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NE Code § 21-204 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-204 - Forms.

21-204.  Forms.(MBCA 1.21) (a) The Secretary of State may prescribe and furnish on request forms for (1) an application for a certificate of existence, (2) a foreign corporation's application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, and (3) a foreign corporation's application for a certificate of withdrawal. If the Secretary of State so requires, use of these forms is mandatory.(b) The Secretary of State may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act but their use is not mandatory.Source Laws 2014, LB749, § 4.
NE Code § 21-205 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-205 - Filing, service, and copying fees.

21-205.  Filing, service, and copying fees.(MBCA 1.22) (a) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees when the documents described in this subsection are delivered to the Secretary of State for filing:(1) Articles of incorporation, articles of domestication, or articles of domestication and conversion:(i) If the filing is submitted in writing, the fee shall be $110; and(ii) If the filing is submitted electronically pursuant to section 84-511, the fee shall be $100;(2) Articles of incorporation or articles of domestication if filed by an insurer holding a certificate of authority issued by the Director of Insurance, the fee shall be $300;(3) Agent's statement of change of registered office for each affected corporation...$30 not to exceed a total of...$1,000;(4) Agent's statement of resignation...No fee;(5) Certificate of administrative dissolution...No fee;(6) Application for reinstatement more than five years after the effective date of an administrative dissolution or administrative revocation...$500;(7) Certificate of reinstatement...No fee;(8) Certificate of judicial dissolution...No fee;(9) Application for certificate of authority:(i) If the filing is submitted in writing, the fee shall be $110; and(ii) If the filing is submitted electronically pursuant to section 84-511, the fee shall be $100;(10) Certificate of revocation of authority to transact business...No fee;(11)(i) Professional certificate submitted pursuant to section 21-2216:(A) If the professional certificate is submitted, the fee shall be $30; and(B) If electronic verification is submitted in lieu of the professional certificate, the fee shall be $55; and(ii) Such professional certificate submitted pursuant to section 84-511:(A) If the professional certificate is submitted, the fee shall be $25; and(B) If electronic verification is submitted in lieu of the professional certificate, the fee shall be $50; and(12) Any other document required or permitted to be filed by the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act:(i) If the filing is submitted in writing, the fee shall be $30; and(ii) If the filing is submitted electronically pursuant to section 84-511, the fee shall be $25;(b) The Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of any filed document relating to a domestic or foreign corporation:(1) One dollar per page for copying; and(2) Ten dollars for the certificate.(c) All fees set forth in this section shall be collected by the Secretary of State and remitted to the State Treasurer and credited sixty percent to the General Fund and forty percent to the Secretary of State Cash Fund.Source  Laws 2014, LB749, § 5;  Laws 2015, LB279, § 3;  Laws 2020, LB910, § 5.   Operative Date: July 1, 2021
NE Code § 21-206 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-206 - Effective time and date of document.

21-206.  Effective time and date of document.(MBCA 1.23) (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and subsection (c) of section 21-207, 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 ninetieth day after the date it is filed.Source Laws 2014, LB749, § 6.
NE Code § 21-207 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-207 - Correcting filed document.

21-207.  Correcting filed document.(MBCA 1.24) (a) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed with the Secretary of State if (1) the document contains an inaccuracy, or (2) the document was defectively signed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged, or (3) the electronic transmission was defective.(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;(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 Laws 2014, LB749, § 7.
NE Code § 21-208 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-208 - Filing duty of Secretary of State.

21-208.  Filing duty of Secretary of State.(MBCA 1.25) (a) If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of section 21-203, the Secretary of State shall file it.(b) The Secretary of State files a document by recording it as filed on the date and at the time of receipt. After filing a document, except as provided in sections 21-235 and 21-2,211, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date and time 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 five days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for refusal.(d) The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The Secretary of State'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.Source Laws 2014, LB749, § 8.
NE Code § 21-209 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-209 - Appeal from Secretary of State's refusal to file document.

