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NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.23 - Effective Time and Date of Document.

    293-A:1.23 Effective Time and Date of Document. –||(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) and RSA 293-A:1.24(c), a document accepted for filing is effective:||(1) At the date and time of filing, as evidenced by such means as the secretary of state may use for the purpose of recording the date and time of filing; or||(2) at the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.||(b) A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the 90th day after the date it is filed.||(c) A document filed electronically shall be effective upon the date and time of acceptance by the secretary of state corporate database and application or as specified pursuant to subparagraph (b).|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.24 - Correcting Filed Document.

    293-A:1.24 Correcting Filed Document. –||(a) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed with the secretary of state within one year of filing, if:||(1) the document contains an inaccuracy; or||(2) the document was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.||(b) A document is corrected:||(1) by preparing articles of correction that:||(i) describe the document (including its filing date) or attach a copy of it to the articles; and||(ii) specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected; and||(iii) correct the inaccuracy or defect; and||(2) by delivering the articles to the secretary of state for filing.||(c) Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.25 - Filing Duty of Secretary of State.

    293-A:1.25 Filing Duty of Secretary of State. –||(a) If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of RSA 293-A:1.20, the secretary of state shall file it.||(b) The secretary of state files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing "Filed", together with his or her name and official title and the date of receipt on the filed document. After filing a document, except as provided in RSA 293-A:5.03 and RSA 293-A:15.09, the secretary of state shall deliver to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgement of the date of filing.||(c) If the secretary of state refuses to file a document, it shall be returned to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within 30 days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.||(d) The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The secretary's filing or refusing to file a document does not:||(1) affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part;||(2) relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or||(3) create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.||(e) The secretary of state and those acting on his or her behalf shall incur no liability, either personally or on behalf of the state of New Hampshire, as a result of defects or inconsistencies in the documents recorded by them under RSA 292, RSA 293-A, RSA 293-B, RSA 294-A, RSA 301, RSA 301-A, RSA 304-A, RSA 304-B, RSA 304-C, RSA 305-A, or RSA 349 or as a result of negligent acts or omissions in the handling and recording of those documents.||(f) If, at any time, the secretary of state or any of those acting on his or her behalf determines that any document recorded by them under RSA 292, RSA 293-A, RSA 293-B, RSA 294-A, RSA 301, RSA 301-A, RSA 304-A, RSA 304-B, RSA 304-C, RSA 305-A, or RSA 349 contains defects or inconsistencies, the secretary of state shall notify the filer of said document, in writing, of any defects and inconsistencies.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.26 - Appeal From Secretary of State's Refusal to File Document.

    293-A:1.26 Appeal From Secretary of State's Refusal to File Document. –||(a) If the secretary of state refuses to file a document delivered for filing, the domestic or foreign corporation may appeal the refusal within 30 days after the return of the document to the superior court of the county where the corporation's principal office (or, if none in this state, its registered office) is or will be located. The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing the document and by attaching to the petition the document and the secretary of state's explanation of his or her refusal to file.||(b) The court may summarily order the secretary of state to file the document or take other action the court considers appropriate.||(c) The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.27 - Evidentiary Effect of Copy of Filed Document.

    293-A:1.27 Evidentiary Effect of Copy of Filed Document. –||A certificate from the secretary of state delivered attached or affixed to a copy of a document filed by the secretary of state, bearing his or her signature and the seal of this state (both of which may be in facsimile) is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the secretary of state.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.28 - Certificate of Existence.

    293-A:1.28 Certificate of Existence. –||(a) Anyone may apply to the secretary of state to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authorization for a foreign corporation.||(b) A certificate of existence or authorization sets forth:||(1) the domestic corporation's corporate name or the foreign corporation's corporate name used in this state;||(2) that:||(i) the domestic corporation is duly incorporated under the law of this state and the date of its incorporation; or||(ii) that the foreign corporation is authorized to transact business in this state;||(3) that all fees, taxes, and penalties owed to this state have been paid, if:||(i) payment is reflected in the records of the secretary of state; and||(ii) nonpayment affects the existence or authorization of the domestic or foreign corporation;||(4) that its most recent annual report has been filed with the secretary of state;||(5) that articles of dissolution have not been filed; and||(6) other facts of record in the office of the secretary of state that may be requested by the applicant.||(c) Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate of existence or authorization issued by the secretary of state may be relied upon as conclusive evidence that the domestic or foreign corporation is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.29 - Penalty for Signing False Document.

    293-A:1.29 Penalty for Signing False Document. –||(a) A person commits an offense by signing a document that the person knows is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the secretary of state for filing.||(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.30 - Powers.

