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MT Code § 35-2-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 3. Corporate Name, Registered Office and Agent, and Service of Process|35-2-305. Corporate name

  35-2-305. Corporate name. (1) (a) corporate name may not contain language stating or implying that the corporation is organized for a purpose other than that permitted by 35-2-117 and its articles of incorporation.   (b) A corporate name may not contain business name identifiers, as defined in 30-13-201, or other language that states or implies that the corporation is an entity other than a nonprofit corporation.   (2) Except as authorized by subsections (3) and (4), a corporate name must be distinguishable in the records of the secretary of state from:   (a) the corporate name of a nonprofit or business corporation incorporated or authorized to do business in this state;   (b) a corporate name reserved or registered under Title 35, chapter 1, 35-2-306, or 35-2-307;   (c) the fictitious name of a foreign business or nonprofit corporation authorized to transact business in this state because its real name is unavailable;   (d) the corporate name of a domestic business or nonprofit corporation that has been dissolved, but only distinguishable for a period of 120 days after the effective date of the dissolution; or   (e) any assumed business name, limited partnership name, limited liability company name, trademark, or service mark registered or reserved with the secretary of state.   (3) A corporation may apply to the secretary of state for authorization to use a name that is not distinguishable in the secretary of state's records from one or more of the names described in subsection (2). The secretary of state shall authorize use of the name applied for if:   (a) the other corporation consents to the use in writing and submits an undertaking in a form satisfactory to the secretary of state to change its name to a name that is distinguishable in the records of the secretary of state from the name of the applying corporation; or   (b) the applicant delivers to the secretary of state a certified copy of a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction establishing the applicant's right to use the name applied for in this state.   (4) A corporation may use the name, including the fictitious name, of another domestic or foreign business or nonprofit corporation that is used in this state if the other corporation is incorporated or authorized to do business in this state and the proposed user corporation:   (a) has merged with the other corporation;   (b) has been formed by reorganization of the other corporation; or   (c) has acquired all or substantially all of the assets, including the corporate name, of the other corporation.   (5) This chapter does not control the use of fictitious names.   History: En. Sec. 31, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 85, Ch. 120, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 27, L. 2001.
MT Code § 35-2-306 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 3. Corporate Name, Registered Office and Agent, and Service of Process|35-2-306. Reserved name

  35-2-306. Reserved name. (1) A person may reserve the exclusive use of a corporate name, including a fictitious name for a foreign corporation whose corporate name is not available, by delivering an application to the secretary of state for filing. Upon finding that the corporate name applied for is available, the secretary of state shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a nonrenewable 120-day period.   (2) The owner of a reserved corporate name may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the secretary of state a signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.   History: En. Sec. 32, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-307 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 3. Corporate Name, Registered Office and Agent, and Service of Process|35-2-307. Registered name of foreign corporation

  35-2-307. Registered name of foreign corporation. (1) A foreign corporation may register its corporate name, or its corporate name with any change required by 35-2-826, if the name is distinguishable in the records of the secretary of state from:   (a) the corporate name of a nonprofit or business corporation incorporated or authorized to do business in this state; and   (b) a corporate name reserved under Title 35, chapter 1, or 35-2-306 or registered under this section.   (2) A foreign corporation shall register its corporate name, or its corporate name with any change required by 35-2-826, by delivering to the secretary of state, for filing, an application setting forth:   (a) its corporate name or its corporate name with any change required by 35-2-826, the state, tribe, or country, the date of its incorporation, and a brief description of the nature of the activities in which it is engaged; and   (b) a statement that the foreign corporation has complied with the organizational laws in the jurisdiction in which it is organized and that the foreign corporation exists in that jurisdiction.   (3) The name is registered for the applicant's exclusive use on the effective date of the application.   (4) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may renew it for successive years by delivering to the secretary of state, for filing, a renewal application that complies with the requirements of subsection (2). The renewal application must be delivered between October 1 and December 31 of the preceding year. The renewal application renews the registration for the following calendar year.   (5) A foreign corporation whose registration is effective may continue to qualify as a foreign corporation under that name or consent in writing to the use of that name by a corporation later incorporated under this chapter or by another foreign corporation later authorized to transact business in this state. The registration terminates when the foreign corporation is incorporated as a domestic corporation or the foreign corporation qualifies or consents to the qualification of another foreign corporation under the registered name.   History: En. Sec. 33, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 42, L. 2015; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 280, L. 2015.
MT Code § 35-2-308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 3. Corporate Name, Registered Office and Agent, and Service of Process|35-2-308. reserved

  35-2-308 reserved.
MT Code § 35-2-309 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 3. Corporate Name, Registered Office and Agent, and Service of Process|35-2-309. Repealed