21-209.  Appeal from Secretary of State's refusal to file document.(MBCA 1.26) (a) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document delivered for filing, the domestic or foreign corporation may appeal the refusal within thirty days after the return of the document to the district court of Lancaster County. 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 Laws 2014, LB749, § 9.
NE Code § 21-210 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-210 - Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.

21-210.  Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.(MBCA 1.27) A certificate from the Secretary of State delivered with a copy of a document filed by the Secretary of State, is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the Secretary of State.Source Laws 2014, LB749, § 10.
NE Code § 21-211 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-211 - Certificate of existence.

21-211.  Certificate of existence.(MBCA 1.28) (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, the date of its incorporation, and the period of its duration if less than perpetual; 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 biennial report required by section 21-2,228 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 Laws 2014, LB749, § 11.
NE Code § 21-212 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-212 - Penalty for signing false document.

21-212.  Penalty for signing false document.(MBCA 1.29) (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 Class I misdemeanor.Source Laws 2014, LB749, § 12.
NE Code § 21-213 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-213 - Powers.

21-213.  Powers.(MBCA 1.30) The Secretary of State has the power reasonably necessary to perform the duties required of the Secretary of State by the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act.Source Laws 2014, LB749, § 13.
NE Code § 21-216 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-216 - Number of shareholders.

21-216.  Number of shareholders.(MBCA 1.42) (a) For purposes of the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act, 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, limited liability company, trust, estate, or other entity; or(3) The trustees, guardians, custodians, or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate, or account.(b) For purposes of the act, shareholdings registered in substantially similar names constitute one shareholder if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person.Source  Laws 2014, LB749, § 16;  Laws 2016, LB794, § 3.
NE Code § 21-217 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-217 - Qualified director.

21-217.  Qualified director.(MBCA 1.43) (a) A qualified director is a director who, at the time action is to be taken under:(1) Section 21-279, 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) Section 21-2,113 or 21-2,115, (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 section 21-2,124, which transaction or disclaimer is challenged in the proceeding, and (iii) does not have a material relationship with a director described in either subdivision (a)(2)(i) or (ii) of this section;(3) Section 21-2,122, 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;(4) Section 21-2,124, would be a qualified director under subdivision (a)(3) of this section if the business opportunity were a director's conflicting interest transaction; or(5) Subdivision (b)(6) of section 21-220, is not a director (i) to whom the limitation or elimination of the duty of an officer to offer potential business opportunities to the corporation would apply or (ii) who has a material relationship with another officer to whom the limitation or elimination would apply.(b) For purposes of this section:(1) Material relationship means a 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 section 21-279, status as a named defendant, as a director against whom action is demanded, or as a director who approved the conduct being challenged.Source  Laws 2014, LB749, § 17;  Laws 2017, LB35, § 3.
NE Code § 21-218 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-218 - Householding.

21-218.  Householding.(MBCA 1.44) (a) A corporation has delivered written notice or any other report or statement under the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act, 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 as a group, 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 thirty days after delivery of the written notice of revocation.(b) Any shareholder who fails to object by written notice to the corporation, within sixty 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) of this section, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single copy at the common address.Source Laws 2014, LB749, § 18.
NE Code § 21-218.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-218.01 - Definitions.

