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NV Rev Stat § 78.047 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.047 - Penalty for purporting to do business as corporation without filing articles of incorporation; enforcement; regulations.

  1. Every person, other than a corporation organized and existing pursuant to the laws of another state, territory, the District of Columbia, a possession of the United States or a foreign country, who is purporting to do business in this State as a corporation and who willfully fails or neglects to file with the Secretary of State articles of incorporation is subject to a fine of not less than $1,000 but not more than $10,000, to be recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction.  2. When the Secretary of State is advised that a person is subject to the fine described in subsection 1, the Secretary of State may, as soon as practicable, refer the matter to the district attorney of the county in which the person’s principal place of business is located or the Attorney General, or both, for a determination of whether to institute proceedings to recover the fine. The district attorney of the county in which the person’s principal place of business is located or the Attorney General may institute and prosecute the appropriate proceedings to recover the fine. If the district attorney or the Attorney General prevails in a proceeding to recover the fine described in subsection 1, the district attorney or the Attorney General is entitled to recover the costs of the proceeding, including, without limitation, the cost of any investigation and reasonable attorney’s fees.  3. In the course of an investigation of a violation of this section, the Secretary of State may require a person to answer any interrogatory submitted by the Secretary of State that will assist in the investigation.  4. The Secretary of State may adopt regulations to administer the provisions of this section.  (Added to NRS by 2009, 1673; A 2013, 839)
NV Rev Stat § 78.050 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.050 - Commencement of corporate existence.

  1. Upon the filing of the articles of incorporation pursuant to NRS 78.030 and the payment of the filing fees, the Secretary of State shall issue to the corporation a certificate that the articles, containing the required statement of facts, have been filed. From the date the articles are filed, the corporation is a body corporate, by the name set forth in the articles of incorporation, subject to the forfeiture of its charter or dissolution as provided in this chapter.  2. Neither an incorporator nor a director designated in the articles of incorporation thereby becomes a subscriber or stockholder of the corporation.  3. The filing of the articles of incorporation does not, by itself, constitute commencement of business by the corporation.  [Part 5:177:1925; NCL § 1604] — (NRS A 1989, 948; 1991, 1211; 1993, 946; 2007, 2641)
NV Rev Stat § 78.055 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.055 - Acceptable evidence of incorporation.

A copy of any articles of incorporation filed pursuant to this chapter, and certified by the Secretary of State under the official seal of the Secretary of State, or, with respect to a corporation organized before October 1, 1991, a copy of the copy thereof, filed with the county clerk, or microfilmed by the county clerk, under the county seal, certified by the clerk, must be received in all courts and places as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated, and of the existence and incorporation of the corporation therein named.  [Part 5:177:1925; NCL § 1604] — (NRS A 1963, 70; 1991, 1211)
NV Rev Stat § 78.060 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.060 - General powers.

  1. Any corporation organized under the provisions of this chapter:  (a) Has all the rights, privileges and powers conferred by this chapter.  (b) Has such rights, privileges and powers as may be conferred upon corporations by any other existing law.  (c) May at any time exercise those rights, privileges and powers, when not inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter, or with the purposes and objects for which the corporation is organized.  (d) Unless otherwise provided in its articles, has perpetual existence.  2. Every corporation, by virtue of its existence as such, is entitled:  (a) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved and its affairs are wound up according to law.  (b) To sue and be sued in any court of law or equity.  (c) To make contracts.  (d) To appoint such officers and agents as the affairs of the corporation require, and to allow them suitable compensation.  (e) To make bylaws not inconsistent with the Constitution or laws of the United States, or of this State, for the management, regulation and government of its affairs and property, the transfer of its stock, the transaction of its business, and the calling and holding of meetings of its stockholders.  (f) To wind up and dissolve itself, or be wound up or dissolved, in the manner mentioned in this chapter.  (g) Unless otherwise provided in the articles, to engage in any lawful activity.  [Part 8:177:1925; NCL § 1607] + [91:177:1925; NCL § 1690] — (NRS A 1969, 99; 1991, 1211; 2003, 3079)
NV Rev Stat § 78.065 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.065 - Adoption and use of corporate seal or stamp.