    293-A:1.30 Powers. –||The secretary of state has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of the secretary of state by this chapter.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.31 - to 293-A:1.34 Repealed.

    293-A:1.31 to 293-A:1.34 Repealed. –|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.35 - Assessment and Collection of Annual Fees.

    293-A:1.35 Assessment and Collection of Annual Fees. –||It shall be the duty of the secretary of state to collect all filing fees and penalties imposed by, or assessed in accordance with, this chapter.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.36 - Penalties Imposed.

    293-A:1.36 Penalties Imposed. –||Each corporation, domestic or foreign, that fails or refuses to file its annual report or to pay all associated fees related thereto, or both, for any year on or before April 1 shall be subject to an additional fee as set out in RSA 293-A:1.22(a)(17).|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.37 - Administration.

    293-A:1.37 Administration. –||(a) [Repealed.]||(b) The state treasurer shall pay the expenses of administering this chapter, RSA 382-A:9, and other information technology costs of the secretary of state out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated until the fees collected pursuant to RSA 293-A:1.22(a), RSA 382-A:9, and other information technology services have been received by him or her. Thereafter he or she shall pay the expenses of administering this chapter, RSA 382-A:9, and other information technology costs of the secretary of state out of the fees collected under RSA 293-A:1.22(a) and RSA 382-A:9-525 and shall reimburse the treasury for previous expenses paid by him or her. The governor is authorized to draw his warrant for the sums authorized by this section out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.||(c) Fees collected by the secretary of state pursuant to RSA 293-A:1.22(e) and RSA 382-A:9-525 shall be deposited in the same manner as fees collected pursuant to RSA 293-A:1.22(a) and shall be available to the secretary of state to administer the provisions of this chapter and RSA 382-A:9 in the same manner as provided in subsection (b) of this section.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.42 - Number of Shareholders.

    293-A:1.42 Number of Shareholders. –||(a) For purposes of this chapter, the following identified as a shareholder in a corporation's current record of shareholders constitutes one shareholder:||(1) three or fewer co-owners;||(2) a corporation, partnership, trust, estate, or other entity;||(3) the trustees, guardians, custodians, or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate, or account.||(b) For purposes of this chapter, shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.43 - Qualified Director.

    293-A:1.43 Qualified Director. –||(a) A "qualified director" is a director who, at the time action is to be taken under:||(1) RSA 293-A:7.44, does not have (i) a material interest in the outcome of the proceeding, or (ii) a material relationship with a person who has such an interest;||(2) RSA 293-A:8.53 or RSA 293-A:8.55, (i) is not a party to the proceeding, (ii) is not a director as to whom a transaction is a director's conflicting interest transaction or who sought a disclaimer of the corporation's interest in a business opportunity under RSA 293-A:8.70, which transaction or disclaimer is challenged in the proceeding, and (iii) does not have a material relationship with a director described in either clause (i) or clause (ii) of this subsection (a)(2);||(3) RSA 293-A:8.62, is not a director (i) as to whom the transaction is a director's conflicting interest transaction, or (ii) who has a material relationship with another director as to whom the transaction is a director's conflicting interest transaction; or||(4) RSA 293-A:8.70, would be a qualified director under subsection (a)(3) if the business opportunity were a director's conflicting interest transaction.||(b) For purposes of this section:||(1) "material relationship" familial, financial, professional, employment, or other relationship that would reasonably be expected to impair the objectivity of the director's judgment when participating in the action to be taken; and||(2) "material interest" means an actual or potential benefit or detriment (other than one which would devolve on the corporation or the shareholders generally) that would reasonably be expected to impair the objectivity of the director's judgment when participating in the action to be taken.||(c) The presence of one or more of the following circumstances shall not automatically prevent a director from being a qualified director:||(1) nomination or election of the director to the current board by any director who is not a qualified director with respect to the matter (or by any person that has a material relationship with that director), acting alone or participating with others;||(2) service as a director of another corporation of which a director who is not a qualified director with respect to the matter (or any individual who has a material relationship with that director), is or was also a director; or||(3) with respect to action to be taken under RSA 293-A:7.44, status as a named defendant, as a director against whom action is demanded, or as a director who approved the conduct being challenged.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:1.44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:1.44 - Householding.

