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WA Rev Code § 24.03.045 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.045 - Corporate name.

RCW 24.03.045 Corporate name. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)The corporate name must comply with the provisions of Article 3 of chapter 23.95 RCW.[ 2015 c 176 § 3103; 2004 c 265 § 7; 1998 c 102 § 3; 1994 c 211 § 1305; 1989 c 291 § 10; 1987 c 55 § 39; 1986 c 240 § 6; 1982 c 35 § 76; 1967 c 235 § 10.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.Effective date—1994 c 211: See note following RCW 18.04.025.Finding—Severability—1989 c 291: See notes following RCW 24.03.490.Intent—Severability—Effective dates—Application—1982 c 35: See notes following RCW 43.07.160.Corporate name of foreign corporation: RCW 24.03.315.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.046 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.046 - Reservation of exclusive right to use a corporate name.

RCW 24.03.046 Reservation of exclusive right to use a corporate name. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)A person may reserve the exclusive right to the use of a corporate name in accordance with RCW 23.95.310.[ 2015 c 176 § 3104; 1993 c 356 § 1; 1982 c 35 § 77.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.Effective date—1993 c 356: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect July 1, 1993." [ 1993 c 356 § 25.]Intent—Severability—Effective dates—Application—1982 c 35: See notes following RCW 43.07.160.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.047 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.047 - Registration of corporate name.

RCW 24.03.047 Registration of corporate name. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)Any corporation organized and existing under the laws of any state or territory of the United States may register its corporate name in accordance with RCW 23.95.315.[ 2015 c 176 § 3105; 1994 c 211 § 1306; 1993 c 356 § 2; 1987 c 55 § 40; 1986 c 240 § 7; 1982 c 35 § 78.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.Effective date—1994 c 211: See note following RCW 18.04.025.Effective date—1993 c 356: See note following RCW 24.03.046.Intent—Severability—Effective dates—Application—1982 c 35: See notes following RCW 43.07.160.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.048 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.048 - Renewal of registration of corporate name.

RCW 24.03.048 Renewal of registration of corporate name. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)A corporation which has in effect a registration of its corporate name may renew such registration in accordance with RCW 23.95.315.[ 2015 c 176 § 3106; 1986 c 240 § 8; 1982 c 35 § 79.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.Intent—Severability—Effective dates—Application—1982 c 35: See notes following RCW 43.07.160.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.050 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.050 - Registered agent.

RCW 24.03.050 Registered agent. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)Each corporation shall have and continuously maintain in this state a registered agent in accordance with Article 4 of chapter 23.95 RCW.[ 2015 c 176 § 3107; 2009 c 202 § 1; 2004 c 265 § 8; 1986 c 240 § 9; 1982 c 35 § 80; 1969 ex.s. c 163 § 1; 1967 c 235 § 11.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.Intent—Severability—Effective dates—Application—1982 c 35: See notes following RCW 43.07.160.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.055 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.055 - Change of registered agent.

RCW 24.03.055 Change of registered agent. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)A corporation may change its registered agent by filing in the office of the secretary of state a statement of change in accordance with RCW 23.95.430.Any registered agent of a corporation may resign as such agent upon filing a notice thereof, in the form of a record, with the secretary of state in accordance with RCW 23.95.445.A registered agent may change its information on file with the secretary of state in accordance with RCW 23.95.435 or 23.95.440.[ 2015 c 176 § 3108; 2004 c 265 § 9; 1993 c 356 § 3; 1986 c 240 § 10; 1982 c 35 § 81; 1967 c 235 § 12.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.Effective date—1993 c 356: See note following RCW 24.03.046.Intent—Severability—Effective dates—Application—1982 c 35: See notes following RCW 43.07.160.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.060 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.060 - Service of process on corporation.

RCW 24.03.060 Service of process on corporation. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)Service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be made in accordance with RCW 23.95.450.[ 2015 c 176 § 3109; 1986 c 240 § 11; 1982 c 35 § 82; 1967 c 235 § 13.]NOTES:Effective date—Contingent effective date—2015 c 176: See note following RCW 23.95.100.Intent—Severability—Effective dates—Application—1982 c 35: See notes following RCW 43.07.160.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.065 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.065 - Members—Member committees.

RCW 24.03.065 Members—Member committees. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)(1) A corporation may have one or more classes of members or may have no members. If the corporation has one or more classes of members, the designation of the class or classes, the manner of election or appointment and the qualifications and rights of the members of each class must be set forth in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. Unless otherwise specified in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, an individual, domestic or foreign profit or nonprofit corporation, a general or limited partnership, an association or other entity may be a member of a corporation. If the corporation has no members, that fact must be set forth in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. A corporation may issue certificates evidencing membership therein.(2) A corporation may have one or more member committees. The creation, makeup, authority, and operating procedures of any member committee or committees must be addressed in the corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws.[ 2004 c 98 § 1; 1986 c 240 § 12; 1967 c 235 § 14.]
WA Rev Code § 24.03.070 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.070 - Bylaws.

