - Liability for purporting to act for corporation where incorporation has not occurred.
- 79-11-143 - Organizational meeting after incorporation; written consents in lieu of organizational meeting.
- 79-11-145 - Bylaws.
- 79-11-147 - Emergency bylaws; emergency defined.
- 79-11-149 - Activities for which corporations may be organized.
- 79-11-151 - Powers of corporation.
- 79-11-153 - Emergency powers of board of directors; notice during emergency; officers may be deemed directors during emergency; effect of emergency corporate action; emergency defined.
- 79-11-155 - Challenge to corporation's power to act.
- 79-11-157 - Corporate name.
- 79-11-159 - Reserving exclusive use of corporate name; transferring reserved corporate name.
- 79-11-161 - Registration of foreign corporation's corporate name; renewal of registration of corporate name; transfer of corporate name.
- 79-11-163 - Requirement that corporation maintain registered office and registered agent within state.
- 79-11-165 - Change of registered office or registered agent of corporation.
- 79-11-167 - Resignation of registered agent's agency.
- 79-11-169 - Registered agent as agent for service of process, notice, or demand; service upon secretary of corporation at principal office; when service perfected.
- 79-11-171 - Admission of person as member of corporation.
- 79-11-173 - Consideration for admission of members to corporation.
- 79-11-175 - Corporation not required to have members.
- 79-11-177 - Rights and obligations of members.
- 79-11-179 - Transfer of membership or right arising therefrom.
- 79-11-181 - Liability of members for acts, debts, liabilities, or obligations of corporation.
- 79-11-183 - Liability of members for dues, assessments or fees.
- 79-11-185 - Actions by creditors to reach liability of member to corporation.
- 79-11-187 - Resignation of member.
- 79-11-189 - Expulsion or suspension of member or termination or suspension of membership.
- 79-11-191 - Purchase by corporation of membership of member who resigns or whose membership is terminated.
- 79-11-193 - Proceedings brought on behalf of domestic or foreign corporation.
- 79-11-195 - Delegates.
- 79-11-197 - Annual membership meeting.
- 79-11-199 - Special meetings of members.
- 79-11-201 - Court-ordered meeting of members.
- 79-11-203 - Approval of action by members without holding meeting of members.
- 79-11-205 - Notice of meetings of members; notice of adjourned meetings.
- 79-11-207 - Waiver of notice requirements by member.
- 79-11-209 - Record date.
- 79-11-211 - Corporate action taken by ballot without meeting.
- 79-11-213 - Preparation of list of members entitled to notice of meeting and members entitled to vote at meeting; list to be open for inspection; court may order inspection and copying of lists.
- 79-11-215 - Each member to have one vote.
- 79-11-217 - Quorum requirements.
- 79-11-219 - Votes required for member action.
- 79-11-221 - Voting by proxy.
- 79-11-223 - Cumulative voting.
- 79-11-225 - Method of election of directors.
- 79-11-227 - Acceptance or rejection of vote, consent, waiver or proxy appointment.
- 79-11-229 - Voting agreements between members.
- 79-11-231 - Board of directors; persons authorized to exercise some or all of powers of board.
- 79-11-233 - Qualifications for directors.
- 79-11-235 - Number of directors.
- 79-11-237 - Election, appointment or designation of directors.
- 79-11-239 - Term of office of directors.
- 79-11-241 - Staggering terms of directors.
- 79-11-243 - Resignation of director.
- 79-11-245 - Removal of directors.
- 79-11-247 - Removal of designated director or appointed director.
- 79-11-249 - Removal of director by court proceeding.
- 79-11-251 - Filling of vacancy in board of directors.
- 79-11-253 - Compensation of directors.
- 79-11-255 - Meetings of board of directors.
- 79-11-257 - Action taken by board of directors without meeting.
- 79-11-259 - Notice of regular and special meetings of board of directors.
- 79-11-261 - Waiver of notice of meeting of board of directors.
- 79-11-263 - Quorum of board of directors; director present at meeting deemed to have assented to action taken; exceptions.