    293-A:1.44 Householding. –||(a) A corporation has delivered written notice or any other report or statement under this chapter, the articles of incorporation or the bylaws to all shareholders who share a common address if:||(1) The corporation delivers one copy of the notice, report, or statement to the common address;||(2) The corporation addresses the notice, report, or statement to those shareholders either as a group or to each of those shareholders individually or to the shareholders in a form to which each of those shareholders has consented; and||(3) Each of those shareholders consents to delivery of a single copy of such notice, report, or statement to the shareholders' common address. Any such consent shall be revocable by any of such shareholders who deliver written notice of revocation to the corporation. If such written notice of revocation is delivered, the corporation shall begin providing individual notices, reports or other statements to the revoking shareholder no later than 30 days after delivery of the written notice of revocation.||(b) Any shareholder who fails to object by written notice to the corporation, within 60 days of written notice by the corporation of its intention to send single copies of notices, reports, or statements to shareholders who share a common address as permitted by subsection (a), shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single copy at the common address.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:2.01 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:2.01 - Incorporators.

    293-A:2.01 Incorporators. –||One or more persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by delivering articles of incorporation to the secretary of state for filing.|||Source. 2013, 142:1. 2015, 273:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:2.02 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:2.02 - Articles of Incorporation.

    293-A:2.02 Articles of Incorporation. –||(a) The articles of incorporation must set forth:||(1) a corporate name for the corporation that satisfies the requirements of RSA 293-A:4.01;||(2) the number of shares the corporation is authorized to issue;||(3) the street address of the corporation's initial registered office and the name of its initial registered agent at that office; and||(4) the name and address of each incorporator.||(b) The articles of incorporation may set forth:||(1) the names and addresses of the individuals who are to serve as the initial directors;||(2) provisions not inconsistent with law regarding:||(i) the purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized;||(ii) managing the business and regulating the affairs of the corporation;||(iii) defining, limiting, and regulating the powers of the corporation, its board of directors, and shareholders;||(iv) a par value for authorized shares or classes of shares;||(v) the imposition of personal liability on shareholders for the debts of the corporation to a specified extent and upon specified conditions;||(3) any provision that under this chapter is required or permitted to be set forth in the bylaws;||(4) a provision eliminating or limiting the liability of a director, an officer, or both, to the corporation or its shareholders for money damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director or an officer, except liability for(A) the amount of a financial benefit received by a director or an officer to which the director or officer is not entitled; (B) an intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or the shareholders; (C) a violation of RSA 293-A:8.33; or (D) an intentional violation of criminal law; and||(5) a provision permitting or making obligatory indemnification of a director for liability (as defined in RSA 293-A:8.50(a)(3)) to any person for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, as a director, except liability for (A) receipt of a financial benefit to which the director is not entitled, (B) an intentional infliction of harm on the corporation or its shareholders, (C) a violation of RSA 293-A:8.33, or (D) an intentional violation of criminal law.||(c) The articles of incorporation need not set forth any of the corporate powers enumerated in this chapter.||(d) Provisions of the articles of incorporation may be made dependent upon facts objectively ascertainable outside the articles of incorporation in accordance with RSA 293-A:1.20(j).|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:2.03 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:2.03 - Incorporation.

    293-A:2.03 Incorporation. –||(a) Unless an effective time or delayed effective time and date are specified in accordance with RSA 293-A:1.23, the corporate existence begins when the articles of incorporation are filed.||(b) The secretary of state's filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof that the incorporators satisfied all conditions precedent to incorporation except in a proceeding by the state to cancel or revoke the incorporation or involuntarily dissolve the corporation.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:2.04 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:2.04 - Liability for Preincorporation Transactions.

    293-A:2.04 Liability for Preincorporation Transactions. –||All persons purporting to act as or on behalf of a corporation, knowing there was no incorporation under this chapter, are jointly and severally liable for all liabilities created while so acting.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 293-A:2.05 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXVII - Corporations, Associations, and Proprietors of Common Lands|Title 293-A - New Hampshire Business Corporation Act|Section 293-A:2.05 - Organization of Corporation.

    293-A:2.05 Organization of Corporation. –||(a) After incorporation:||(1) if initial directors are named in the articles of incorporation, the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the directors, to complete the organization of the corporation by appointing officers, adopting bylaws, and carrying on any other business brought before the meeting;||(2) if initial directors are not named in the articles, the incorporator or incorporators shall hold an organizational meeting at the call of a majority of the incorporators:||(i) to elect directors and complete the organization of the corporation; or||(ii) to elect a board of directors who shall complete the organization of the corporation.||(b) Action required or permitted by this chapter to be taken by incorporators at an organizational meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action taken is evidenced by one or more written consents describing the action taken and signed by each incorporator.||(c) An organizational meeting may be held in or out of this state.|||Source. 2013, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014.|