  1. Every corporation, by virtue of its existence as such, shall have power to adopt and use a common seal or stamp, and alter the same at pleasure.  2. The use of a seal or stamp by a corporation on any corporate record is not necessary. The corporation may use a seal or stamp, if it desires, but such use or nonuse must not in any way affect the legality of the record.  [Part 8:177:1925; NCL § 1607] + [85:177:1925; A 1953, 180] — (NRS A 1967, 102; 1971, 1100; 2003, 3080)
NV Rev Stat § 78.085 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.085 - Railroad companies: Filing and recording of certified maps and profiles.

  1. Every railroad company in this State shall, within 90 days after its road is finally located:  (a) Cause to be made a map and profile thereof, and of the land taken and obtained for the use thereof, and the boundaries of the several counties through which the road may run;  (b) File the map and profile thereof in the Office of the Secretary of State and a duplicate thereof with the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada; and  (c) Cause to be made like maps of the parts thereof located in different counties, and record such maps in the office of the recorder of the county in which those parts of the road are located.  2. The maps and profiles must be certified by the chief engineer, the acting president and secretary of the company, and copies of the maps and profiles so certified and recorded as required by subsection 1 must be kept in the office of the company, subject to examination by all interested persons.  [9(d):177:1925; added 1945, 196; 1943 NCL § 1608.04] — (NRS A 1997, 1963; 2001, 1751)
NV Rev Stat § 78.090 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.090 - Registered agent required; address of registered office; powers of bank or corporation who is registered agent; penalty for noncompliance; service upon and delivery to registered agent in lieu of corporation.

  1. Every corporation must have a registered agent who resides or is located in this State. Notwithstanding the provisions of NRS 77.300, each registered agent must have a street address for receiving service of process, which is the registered office of the corporation in this State. If the registered agent is in the business of acting as a registered agent for more than one business entity, the physical street address of the registered office must be in a location for which such use is not prohibited by any local ordinance. The registered agent may have a separate mailing address such as a post office box, which may be different from the street address.  2. If the registered agent is a bank or corporation, it may:  (a) Act as the fiscal or transfer agent of any state, municipality, body politic or corporation and in that capacity may receive and disburse money.  (b) Transfer, register and countersign certificates of stock, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness and act as agent of any corporation, foreign or domestic, for any purpose required by statute, or otherwise.  (c) Act as trustee under any mortgage or bond issued by any municipality, body politic or corporation, and accept and execute any other municipal or corporate trust not inconsistent with the laws of this State.  (d) Receive and manage any sinking fund of any corporation, upon such terms as may be agreed upon between the corporation and those dealing with it.  3. Every corporation organized pursuant to this chapter which fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of this section is subject to a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $500, to be recovered with costs by the State, before any court of competent jurisdiction, by action at law prosecuted by the Attorney General or by the district attorney of the county in which the action or proceeding to recover the fine is prosecuted.  4. All legal process and any demand, notice or communication authorized by law to be served upon, or delivered to, a corporation may be served upon, or delivered to, the registered agent of the corporation in the manner provided in subsection 2 of NRS 14.020. If any demand, notice, communication or legal process, other than a summons and complaint, cannot be served upon, or delivered to, the registered agent, it may be served or delivered in the manner provided in NRS 14.030. These manners and modes of service or delivery are in addition to any other manner and mode of service or delivery authorized by law.  [78:177:1925; A 1929, 413; NCL § 1677] + [Part 79:177:1925; NCL § 1678] — (NRS A 1959, 682; 1969, 571; 1987, 1057; 1989, 949, 975, 1971; 1991, 1213; 1993, 948; 1995, 2095; 2007, 2641; 2011, 2771)
NV Rev Stat § 78.097 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.097 - Resignation of registered agent or termination of registration of commercial registered agent.

  1. If a registered agent resigns pursuant to NRS 77.370 or if a commercial registered agent terminates its registration as a commercial registered agent pursuant to NRS 77.330, the corporation, before the effective date of the resignation or termination, shall file with the Secretary of State a statement of change of registered agent pursuant to NRS 77.340.  2. A corporation that fails to comply with subsection 1 shall be deemed in default and is subject to the provisions of NRS 78.170 and 78.175.  3. As used in this section, "commercial registered agent" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 77.040.  (Added to NRS by 1959, 681; A 1967, 89; 1969, 11; 1989, 949; 1991, 1214; 1993, 949; 1999, 1579; 2003, 3081; 2003, 20th Special Session, 29; 2007, 2642; 2013, 839)
NV Rev Stat § 78.107 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.107 - Denial of request for inspection of records; defense to action for penalties or damages; authority of court to compel production of records.

