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CA Corp Code § 1401 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 14 - Bankruptcy Reorganizations and Arrangements|Section 1401.

1401.  (a) A certificate of any amendment, change or alteration or of dissolution or any agreement of merger made by a corporation pursuant to Section 1400 and executed as provided in subdivision (b), shall be filed and shall thereupon become effective in accordance with its terms and the provisions of this chapter.(b) The certificate, agreement of merger, or other instrument shall be signed and verified, as may be directed by the orders of the court or judge, by the trustee or trustees appointed in the reorganization proceeding (or a majority thereof) or, if none is appointed and acting, by officers of the corporation designated or by a master or other representative appointed by the court or judge, and shall state that provision for the making of that certificate, agreement of merger, or instrument is contained in an order, identifying the same, of a court or judge having jurisdiction of a proceeding under a statute of the United States for the reorganization of that corporation.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), a trustee, liquidating agent, responsible officer, or other representative appointed by the court for a corporation, with respect to which a proceeding has been initiated under any applicable statute of the United States as described in subdivision (a) of Section 1401.5 may execute and file a certificate of dissolution as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 1401.5.(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 267, Sec. 1. (SB 340) Effective January 1, 2018.)
CA Corp Code § 1401.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 14 - Bankruptcy Reorganizations and Arrangements|Section 1401.5.

1401.5.  (a) A trustee, liquidating agent, responsible officer, or other representative appointed by the court for a corporation subject to an order for relief entered in a case under Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 1101) of Title 11 of the United States Code may sign and verify a certificate of dissolution when the corporation has been completely wound up.(b) The certificate of dissolution shall state the following:(1) The name of the corporation.(2) That an order for relief was entered in a case under Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 1101) of Title 11 of the United States Code with respect to the corporation.(3) The identification of the court in which the order for relief was entered and the court’s file number for the matter.(4) That an order confirming a reorganization plan has been entered in that case.(5) That the undersigned has been appointed by the court as a trustee, liquidating agent, responsible officer, or other representative of the corporation.(6) That the shares of the corporation have been canceled pursuant to the terms of that plan.(7) That the assets of the corporation have been distributed pursuant to the terms of that plan.(8) That the corporation is dissolved.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 92, Sec. 47. (SB 1289) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Corp Code § 1402 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 14 - Bankruptcy Reorganizations and Arrangements|Section 1402.

1402.  The provisions of this chapter shall cease to apply to a corporation upon the entry of a final decree in the reorganization proceeding closing the case and discharging the trustee or trustees, if any, whether or not jurisdiction may be retained thereafter by the court for limited purposes which do not relate to the consummation of the plan.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 500, Sec. 17. (AB 1059) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Corp Code § 1403 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 14 - Bankruptcy Reorganizations and Arrangements|Section 1403.

1403.  For filing any certificate, agreement or other paper pursuant to this chapter there shall be paid to the Secretary of State the same fees as are payable by corporations not in reorganization proceedings upon the filing of like certificates, agreements or other papers.(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 500, Sec. 18. (AB 1059) Effective January 1, 2010.)
CA Corp Code § 1500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1500.

1500.  Each corporation shall keep adequate and correct books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders, board and committees of the board and shall keep at its principal executive office, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each. Those minutes and other books and records shall be kept either in written form or in another form capable of being converted into clearly legible tangible form or in any combination of the foregoing. When minutes and other books and records are kept in a form capable of being converted into clearly legible paper form, the clearly legible paper form into which those minutes and other books and records are converted shall be admissible in evidence, and accepted for all other purposes, to the same extent as an original paper record of the same information would have been, provided that the paper form accurately portrays the record.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 254, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Corp Code § 1503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1503.

