California

Corporations Code

2,433 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 9620 — (a) The provisions of Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 5810) of Part 2 apply to religious corporations except for Section 5813.
• § 9621 — (a) A religious corporation may amend its articles to change its status to that of (1), a public benefit corporation, by complying with this section and the other sections of Chapter 8 (commencing wit
• § 9630 — Any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other hypothecation of all or any part of the corporation’s property, real or personal, for the purpose of securing the payment or performance of any contract or
• § 9631 — (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 9142, a corporation may sell, lease, convey, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets when the principal terms are: (1
• § 9632 — Any deed or instrument conveying or otherwise transferring any assets of a corporation may have annexed to it the certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation, setting for
• § 9633 — A corporation must give written notice to the Attorney General 20 days before it sells, leases, conveys, exchanges, transfers or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets unless the
• § 9634 — The provisions of Article 2 (commencing with Section 5914) of Chapter 9 of Part 2 apply to religious corporations to the extent provided therein.
• § 9640 — (a) The provisions of Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 6010) of Part 2 apply to religious corporations except subdivision (a) of Section 6010 and Sections 6011 and 6012.
• § 9650 — Any proceeding, initiated with respect to a corporation, under any applicable statute of the United States, as now existing or hereafter enacted, relating to reorganizations of corporations, shall be
• § 9660 — (a) The provisions of Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 6210) of Part 2 apply to religious corporations except for Section 6216.
• § 9670 — Service of process upon a corporation shall be governed by Chapter 17 (commencing with Section 1700) of Division 1 of Title 1.
• § 9680 — (a) Chapters 16 (commencing with Section 6610) and 17 (commencing with Section 6710) of Part 2 apply to religious corporations except for Sections 6610, 6614, 6710, 6711 and 6716.
• § 9680.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, when a corporation has not issued any memberships, a majority of the directors, or, if no directors have been named in the articles or been el
• § 9690 — The provisions of Chapter 18 (commencing with Section 6810) of Part 2 apply to religious corporations.
• § 9910 — As used in Sections 9910 to 9927 of this part: (a) “New public benefit, mutual benefit and religious corporation law” means Part 1 (commencing with Section 5002), Part 2 (commencing with Section 5110)
• § 9911 — (a) The new public benefit corporation law applies to all corporations which are incorporated on or after January 1, 1980, under Part 2 of this division or which are expressly governed by Part 2 pursu
• § 9912 — (a) Each corporation which is subject (pursuant to the terms of the prior nonprofit law or some other specific statutory provision) to the prior nonprofit law shall, on and after January 1, 1980, be s
• § 9913 — (a) The provisions of Sections 5130, 5131 and 5132 of the new Public Benefit Corporation Law relating to the contents of articles of incorporation do not apply to subject corporations designated as pu
• § 9914 — Section 5140 of the new public benefit corporation law applies to subject corporations governed by the public benefit corporation law, and Section 7140 of the new mutual benefit corporation law applie
• § 9915 — (a) Subdivision (a) of Section 5151 of the new public benefit corporation law does not apply to subject corporations governed by the public benefit corporation law, subdivision (a) of Section 7151 of
• § 9916 — Subdivision (a) of Section 5213 of the new public benefit corporation law applies to subject corporations governed by the public benefit corporation law, subdivision (a) of Section 7213 of the new mut
• § 9916.5 — Subdivisions (a) and (d) of Section 5220 apply to subject corporations governed by the nonprofit public benefit corporation law and subdivisions (a) and (d) of Section 7220 apply to subject corporatio
• § 9917 — Section 5238 governs any proposed indemnification by a public benefit corporation, Section 7237 governs any proposed indemnification by a mutual benefit corporation, and Section 9246 governs any propo
• § 9918 — Section 7313 of the new mutual benefit corporation law relating to membership certificates applies to the membership certificates of a subject corporation if the certificates are issued on or after Ja
• § 9920 — (a) The provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 5510) and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 5610) of the new Public Benefit Corporation Law apply to any meeting of members of a public benefi
• § 9921 — Section 5710 of the new public benefit corporation law applies to actions commenced on or after January 1, 1980, with respect to a public benefit corporation, and Section 7710 of the new mutual benefi
• § 9922 — Chapters 9 (commencing with Section 5910) and 10 (commencing with Section 6010) of the new public benefit corporation law apply to transactions consummated on or after January 1, 1980, by a public ben
• § 9923 — Chapters 15 (commencing with Section 6510) and 17 (commencing with Section 6710) of the new public benefit corporation law apply to acts for involuntary dissolution of a public benefit corporation com
• § 9924 — Chapters 16 (commencing with Section 6610) and 17 (commencing with Section 6710) of the new public benefit corporation law apply to any voluntary dissolution proceeding initiated with respect to a pub
• § 9925 — When any corporate agent for service of process has been designated prior to January 1, 1980, and such designation of agent included a name of a city, town or village wherein the corporate agent maint
• § 9926 — Any subject corporation that existed on the first day of January, 1873, and was formed under the laws of this state, which corporation has not already elected to continue its existence under the prior
• § 9927 — If the corporate rights, privileges and powers of a corporation have been suspended and are still suspended immediately prior to January 1, 1980, pursuant to the prior nonprofit law as a result of its
• § 9928 — (a) A corporation which was organized prior to January 1, 1971, under any statutory provisions other than the General Corporation Law as then in effect (Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of Tit