RCW 24.03.070 Bylaws. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)The initial bylaws of a corporation shall be adopted by its board of directors. The power to alter, amend or repeal the bylaws or adopt new bylaws shall be vested in the board of directors unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of a corporation not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation. The board may adopt emergency bylaws in the manner provided by RCW 23B.02.070.[ 1991 c 72 § 43; 1986 c 240 § 13; 1967 c 235 § 15.]
WA Rev Code § 24.03.075 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.075 - Meetings of members and committees of members.

RCW 24.03.075 Meetings of members and committees of members. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)Meetings of members and committees of members may be held at such place, either within or without this state, as stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. In the absence of any such provision, all meetings must be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state.An annual meeting of the members must be held at the time stated in or fixed in accordance with the bylaws. Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time does not work a forfeiture or dissolution of the corporation.Special meetings of the members may be called by the president or by the board of directors. Special meetings of the members may also be called by other officers or persons or number or proportion of members as provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. In the absence of a provision fixing the number or proportion of members entitled to call a meeting, a special meeting of members may be called by members having one-twentieth of the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting.Except as otherwise restricted by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, members and any committee of members of the corporation may participate in a meeting by conference telephone or similar communications equipment so that all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation by that method constitutes presence in person at a meeting.[ 2004 c 98 § 2; 1986 c 240 § 14; 1967 c 235 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 24.03.080 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.080 - Notice of members' meetings.

RCW 24.03.080 Notice of members' meetings. (Effective until January 1, 2022.) (1) Notice, in the form of a record, in a tangible medium, or in an electronic transmission, stating the place, day, and hour of the annual meeting and, in case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than ten nor more than fifty days before the date of the meeting, by or at the direction of the president, or the secretary, or the officers or persons calling the meeting, to each member entitled to vote at such meeting. Notice of regular meetings other than annual shall be made by providing each member with the adopted schedule of regular meetings for the ensuing year at any time after the annual meeting and ten days prior to the next succeeding regular meeting and at any time when requested by a member or by such other notice as may be prescribed by the bylaws.(2) If notice is provided in a tangible medium, it may be transmitted by: Mail, private carrier, or personal delivery; telegraph or teletype; or telephone, wire, or wireless equipment that transmits a facsimile of the notice. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the member at his or her address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Other forms of notice in a tangible medium described in this subsection are effective when received.(3) If notice is provided in an electronic transmission, it must satisfy the requirements of RCW 24.03.009.[ 2004 c 265 § 10; 1969 ex.s. c 115 § 1; 1967 c 235 § 17.]NOTES:Waiver of notice: RCW 24.03.460.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.085 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.085 - Voting.

RCW 24.03.085 Voting. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)(1) The right of the members, or any class or classes of members, to vote may be limited, enlarged or denied to the extent specified in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. Unless so limited, enlarged or denied, each member, regardless of class, shall be entitled to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote of members.(2) A member may vote in person or, if so authorized by the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, may vote by mail, by electronic transmission, or by proxy in the form of a record executed by the member or a duly authorized attorney-in-fact. No proxy shall be valid after eleven months from the date of its execution, unless otherwise provided in the proxy.(3) If specifically permitted by the articles of incorporation or bylaws, whenever proposals or directors or officers are to be elected by members, the vote may be taken by mail or by electronic transmission if the name of each candidate and the text of each proposal to be voted upon are set forth in a record accompanying or contained in the notice of meeting. If the bylaws provide, an election may be conducted by electronic transmission if the corporation has designated an address, location, or system to which the ballot may be electronically transmitted and the ballot is electronically transmitted to the designated address, location, or system, in an executed electronically transmitted record. Members voting by mail or electronic transmission are present for all purposes of quorum, count of votes, and percentages of total voting power present.(4) The articles of incorporation or the bylaws may provide that in all elections for directors every member entitled to vote shall have the right to cumulate his [or her] vote and to give one candidate a number of votes equal to his [or her] vote multiplied by the number of directors to be elected, or by distributing such votes on the same principle among any number of such candidates.[ 2004 c 265 § 11; 1969 ex.s. c 115 § 2; 1967 c 235 § 18.]NOTES:Greater voting requirements: RCW 24.03.455.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.090 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.090 - Quorum.

RCW 24.03.090 Quorum. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)The bylaws may provide the number or percentage of members entitled to vote represented in person or by proxy, or the number or percentage of votes represented in person or by proxy, which shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of members. In the absence of any such provision, members holding one-tenth of the votes entitled to be cast represented in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum. The vote of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the members present or represented by proxy at a meeting at which a quorum is present, shall be necessary for the adoption of any matter voted upon by the members, unless a greater proportion is required by this chapter, the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.[ 1967 c 235 § 19.]NOTES:Greater voting requirements: RCW 24.03.455.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.095 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.095 - Board of directors.