1503.  (a) An agent designated for service of process pursuant to Section 202, 1502, 2105, or 2117 may deliver to the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State for filing, a signed and acknowledged written statement of resignation as an agent for service of process. The form shall contain the name of the corporation, the Secretary of State’s file number of the corporation, the name of the resigning agent for service of process, and a statement that the agent is resigning. Thereupon the authority of the agent to act in such capacity shall cease and the Secretary of State forthwith shall mail or otherwise provide written notice of the filing of the statement of resignation to the corporation at its principal executive office.(b) The resignation of an agent may be effective if, on a form prescribed by the Secretary of State containing the name of the corporation, the Secretary of State’s file number for the corporation, and the name of the resigning agent for service of process, the agent disclaims having been properly appointed as the agent. Similarly, a person named as an officer or director may indicate that the person was never properly appointed as the officer or director.(c) The Secretary of State may destroy or otherwise dispose of any resignation filed pursuant to this section after a new form is filed pursuant to Section 1502 or 2117 replacing the agent for service of process that has resigned.(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 834, Sec. 3. (SB 1041) Effective January 1, 2015.)
CA Corp Code § 1504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1504.

1504.  If a natural person who has been designated agent for service of process pursuant to Section 202, 1502, 2105, or 2117 dies or resigns or no longer resides in the state or if the corporate agent for such purpose resigns, dissolves, withdraws from the state, forfeits its right to transact intrastate business, has its corporate rights, powers and privileges suspended or ceases to exist, the corporation shall forthwith file a designation of a new agent conforming to the requirements of Section 1502 or 2117.(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 764, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1986, by Sec. 11 of Ch. 764.)
CA Corp Code § 1505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1505.

1505.  (a) Any domestic or foreign corporation, before it may be designated as the agent for the purpose of service of process of any entity pursuant to any law which refers to this section, shall file a certificate executed in the name of the corporation by an officer thereof stating all of the following:(1) The complete street address of its office or offices in this state, wherein any entity designating it as such agent may be served with process.(2) The name of each person employed by it at each such office to whom it authorizes the delivery of a copy of any such process.(3) Its consent that delivery thereof to any such person at the office where the person is employed shall constitute delivery of any such copy to it, as such agent.(b) Any corporation which has filed the certificate provided for in subdivision (a) may file any number of supplemental certificates containing all the statements provided for in subdivision (a), which, upon the filing thereof, shall supersede the statements contained in the original or in any supplemental certificate previously filed.(c) No domestic or foreign corporation may file a certificate pursuant to this section unless it is currently authorized to engage in business in this state and is in good standing on the records of the Secretary of State.(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 494, Sec. 8. (SB 1532) Effective January 1, 2013.)
CA Corp Code § 1506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1506.

1506.  Upon request of an assessor, a domestic or foreign corporation owning, claiming, possessing or controlling property in this state subject to local assessment shall make available at the corporation’s principal office in California or at a place mutually acceptable to the assessor and the corporation a true copy of business records relevant to the amount, cost and value of all property that it owns, claims, possesses or controls within the county.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 682.)
CA Corp Code § 1507 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1507.

1507.  Any officers, directors, employees or agents of a corporation who do any of the following are liable jointly and severally for all the damages resulting therefrom to the corporation or any person injured thereby who relied thereon or to both:(a) Make, issue, deliver or publish any prospectus, report, circular, certificate, financial statement, balance sheet, public notice or document respecting the corporation or its shares, assets, liabilities, capital, dividends, business, earnings or accounts which is false in any material respect, knowing it to be false, or participate in the making, issuance, delivery or publication thereof with knowledge that the same is false in a material respect.(b) Make or cause to be made in the books, minutes, records or accounts of a corporation any entry which is false in any material particular knowing such entry is false.(c) Remove, erase, alter or cancel any entry in any books or records of the corporation, with intent to deceive.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 682.)
CA Corp Code § 1508 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1508.

1508.  The Attorney General, upon complaint that a foreign or domestic corporation is failing to comply with the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 600), 7 (commencing with Section 700) or 16 (commencing with Section 1600), may in the name of the people of the State of California send to the principal executive office of such corporation notice of the complaint. If the answer is not satisfactory, the Attorney General may institute, maintain or intervene in such suits, actions or proceedings of any type in any court or tribunal of competent jurisdiction or before any administrative agency for such relief by way of injunction, the dissolution of entities, the appointment of receivers or any other temporary, preliminary, provisional or final remedies as may be appropriate to protect the rights of shareholders or to undo the consequences of failure to comply with such requirements. In any such action, suit or proceeding there may be joined as parties all persons and entities responsible for or affected by such activity.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 641.)
CA Corp Code § 1509 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1509.