- 79-11-265 - Committees of board of directors.
- 79-11-267 - Director to act in best interests of corporation; director's reliance upon others for information; liability of directors.
- 79-11-269 - Conflict of interest transaction.
- 79-11-270 - Liability of director for unlawful distribution.
- 79-11-271 - Officers of corporation.
- 79-11-273 - Duties of officers.
- 79-11-275 - Officers to act in best interests of corporation; reliance upon others for information; liability of officers.
- 79-11-277 - Resignation or removal of officer.
- 79-11-279 - Contract rights between officer and corporation.
- 79-11-281 - Indemnification of director, officer, employee, or agent.
- 79-11-282 - Restrictions on corporate loans; borrower's liability.
- 79-11-283 - Recordkeeping requirements.
- 79-11-285 - Members' right to inspect and copy corporation records; requirements.
- 79-11-287 - Conditions on right to inspect; member's agent or attorney has right to inspect and copy records; means of copying records; charges for copying documents by corporation; lists which satisf
- 79-11-289 - Court-ordered inspection where corporation does not allow member to inspect and copy records.
- 79-11-291 - Restrictions on use of membership lists.
- 79-11-293 - Authorization for making distributions; conditions for corporation to purchase memberships.
- 79-11-295 - Authorization to amend articles of incorporation.
- 79-11-297 - Amendment of articles of incorporation prior to corporation's acquisition of members.
- 79-11-299 - Amendments to articles of incorporation which may be adopted by board of directors without action by members.
- 79-11-301 - Procedures for making amendments to articles of incorporation.
- 79-11-303 - Amendments to articles affecting members of class to be voted on by members of such class.
- 79-11-305 - Filing of amendments to articles of incorporation.
- 79-11-307 - Restatement of articles of incorporation.
- 79-11-309 - Amendments to articles of incorporation to carry out court ordered reorganization.
- 79-11-311 - Amendments to articles of incorporation not to affect legal status of corporation.
- 79-11-313 - Adoption of amendments to bylaws where corporation has no members.
- 79-11-315 - Approval of amendments to bylaws where corporation has members.
- 79-11-317 - Amendments to bylaws affecting class of members to be voted on by such class.
- 79-11-319 - Plan of merger of corporations.
- 79-11-321 - Approval of plan of merger; abandonment of plan of merger.
- 79-11-323 - Filing of articles of merger.
- 79-11-325 - Effects of merger.
- 79-11-327 - Merger of foreign corporation with domestic corporation.
- 79-11-329 - Sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of property in regular course of business; mortgaging or otherwise encumbering property.
- 79-11-331 - Sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of property not in regular course of business.
- 79-11-333 - Dissolution by incorporators or directors of corporation that has no members.
- 79-11-335 - Approval of dissolution by board of directors or members; notice requirements.
- 79-11-336 - Application and distribution of assets of voluntarily dissolving corporation.
- 79-11-337 - Contents and filing of articles of dissolution.
- 79-11-339 - Revocation of dissolution.
- 79-11-341 - Winding up and liquidation.
- 79-11-343 - Disposition of known claims against dissolved corporation.
- 79-11-345 - Notice of dissolution and request for presentation of claims against corporation; statute of limitations; enforcement of claims.
- 79-11-347 - Administrative dissolution by Secretary of State, grounds for.
- 79-11-349 - Administrative dissolution, procedures.
- 79-11-351 - Reinstatement after administrative dissolution.
- 79-11-353 - Denial of application for reinstatement following administrative dissolution; appeals.
- 79-11-355 - Dissolution by court order; parties who may bring action; grounds for court-ordered dissolution.
- 79-11-357 - Court-ordered dissolution, venue; appropriate party defendants; authority of court with respect to.
- 79-11-359 - Issuance of injunctions; appointment of receivers or custodians; application and distribution of corporation assets or proceeds from sale or other disposition.
- 79-11-361 - Decree of judicial dissolution.
- 79-11-363 - Foreign corporations, authority to transact business; transacting business defined.