RCW 24.03.095 Board of directors. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)The affairs of a corporation shall be managed by a board of directors. Directors need not be residents of this state or members of the corporation unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws so require. The articles of incorporation or the bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors.[ 1967 c 235 § 20.]
WA Rev Code § 24.03.100 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.100 - Number and election or appointment of directors.

RCW 24.03.100 Number and election or appointment of directors. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)The board of directors of a corporation shall consist of one or more individuals. The number of directors shall be fixed by or in the manner provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, except as to the number constituting the initial board of directors, which number shall be fixed by the articles of incorporation. The number of directors may be increased or decreased from time to time by amendment to or in the manner provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws, but a decrease shall not have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. In the absence of a bylaw providing for the number of directors, the number shall be the same as that provided for in the articles of incorporation. The names and addresses of the members of the first board of directors shall be stated in the articles of incorporation. Such persons shall hold office until the first annual election of directors or for such other period as may be specified in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. Thereafter, directors shall be elected or appointed in the manner and for the terms provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. Directors may be divided into classes and the terms of office and manner of election or appointment need not be uniform. Each director shall hold office for the term for which the director is elected or appointed and until the director's successor shall have been selected and qualified.[ 1986 c 240 § 15; 1967 c 235 § 21.]
WA Rev Code § 24.03.103 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.103 - Removal of directors.

RCW 24.03.103 Removal of directors. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)The bylaws or articles of incorporation may contain a procedure for removal of directors. If the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide for the election of any director or directors by members, then in the absence of any provision regarding removal of directors:(1) Any director elected by members may be removed, with or without cause, by two-thirds of the votes cast by members having voting rights with regard to the election of any director, represented in person or by proxy at a meeting of members at which a quorum is present;(2) In the case of a corporation having cumulative voting, if less than the entire board is to be removed, no one of the directors may be removed if the votes cast against that director's removal would be sufficient to elect that director if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire board of directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he or she is a part; and(3) Whenever the members of any class are entitled to elect one or more directors by the provisions of the articles of incorporation, the provisions of this section shall apply, in respect to the removal of a director or directors so elected, to the vote of the members of that class and not to the vote of the members as a whole.[ 1986 c 240 § 16.]
WA Rev Code § 24.03.1031 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.1031 - Judicial removal of directors.

RCW 24.03.1031 Judicial removal of directors. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)(1) The superior court of the county where a corporation's principal office, or, if none in this state, its registered office, is located may remove a director of the corporation from office in a proceeding commenced by the corporation if the court finds that (a) the director engaged in fraudulent or dishonest conduct with respect to the corporation, and (b) removal is in the best interest of the corporation.(2) The court that removes a director may bar the director from reelection for a period prescribed by the court.[ 1999 c 32 § 1.]
WA Rev Code § 24.03.105 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.105 - Vacancies.

RCW 24.03.105 Vacancies. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors and any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining board of directors even though less than a quorum is present unless the articles of incorporation or the bylaws provide that a vacancy or directorship so created shall be filled in some other manner, in which case such provision shall control. A director elected or appointed, as the case may be, to fill a vacancy shall be elected or appointed for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office.[ 2011 c 336 § 655; 1986 c 240 § 17; 1967 c 235 § 22.]
WA Rev Code § 24.03.110 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.110 - Quorum of directors.

RCW 24.03.110 Quorum of directors. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)A majority of the number of directors fixed by, or in the manner provided in the bylaws, or in the absence of a bylaw fixing or providing for the number of directors, then of the number fixed by or in the manner provided in the articles of incorporation, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws; but in no event shall a quorum consist of less than one-third of the number of directors so fixed or stated. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board of directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by this chapter, the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.[ 1986 c 240 § 18; 1967 c 235 § 23.]NOTES:Greater voting requirements: RCW 24.03.455.
WA Rev Code § 24.03.113 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 24 - Corporations and Associations (Nonprofit)|Chapter 24.03 - Washington Nonprofit Corporation Act.|24.03.113 - Assent presumed—Procedures for dissent or abstention.

RCW 24.03.113 Assent presumed—Procedures for dissent or abstention. (Effective until January 1, 2022.)A director of a corporation who is present at a meeting of its board of directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless the director's dissent or abstention shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless the director shall deliver his or her dissent or abstention to such action to the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof, or shall deliver such dissent or abstention to the secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting which dissent or abstention must be in the form of a record. Such right to dissent or abstain shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of such action.[ 2004 c 265 § 12; 1986 c 240 § 19.]