1509.  For a period of 60 days following the conclusion of an annual, regular, or special meeting of shareholders, a corporation shall, upon written request from a shareholder, forthwith inform the shareholder of the result of any particular vote of shareholders taken at the meeting, including the number of shares voting for, the number of shares voting against, and the number of shares abstaining or withheld from voting. If the matter voted on was the election of directors, the corporation shall report the number of shares (or votes if voted cumulatively) cast for each nominee for director. If more than one class or series of shares voted, the report shall state the appropriate numbers by class and series of shares.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 408, Sec. 1.)
CA Corp Code § 1510 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1510.

1510.  (a) Any foreign corporation qualified to transact intrastate business in this state shall provide the information specified in Section 1509, at the request of a shareholder resident in this state.(b) Any of the following shall be considered to be a shareholder resident in this state:(1) A natural person residing in this state.(2) A bank organized under Division 1 (commencing with Section 99) of the Financial Code, whether acting for itself, acting as a sole fiduciary, or acting with one or more other persons as a fiduciary.(3) A national bank having its head office in this state whether acting for itself, acting as a sole fiduciary, or acting with one or more other persons as a fiduciary.(4) Any retirement fund for public employees established or authorized by any law of this state.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 408, Sec. 2.)
CA Corp Code § 1511 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1511.

1511.  Any foreign corporation which is not qualified to transact intrastate business in this state but has one or more subsidiaries which are domestic corporations or foreign corporations qualified to transact intrastate business in this state shall provide the information specified in Section 1509, at the request of a shareholder resident in this state, as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 1510.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 408, Sec. 3.)
CA Corp Code § 1512 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 15 - Records and Reports|Section 1512.

1512.  (a) For the purposes of Sections 1509, 1510, and 1511, a shareholder includes (1) any person named in a share certificate as a shareholder or (2) any person named as a shareholder on the records of a central depository, bank, or broker-dealer with respect to shares which are subject to the control of the central depository, bank, or broker-dealer.(b) A beneficiary of a trust, a beneficiary of the estate of a decedent, or an employee with respect to a pension, retirement, or health care trust or fund is not a shareholder of any shares standing in the name of the trust, the fund, the decedent, or the estate of the decedent.(c) A person who is a shareholder by reason of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall provide the corporation with a photocopy of a receipt of a statement from the central depository, bank, or broker-dealer showing the person to be a shareholder and the corporation shall accept the photocopy as sufficient evidence thereof.(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 408, Sec. 4.)
CA Corp Code § 1600 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 16 - Rights of Inspection|Section 1600.

1600.  (a) A shareholder or shareholders holding at least 5 percent in the aggregate of the outstanding voting shares of a corporation or who hold at least 1 percent of those voting shares and have filed a Schedule 14A with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (or in case the corporation is a bank the deposits of which are insured in accordance with the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, have filed a Form F-6 with the appropriate federal bank regulatory agency) shall have an absolute right to do either or both of the following: (1) inspect and copy the record of shareholders’ names and addresses and shareholdings during usual business hours upon five business days’ prior written demand upon the corporation, or (2) obtain from the transfer agent for the corporation, upon written demand and upon the tender of its usual charges for such a list (the amount of which charges shall be stated to the shareholder by the transfer agent upon request), a list of the shareholders’ names and addresses, who are entitled to vote for the election of directors, and their shareholdings, as of the most recent record date for which it has been compiled or as of a date specified by the shareholder subsequent to the date of demand. The list shall be made available on or before the later of five business days after the demand is received or the date specified therein as the date as of which the list is to be compiled. A corporation shall have the responsibility to cause its transfer agent to comply with this subdivision.(b) Any delay by the corporation or the transfer agent in complying with a demand under subdivision (a) beyond the time limits specified therein shall give the shareholder or shareholders properly making the demand a right to obtain from the superior court, upon the filing of a verified complaint in the proper county and after a hearing, notice of which shall be given to such persons and in such manner as the court may direct, an order postponing any shareholders’ meeting previously noticed for a period equal to the period of such delay. Such right shall be in addition to any other legal or equitable remedies to which the shareholder may be entitled.(c) The record of shareholders shall also be open to inspection and copying by any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate at any time during usual business hours upon written demand on the corporation, for a purpose reasonably related to such holder’s interests as a shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate.(d) Any inspection and copying under this section may be made in person or by agent or attorney. The rights provided in this section may not be limited by the articles or bylaws. This section applies to any domestic corporation and to any foreign corporation having its principal executive office in this state or customarily holding meetings of its board in this state.(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 154, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
CA Corp Code § 1601 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 16 - Rights of Inspection|Section 1601.