- 79-11-365 - Foreign corporation transacting business without certificate of authority not to maintain proceeding in any court; stay of proceeding until certificate obtained; penalty for transacting bu
- 79-11-367 - Foreign corporation, application for certificate of authority.
- 79-11-369 - Foreign corporation, amended certificate of authority.
- 79-11-371 - Effect of certificate of authority.
- 79-11-373 - Corporate name of foreign corporation.
- 79-11-375 - Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.
- 79-11-377 - Change of registered office or registered agent of foreign corporation.
- 79-11-379 - Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.
- 79-11-381 - Service of process on foreign corporation.
- 79-11-383 - Withdrawal of foreign corporation.
- 79-11-385 - Revocation of certificate of authority of foreign corporation, grounds.
- 79-11-387 - Issuance of certificate of revocation.
- 79-11-389 - Appeal of revocation.
- 79-11-391 - Status report of corporation.
- 79-11-393 - Rural water companies, special requirements.
- 79-11-394 - Rural waterworks corporations; financial reports; contents; notice; failure to file report; notice of annual meeting.
- 79-11-395 - Application to pre-existing domestic nonprofit, nonshare corporations.
- 79-11-397 - Application to pre-existing foreign corporations authorized to transact business.
- 79-11-399 - Effect of repeal of prior statutes.
- 79-11-401 - Application to religious corporations.
- 79-11-403 - Certain provisions inapplicable to religious corporations; religious doctrine controlling in case of inconsistencies.
- 79-11-501 - Definitions.
- 79-11-503 - Registration statement; filing fee; forms; records; exceptions; final report upon expiration of registration of corporation opting not to renew registration; report contents.
- 79-11-504 - Authority of Secretary of State to promulgate rules and regulations.
- 79-11-505 - Exemption from provisions; notice of exemption; burden of proof.
- 79-11-507 - Reports to Secretary of State; financial statements; extension of due date for filing financial statements; administrative penalties.
- 79-11-509 - Effective date of registration; denial, suspension or revocation of registration or exemption; grounds for denial, suspension or revocation; procedure; violations and penalties.
- 79-11-511 - Out-of-state organization; service of process.
- 79-11-513 - Registration as professional fund-raiser or fund-raising counsel; bond; filing annual report.
- 79-11-515 - Contracts; filing with Secretary of State.
- 79-11-517 - Registration as professional solicitor in employ of professional fund-raiser.
- 79-11-518 - Records of solicitation activities.
- 79-11-519 - Powers and duties of district attorneys and county prosecuting attorneys; violations of Sections 79-11-501 through 79-11-529.
- 79-11-521 - Investigations of violations; written statements as to facts and circumstances; publication of information concerning violations; authority to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, take ev
- 79-11-523 - Use of names, symbol or statement during solicitations for contributions; disclosure requirements for professional fund raisers.
- 79-11-524 - Restrictions on hours of telephone solicitation.
- 79-11-525 - Fiduciary responsibility of person soliciting, collecting, or expending contributions.
- 79-11-526 - Sponsors and advertisers of events liable only when having control or supervision of events.
- 79-11-527 - Reciprocal agreements with other states; public access to registration records.
- 79-11-529 - Fines and penalties.
- 79-11-601 - Definitions.
- 79-11-603 - Appropriations for expenditures.
- 79-11-605 - Application of act to certain gift instruments.
- 79-11-607 - Governing board; powers and duties regarding investments.
- 79-11-609 - Governing board; powers and duties regarding delegation, contracting, and payment of compensation.
- 79-11-611 - Governing board; duty of care.
- 79-11-613 - Release of restrictions imposed by gift instruments; donor consent; application to chancery court.
- 79-11-615 - Application and construction of Sections 79-11-601 through 79-11-617.
- 79-11-617 - Short title.
- 79-11-651 - Definitions.
- 79-11-653 - Charitable gift annuity is not insurance.
- 79-11-655 - Notice to donor.
- 79-11-657 - Notice to department.
- 79-11-659 - Effect of failure to provide required notice.
- 79-11-661 - Not unfair or deceptive trade practice.