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2012 Utah Code
Title 16 - Corporations
Article 10a - Utah Revised Business Corporation Act
- Section 101 - Short title.
- Section 102 - Definitions.
- Section 103 - Notice.
- Section 104 - Powers of the division.
- Section 120 - Filing requirements.
- Section 121 - Forms.
- Section 122 - Fees.
- Section 123 - Effective time and date of filed documents.
- Section 124 - Correcting filed documents.
- Section 125 - Filing duty of division.
- Section 126 - Appeal from division's refusal to file document.
- Section 127 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
- Section 128 - Certificates issued by the division.
- Section 129 - Penalty for signing false documents.
- Section 201 - Incorporators.
- Section 202 - Articles of incorporation.
- Section 203 - Incorporation.
- Section 204 - Liability for preincorporation transactions.
- Section 205 - Organization of the corporation.
- Section 206 - Bylaws.
- Section 301 - Purposes.
- Section 302 - General powers.
- Section 303 - Ultra vires.
- Section 401 - Corporate name.
- Section 402 - Reserved name.
- Section 403 - Corporate name -- Limited rights.
- Section 601 - Authorized shares.
- Section 602 - Terms of class or series determined by board of directors.
- Section 603 - Issued and outstanding shares.
- Section 604 - Fractional shares.
- Section 620 - Subscriptions for shares.
- Section 621 - Issuance of shares.
- Section 622 - Liability of shareholders.
- Section 623 - Share dividends.
- Section 624 - Share options and other rights.
- Section 625 - Form and content of certificates.
- Section 626 - Shares without certificates.
- Section 627 - Restrictions on transfer or registration of shares or other securities.
- Section 628 - Expense of issue.
- Section 630 - Shareholders' preemptive rights.
- Section 631 - Corporation's acquisition of its own shares.
- Section 640 - Distributions to shareholders.
- Section 641 - Unclaimed distributions.
- Section 701 - Annual meeting.
- Section 702 - Special meeting.
- Section 703 - Court-ordered meeting.
- Section 704 - Action without meeting.
- Section 705 - Notice of meeting.
- Section 706 - Waiver of notice.
- Section 707 - Record date.
- Section 708 - Meetings by telecommunication.
- Section 720 - Shareholders' list for meeting.
- Section 721 - Voting entitlement of shares.
- Section 722 - Proxies.
- Section 723 - Shares held by nominees.
- Section 724 - Corporation's acceptance of votes.
- Section 725 - Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups.
- Section 726 - Action by single and multiple voting groups.
- Section 727 - Greater quorum or voting requirements.
- Section 728 - Voting for directors -- Cumulative voting.
- Section 730 - Voting trusts.
- Section 731 - Voting agreements.
- Section 732 - Shareholder agreements.
- Section 740 - Procedure in derivative proceedings.
- Section 801 - Requirement for and duties of board of directors.
- Section 802 - Qualifications of directors.
- Section 803 - Number and election of directors.
- Section 804 - Election of directors by certain classes of shareholders.
- Section 805 - Terms of directors generally.
- Section 806 - Staggered terms for directors.
- Section 807 - Resignation of directors.
- Section 808 - Removal of directors by shareholders.
- Section 809 - Removal of directors by judicial proceeding.
- Section 810 - Vacancy on board.
- Section 811 - Compensation of directors.
- Section 820 - Meetings.
- Section 821 - Action without meeting.
- Section 822 - Notice of meeting.
- Section 823 - Waiver of notice.
- Section 824 - Quorum and voting.
- Section 825 - Committees.
- Section 830 - Required officers.
- Section 831 - Duties of officers.
- Section 832 - Resignation and removal of officers.
- Section 833 - Contract rights with respect to officers.
- Section 840 - General standards of conduct for directors and officers.
- Section 841 - Limitation of liability of directors.
- Section 842 - Liability of directors for unlawful distributions.
- Section 850 - Definitions relating to conflicting interest transactions.
- Section 851 - Judicial action.
- Section 852 - Directors' action.
- Section 853 - Shareholders' action.
- Section 901 - Definitions.
- Section 902 - Authority to indemnify directors.
- Section 903 - Mandatory indemnification of directors.
- Section 904 - Advance of expenses for directors.
- Section 905 - Court-ordered indemnification of directors.
- Section 906 - Determination and authorization of indemnification of directors.
- Section 907 - Indemnification of officers, employees, fiduciaries, and agents.
- Section 908 - Insurance.