1601.  (a) (1) The accounting books, records, and minutes of proceedings of the shareholders and the board and committees of the board of any domestic corporation, and of any foreign corporation keeping any records in this state or having its principal executive office in this state, or a true and accurate copy thereof if the original has been lost, destroyed, or is not normally physically located within this state shall be open to inspection at the corporation’s principal office in this state, or if none, at the physical location for the corporation’s registered agent for service of process in this state, upon the written demand on the corporation of any shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate at any reasonable time during usual business hours, for a purpose reasonably related to the holder’s interests as a shareholder or as the holder of a voting trust certificate.(2) As an alternative to the procedure in subdivision (a), the shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate may elect to request that the corporation produce the books, records, and minutes by mail or electronically, if the shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate pays for the reasonable costs for copying or converting the requested documents to electronic format.(3) The right of inspection created by this subdivision shall extend to the records of each subsidiary of a corporation subject to this subdivision.(b) The inspection by a shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate may be made in person or by agent or attorney, and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts. The right of the shareholders to inspect the corporate records may not be limited by the articles or bylaws.(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 76, Sec. 1. (AB 2237) Effective January 1, 2019.)
CA Corp Code § 1602 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 16 - Rights of Inspection|Section 1602.

1602.  Every director shall have the absolute right at any reasonable time to inspect and copy all books, records and documents of every kind and to inspect the physical properties of the corporation of which such person is a director and also of its subsidiary corporations, domestic or foreign. Such inspection by a director may be made in person or by agent or attorney and the right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts. This section applies to a director of any foreign corporation having its principal executive office in this state or customarily holding meetings of its board in this state.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 641.)
CA Corp Code § 1603 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 16 - Rights of Inspection|Section 1603.

1603.  (a) Upon refusal of a lawful demand for inspection, the superior court of the proper county, may enforce the right of inspection with just and proper conditions or may, for good cause shown, appoint one or more competent inspectors or accountants to audit the books and records kept in this state and investigate the property, funds and affairs of any domestic corporation or any foreign corporation keeping records in this state and of any subsidiary corporation thereof, domestic or foreign, keeping records in this state and to report thereon in such manner as the court may direct.(b) All officers and agents of the corporation shall produce to the inspectors or accountants so appointed all books and documents in their custody or power, under penalty of punishment for contempt of court.(c) All expenses of the investigation or audit shall be defrayed by the applicant unless the court orders them to be paid or shared by the corporation.(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 641.)
CA Corp Code § 1604 (2021)
2021 California Code|Corporations Code - CORP|TITLE 1 - CORPORATIONS|DIVISION 1 - GENERAL CORPORATION LAW|CHAPTER 16 - Rights of Inspection|Section 1604.

1604.  In any action or proceeding under Section 1600 or Section 1601, if the court finds the failure of the corporation to comply with a proper demand thereunder was without justification, the court may award an amount sufficient to reimburse the shareholder or holder of a voting trust certificate for the reasonable expenses incurred by such holder, including attorneys’ fees, in connection with such action or proceeding.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 682.)