  1. An inspection authorized by NRS 78.105 may be denied to a stockholder or other person upon the refusal of the stockholder or other person to furnish to the corporation the affidavit required pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 78.105.  2. It is a defense to any action for penalties or damages under NRS 78.105 that the person suing has at any time sold, or offered for sale, any list of stockholders of the corporation, or any other corporation, or has aided or abetted any person in procuring any such stock list for any such purpose, or that the person suing desired inspection for a purpose which is in the interest of a business or object other than the business of the corporation.  3. This section does not impair the power or jurisdiction of any court to compel the production for examination of the records required by subsection 1 of NRS 78.105 in any proper case. This subsection does not authorize or establish any right of inspection or examination independent from the right of inspection or examination authorized by NRS 78.105.  (Added to NRS by 1997, 693; A 2019, 2485)
NV Rev Stat § 78.115 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.115 - Board of directors: Number and qualifications.

The business of every corporation must be managed under the direction of a board of directors or trustees, all of whom must be natural persons who are at least 18 years of age. A corporation must have at least one director, and may provide in its articles of incorporation or in its bylaws for a fixed number of directors or a variable number of directors, and for the manner in which the number of directors may be increased or decreased. Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, directors need not be stockholders.  [Part 31:177:1925; NCL § 1630] — (NRS A 1965, 1012; 1981, 384; 1987, 577; 1993, 949; 1995, 1113; 2003, 3083)
NV Rev Stat § 78.120 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.120 - Board of directors: General powers.

  1. Subject only to such limitations as may be provided by this chapter, or the articles of incorporation of the corporation, the board of directors has full control over the affairs of the corporation.  2. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection and subject to the bylaws, if any, adopted by the stockholders, the directors may make the bylaws of the corporation. Unless otherwise prohibited by any bylaw adopted by the stockholders, the directors may adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw, including any bylaw adopted by the stockholders. The articles of incorporation may grant the authority to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws exclusively to the directors.  3. The selection of a period for the achievement of corporate goals is the responsibility of the directors.  [Part 31:177:1925; NCL § 1630] — (NRS A 1991, 1217; 2003, 3083; 2005, 2176)
NV Rev Stat § 78.125 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.125 - Committees of board of directors: Designation; powers; membership.

  1. Unless it is otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, the board of directors may designate one or more committees which, to the extent provided in the resolution or resolutions or in the bylaws of the corporation, have and may exercise the powers of the board of directors in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation.  2. Each committee must include at least one director. Unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors may appoint natural persons who are not directors to serve on committees.  3. The board of directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of a committee to replace any member who is disqualified or absent from a meeting of the committee. The bylaws of the corporation may provide that, unless the board of directors appoints alternate members pursuant to this subsection, the member or members of a committee present at a meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not the member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the board of directors to act at the meeting in the place of an absent or disqualified member of the committee.  [32:177:1925; A 1929, 413; NCL § 1631] — (NRS A 1971, 1100; 1991, 1217; 1993, 949; 2001, 1359, 3199; 2003, 3083)
NV Rev Stat § 78.130 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.130 - Officers of corporation: Selection; qualifications; terms; powers and duties; filling of vacancies.

  1. Every corporation must have a president, a secretary and a treasurer, or the equivalent thereof.  2. Every corporation may also have such other officers and agents as may be deemed necessary.  3. All officers must be natural persons and must be chosen in such manner, hold their offices for such terms and have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by the bylaws or determined by the board of directors. Any natural person may hold two or more offices.  4. An officer holds office after the expiration of his or her term until a successor is chosen or until the officer’s resignation or removal before the expiration of his or her term. A failure to elect officers does not require the corporation to be dissolved. Any vacancy occurring in an office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, must be filled as the bylaws provide, or in the absence of such a provision, by the board of directors.  [36:177:1925; A 1937, 291; 1931 NCL § 1635] — (NRS A 1960, 152; 1991, 1217; 1993, 950; 2009, 1673; 2015, 3220)
NV Rev Stat § 78.135 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.135 - Authority of directors and representatives of corporation.