- Section 909 - Limitations on indemnification of directors.
- Section 1001 - Authority to amend.
- Section 1002 - Amendment by board of directors.
- Section 1003 - Amendment by board of directors and shareholders.
- Section 1004 - Voting on amendments by voting groups.
- Section 1005 - Amendment before issuance of shares.
- Section 1006 - Articles of amendment.
- Section 1007 - Restated articles of incorporation.
- Section 1008 - Amendment pursuant to reorganization.
- Section 1008.5 - Conversion to a nonprofit corporation.
- Section 1008.7 - Conversion to or from a domestic limited liability company.
- Section 1009 - Effect of amendment.
- Section 1020 - Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders.
- Section 1021 - Bylaw changing quorum or voting requirement for shareholders.
- Section 1022 - Bylaw changing quorum or voting requirement for directors.
- Section 1023 - Bylaw provisions relating to election of directors.
- Section 1101 - Merger.
- Section 1102 - Share exchange.
- Section 1103 - Action on plan.
- Section 1104 - Merger of parent and subsidiary.
- Section 1105 - Articles of merger or share exchange.
- Section 1106 - Effect of merger or share exchange.
- Section 1107 - Merger or share exchange with foreign corporations.
- Section 1201 - Sale or mortgage of property without shareholder approval.
- Section 1202 - Sale of property requiring shareholder approval.
- Section 1301 - Definitions.
- Section 1302 - Right to dissent.
- Section 1303 - Dissent by nominees and beneficial owners.
- Section 1320 - Notice of dissenters' rights.
- Section 1321 - Demand for payment -- Eligibility and notice of intent.
- Section 1322 - Dissenters' notice.
- Section 1323 - Procedure to demand payment.
- Section 1324 - Uncertificated shares.
- Section 1325 - Payment.
- Section 1326 - Failure to take action.
- Section 1327 - Special provisions relating to shares acquired after announcement of proposed corporate action.
- Section 1328 - Procedure for shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer.
- Section 1330 - Judicial appraisal of shares -- Court action.
- Section 1331 - Court costs and counsel fees.
- Section 1401 - Authorization of dissolution prior to issuance of shares.
- Section 1402 - Authorization of dissolution after issuance of shares.
- Section 1403 - Articles of dissolution.
- Section 1404 - Revocation of dissolution.
- Section 1405 - Effect of dissolution.
- Section 1406 - Disposition of known claims by notification.
- Section 1407 - Disposition of claims by publication -- Disposition in absence of publication.
- Section 1408 - Enforcement of claims against dissolved corporations.
- Section 1409 - Service on dissolved corporation.
- Section 1420 - Grounds for administrative dissolution.
- Section 1421 - Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution.
- Section 1422 - Reinstatement following dissolution.
- Section 1423 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
- Section 1430 - Grounds for judicial dissolution.
- Section 1431 - Procedure for judicial dissolution.
- Section 1432 - Receivership or custodianship.
- Section 1433 - Decree of dissolution.
- Section 1434 - Election to purchase in lieu of dissolution.
- Section 1440 - Deposit with state treasurer.
- Section 1501 - Authority to transact business required.
- Section 1502 - Consequences of transacting business without authority.
- Section 1503 - Application for authority to transact business.
- Section 1504 - Amended application for authority to transact business.
- Section 1505 - Effect of filing an application for authority to transact business.
- Section 1506 - Corporate name and assumed corporate name of foreign corporation.
- Section 1507 - Registered name of foreign corporation.
- Section 1510 - Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.
- Section 1511 - Service on foreign corporation.
- Section 1520 - Withdrawal of foreign corporation.
- Section 1521 - Service on withdrawn foreign corporation.
- Section 1530 - Grounds for revocation.
- Section 1531 - Procedure for and effect of revocation.
- Section 1532 - Appeal from revocation.
- Section 1533 - Domestication of foreign corporations.
- Section 1533.5 - Transfer to another state.
- Section 1601 - Corporate records.
- Section 1602 - Inspection of records by shareholders and directors.
- Section 1603 - Scope of inspection right.
- Section 1604 - Court-ordered inspection.
- Section 1605 - Financial statements.
- Section 1606 - Information respecting shares.
- Section 1607 - Annual report for division.
- Section 1608 - Statement of person named as director or officer.
- Section 1701 - Application to existing domestic corporations.
- Section 1702 - Application to foreign corporations.
- Section 1703 - Publication.
- Section 1704 - Saving provisions.
- Section 1705 - Severability clause.
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