  35-2-309. Repealed. Secs. 68, 70, Ch. 240, L. 2007.   History: En. Sec. 34, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 229, L. 1999.
MT Code § 35-2-310 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 3. Corporate Name, Registered Office and Agent, and Service of Process|35-2-310. Repealed

  35-2-310. Repealed. Secs. 68, 70, Ch. 240, L. 2007.   History: En. Sec. 35, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 75, L. 2003.
MT Code § 35-2-311 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 3. Corporate Name, Registered Office and Agent, and Service of Process|35-2-311. Repealed

  35-2-311. Repealed. Secs. 68, 70, Ch. 240, L. 2007.   History: En. Sec. 36, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-312 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 3. Corporate Name, Registered Office and Agent, and Service of Process|35-2-312. and 35-2-313 reserved

  35-2-312 and 35-2-313 reserved.
MT Code § 35-2-314 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 3. Corporate Name, Registered Office and Agent, and Service of Process|35-2-314. Repealed

  35-2-314. Repealed. Secs. 68, 70, Ch. 240, L. 2007.   History: En. Sec. 37, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-315 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 3. Corporate Name, Registered Office and Agent, and Service of Process|35-2-315. Repealed

  35-2-315. Repealed. Secs. 68, 70, Ch. 240, L. 2007.   History: En. Sec. 38, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-401. Repealed

  35-2-401. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2317.
MT Code § 35-2-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-402. Repealed

  35-2-402. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 18, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2318.
MT Code § 35-2-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-403. Repealed

  35-2-403. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 22, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2322.
MT Code § 35-2-404 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-404. Repealed

  35-2-404. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 20, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2320.
MT Code § 35-2-405 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-405. Repealed

  35-2-405. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 91, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2391(part).
MT Code § 35-2-406 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-406. Repealed

  35-2-406. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 93, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2393(part).
MT Code § 35-2-407 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-407. Repealed

  35-2-407. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 21, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2321.
MT Code § 35-2-408 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-408. Repealed

  35-2-408. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 19, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2319.
MT Code § 35-2-409 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-409. Repealed

  35-2-409. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 23, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2323.
MT Code § 35-2-410 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-410. Repealed

  35-2-410. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2324.
MT Code § 35-2-411 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-411. Repealed

  35-2-411. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2311(part).
MT Code § 35-2-412 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-412. Repealed

  35-2-412. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 27, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2327.
MT Code § 35-2-413 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-413. Repealed

  35-2-413. Repealed. Sec. 174, Ch. 411, L. 1991.   History: En. Sec. 86, Ch. 198, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2386.
MT Code § 35-2-414 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-414. Requirement for and duties of board

  35-2-414. Requirement for and duties of board. (1) Each corporation must have a board of directors.   (2) Except as provided in this chapter or subsection (3), all corporate powers are exercised by or under the authority of the board, and the affairs of the corporation managed under the direction of its board.   (3) The articles may authorize a person or persons to exercise some or all of the powers that would otherwise be exercised by a board. To the extent authorized, a person authorized under this subsection has the duties and responsibilities of the directors and the directors must be relieved from the duties and responsibilities to that extent.   History: En. Sec. 75, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-415 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-415. Qualifications and numbers of directors

  35-2-415. Qualifications and numbers of directors. (1) All directors must be individuals. The articles or bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors.   (2) A board of directors must consist of three or more individuals, with the number specified in or fixed in accordance with the articles or bylaws.   (3) The number of directors may be increased or decreased, but to not fewer than three, from time to time by amendment to or in the manner prescribed in the articles or bylaws.   History: En. Sec. 76, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-416 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-416. General standards for directors

  35-2-416. General standards for directors. (1) A director shall discharge the duties as a director, including the director's duties as a member of a committee:   (a) in good faith;   (b) with the care an ordinarily prudent person in a similar position would exercise under similar circumstances; and   (c) in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation.   (2) In discharging the duties, a director is entitled to rely on information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by:   (a) one or more officers or employees of the corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented;   (b) attorneys, public accountants, or other persons with regard to matters that the director reasonably believes are within the person's professional or expert competence;   (c) a committee of the board of which the director is not a member, as to matters within its jurisdiction, if the director reasonably believes the committee merits confidence; or   (d) in the case of religious corporations, religious authorities, ministers, priests, rabbis, or other persons whose position or duties in the religious organization the director believes justify reliance and confidence and whom the director believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented.   (3) A director is not acting in good faith if the director has knowledge concerning the matter in question that makes reliance otherwise permitted by subsection (2) unwarranted.   (4) A director is not liable to the corporation, any member, or any other person for any action taken or not taken as a director if the director acted in compliance with this section.   (5) A director may not be a trustee with respect to the corporation or with respect to any property held or administered by the corporation, including but not limited to property that may be subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or transferor of the property.   (6) This chapter does not modify any limitation of liability of directors provided by Title 27.   History: En. Sec. 91, Ch. 411, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1279, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 35-2-417 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-417. Election, designation and appointment of directors