  1. The statement in the articles of incorporation of the objects, purposes, powers and authorized business of the corporation constitutes, as between the corporation and its directors, officers or stockholders, an authorization to the directors and a limitation upon the actual authority of the representatives of the corporation. Such limitations may be asserted in a proceeding by a stockholder or the State to enjoin the doing or continuation of unauthorized business by the corporation or its officers, or both, in cases where third parties have not acquired rights thereby, or to dissolve the corporation, or in a proceeding by the corporation or by the stockholders suing in a representative suit against the officers or directors of the corporation for violation of their authority.  2. No limitation upon the business, purposes or powers of the corporation or upon the powers of the stockholders, officers or directors, or the manner of exercise of such powers, contained in or implied by the articles may be asserted as between the corporation or any stockholder and any third person.  3. Any contract or conveyance, otherwise lawful, made in the name of a corporation, which is authorized or ratified by the directors, or is done within the scope of the authority, actual or apparent, given by the directors, binds the corporation, and the corporation acquires rights thereunder, whether the contract is signed or is wholly or in part executory.  [Part 31(a):177:1925; added 1949, 158; 1943 NCL § 1630.01] — (NRS A 1961, 94; 1993, 950; 2003, 3083)
NV Rev Stat § 78.139 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.139 - Directors and officers: Duties, presumptions and powers when confronted with change or potential change in control of corporation.

  1. If directors or officers take action to resist a change or potential change in control of a corporation, which action impedes the exercise of the right of stockholders to vote for or remove directors:  (a) The directors must have reasonable grounds to believe that a threat to corporate policy and effectiveness exists; and  (b) The action taken which impedes the exercise of the stockholders’ rights must be reasonable in relation to that threat.  If those facts are found, the directors and officers have the benefit of the presumption established by subsection 3 of NRS 78.138.  2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not apply to:  (a) Actions that only affect the time of the exercise of stockholders’ voting rights; or  (b) The adoption or signing of plans, arrangements or instruments that deny rights, privileges, power or authority to a holder of a specified number or fraction of shares or fraction of voting power.  3. The provisions of subsections 1 and 2 do not permit directors or officers to abrogate any right conferred by the laws of this State or the articles of incorporation.  4. Without limiting the provisions of NRS 78.138, a director may resist a change or potential change in control of the corporation if the board of directors determines that the change or potential change is opposed to or not in the best interest of the corporation upon consideration of any relevant facts, circumstances, contingencies or constituencies pursuant to subsection 4 of NRS 78.138, including, without limitation, the amount or nature of the indebtedness and other obligations to which the corporation or any successor to the property of either may become subject, in connection with the change or potential change, provides reasonable grounds to believe that, within a reasonable time:  (a) The assets of the corporation or any successor would be or become less than its liabilities;  (b) The corporation or any successor would be or become insolvent; or  (c) Any voluntary or involuntary proceeding concerning the corporation or any successor would be commenced by any person pursuant to the federal bankruptcy laws.  (Added to NRS by 1999, 1575; A 2009, 1674; 2013, 1269; 2017, 3999)
NV Rev Stat § 78.152 (2021)
2021 Nevada Revised Statutes|Chapter 78 - Private Corporations|NRS 78.152 - List or statement to be maintained at principal office or with custodian of records; requirement to assist in criminal investigation; failure to comply; regulations.

  1. In addition to any records required to be kept at its principal office or with the custodian of records pursuant to NRS 78.105, a corporation that is not a publicly traded corporation shall maintain at the principal office in this State or with the custodian of records a current list of its owners of record.  2. Upon the request of the Secretary of State, the corporation shall:  (a) Provide the Secretary of State with the name and contact information of the custodian of the list described in subsection 1. The information required pursuant to this paragraph shall be kept confidential by the Secretary of State.  (b) Provide written notice to the Secretary of State within 10 days after any change in the information contained in the list described in subsection 1.  3. Upon the request of any law enforcement agency in the course of a criminal investigation, the Secretary of State may require a corporation to:  (a) Submit to the Secretary of State, within 3 business days, a copy of the list required to be maintained pursuant to subsection 1; or  (b) Answer any interrogatory submitted by the Secretary of State that will assist in the criminal investigation.  4. If a corporation fails to comply with any requirement pursuant to subsection 3, the Secretary of State may take any action necessary, including, without limitation, the suspension or revocation of the corporate charter.  5. The Secretary of State shall not reinstate or revive a charter that was revoked or suspended pursuant to subsection 4 unless:  (a) The corporation complies with the requirements of subsection 3; or  (b) The law enforcement agency conducting the investigation advises the Secretary of State to reinstate or revive the corporate charter.  6. The Secretary of State may adopt regulations to administer the provisions of this section.  (Added to NRS by 2007, 1315; A 2009, 2828; 2015, 1280)