  35-2-417. Election, designation and appointment of directors. (1) If the corporation has members, all the directors except the initial directors must be elected at the first annual meeting of members and at each annual meeting thereafter unless the articles or bylaws provide some other time or method of election or provide that some of the directors are appointed by some other person or are designated.   (2) If the corporation does not have members, all the directors except the initial directors must be elected, appointed, or designated as provided in the articles or bylaws. If a method of designation or appointment is not set forth in the articles or bylaws, the directors, other than the initial directors, must be elected by the board.   History: En. Sec. 77, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-419 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-419. Terms of directors generally -- staggered terms

  35-2-419. Terms of directors generally -- staggered terms. (1) The articles or bylaws must specify the terms of directors. Except for designated or appointed directors, the terms of directors may not exceed 5 years. In the absence of any term specified in the articles or bylaws, the term of each director is 1 year. Directors may be elected for successive terms.   (2) A decrease in the number of directors or term of office does not shorten an incumbent director's term.   (3) Except as provided in the articles or bylaws:   (a) the term of a director filling a vacancy in the office of a director elected by members expires at the next election of directors by members; and   (b) the term of a director filling any other vacancy expires at the end of the unexpired term that the director is filling.   (4) Despite the expiration of a director's term, the director continues to serve until the director's successor is elected, designated, or appointed and qualifies or until there is a decrease in the number of directors.   (5) The articles or bylaws may provide for staggering the terms of directors by dividing the total number of directors into groups. The terms of office of the groups need not be uniform.   History: En. Sec. 78, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-420 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-420. Resignation of directors

  35-2-420. Resignation of directors. (1) A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its presiding officer, the president, or the secretary.   (2) A resignation is effective when the notice is effective unless the notice specifies a later effective date. If a resignation is made effective at a later date, the board may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the board provides that the successor does not take office until the effective date.   History: En. Sec. 79, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-421 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-421. Removal of directors elected by members or directors

  35-2-421. Removal of directors elected by members or directors. (1) The members may remove one or more directors elected by them without cause.   (2) If a director is elected by a class, chapter, or other organizational unit or by region or other geographic grouping, the director may be removed only by the members of that class, chapter, unit, or grouping.   (3) Except as provided in subsection (9), a director may be removed under subsection (1) or (2) only if the number of votes cast to remove the director would be sufficient to elect the director at a meeting to elect directors.   (4) If cumulative voting is authorized, a director may not be removed:   (a) if the number of votes sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director's removal; or   (b) if the director was elected by a class, chapter, unit, or grouping of members and the number of votes of that class, chapter, unit, or grouping of members sufficient to elect the director under cumulative voting is voted against the director's removal.   (5) A director elected by members may be removed by the members only at a meeting called for the purpose of removing the director. The meeting notice must state that the purpose or one of the purposes of the meeting is removal of the director.   (6) In computing whether a director is protected from removal under subsections (2) through (4), it should be assumed that the votes against removal are cast in an election for the number of directors of the class to which the director to be removed belonged on the date of that director's election.   (7) An entire board of directors may be removed under subsections (1) through (5).   (8) A director elected by the board may be removed without cause by the vote of two-thirds of the directors then in office or by a greater number as is set forth in the articles or bylaws. However, a director elected by the board to fill the vacancy of a director elected by the members may be removed without cause by the members, but not the board.   (9) If, at the beginning of a director's term on the board, the articles or bylaws provide that the director may be removed for missing a specified number of board meetings, the board may remove the director for failing to attend the specified number of meetings. The director may be removed only if a majority of the directors then in office vote for the removal.   (10) The articles or bylaws of a religious corporation may:   (a) limit the application of this section; and   (b) set forth the vote and procedures by which the board or any person may remove with or without cause a director elected by the members of the board.   History: En. Sec. 80, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
MT Code § 35-2-422 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations|Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations|Part 4. Directors and Officers -- Indemnification|35-2-422. Removal of designated or appointed directors

  35-2-422. Removal of designated or appointed directors. (1) A designated director may be removed by an amendment to the articles or bylaws deleting or changing the designation.   (2) Except as otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, an appointed director may be removed without cause by the person appointing the director. The person removing the director shall do so by giving written notice of the removal to the director and either the presiding officer of the board or the corporation's president or secretary. The removal of an appointed director is effective when the notice is effective unless the notice specifies a future effective date.   History: En. Sec. 81, Ch. 411, L. 1991.