21-218.01.  Definitions.(MBCA 1.45) In sections 21-218.01 to 21-218.08:(1) Corporate action means any action taken by or on behalf of the corporation, including any action taken by the incorporator, the board of directors, a committee of the board of directors, an officer or agent of the corporation, or the shareholders.(2) Date of the defective corporate action means the date, or the approximate date, if the exact date is unknown, the defective corporate action was purported to have been taken.(3) Defective corporate action means (i) any corporate action purportedly taken that is, and at the time such corporate action was purportedly taken would have been, within the power of the corporation, but is void or voidable due to a failure of authorization, and (ii) an overissue.(4) Failure of authorization means the failure to authorize, approve, or otherwise effect a corporate action in compliance with the provisions of the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act, the articles of incorporation or bylaws, a corporate resolution or any plan or agreement to which the corporation is a party, if and to the extent such failure would render such corporate action void or voidable.(5) Overissue means the purported issuance of:(i) Shares of a class or series in excess of the number of shares of a class or series the corporation has the power to issue under section 21-237 at the time of such issuance; or(ii) Shares of any class or series that is not then authorized for issuance by the articles of incorporation.(6) Putative shares means the shares of any class or series, including shares issued upon exercise of rights, options, warrants, or other securities convertible into shares of the corporation, or interests with respect to such shares, that were created or issued as a result of a defective corporate action, that (i) but for any failure of authorization would constitute valid shares, or (ii) cannot be determined by the board of directors to be valid shares.(7) Valid shares means the shares of any class or series that have been duly authorized and validly issued in accordance with the act, including as a result of ratification or validation under sections 21-218.01 to 21-218.08.(8) Validation effective time with respect to any defective corporate action ratified under sections 21-218.01 to 21-218.08 means the later of:(i) The time at which the ratification of the defective corporate action is approved by the shareholders, or if approval of shareholders is not required, the time at which the notice required by section 21-218.05 becomes effective in accordance with section 21-215; and(ii) The time at which any articles of validation filed in accordance with section 21-218.07 become effective.The validation effective time shall not be affected by the filing or pendency of a judicial proceeding under section 21-218.08 or otherwise, unless otherwise ordered by the court.Source  Laws 2020, LB808, § 3.   Operative Date: July 1, 2021
NE Code § 21-218.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-218.02 - Defective corporate actions.

21-218.02.  Defective corporate actions.(MBCA 1.46) (a) A defective corporate action shall not be void or voidable if ratified in accordance with section 21-218.03 or validated in accordance with section 21-218.08.(b) Ratification under section 21-218.03 or validation under section 21-218.08 shall not be deemed to be the exclusive means of ratifying or validating any defective corporate action, and the absence or failure of ratification in accordance with sections 21-218.01 to 21-218.08 shall not, of itself, affect the validity or effectiveness of any corporate action properly ratified under common law or otherwise, nor shall it create a presumption that any such corporate action is or was a defective corporate action or void or voidable.(c) In the case of an overissue, putative shares shall be valid shares effective as of the date originally issued or purportedly issued upon:(1) The effectiveness under sections 21-218.01 to 21-218.08 and under sections 21-2,150 to 21-2,160 of an amendment to the articles of incorporation authorizing, designating, or creating such shares; or(2) The effectiveness of any other corporate action under sections 21-218.01 to 21-218.08 ratifying the authorization, designation, or creation of such shares.Source  Laws 2020, LB808, § 4.   Operative Date: July 1, 2021
NE Code § 21-218.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 21 - Corporations and Other Companies|21-218.03 - Ratification of defective corporate actions.

21-218.03.  Ratification of defective corporate actions.(MBCA 1.47) (a) To ratify a defective corporate action under this section, other than the ratification of an election of the initial board of directors under subsection (b) of this section, the board of directors shall take action ratifying the action in accordance with section 21-218.04, stating:(1) The defective corporate action to be ratified and, if the defective corporate action involved the issuance of putative shares, the number and type of putative shares purportedly issued;(2) The date of the defective corporate action;(3) The nature of the failure of authorization with respect to the defective corporate action to be ratified; and(4) That the board of directors approves the ratification of the defective corporate action.(b) In the event that a defective corporate action to be ratified relates to the election of the initial board of directors of the corporation under subdivision (a)(2) of section 21-223, a majority of the persons who, at the time of the ratification, are exercising the powers of directors may take an action stating:(1) The name of the person or persons who first took action in the name of the corporation as the initial board of directors of the corporation;(2) The earlier of the date on which such persons first took such action or were purported to have been elected as the initial board of directors; and(3) That the ratification of the election of such person or persons as the initial board of directors is approved.(c) If any provision of the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act, the articles of incorporation or bylaws, any corporate resolution, or any plan or agreement to which the corporation is a party in effect at the time action under subsection (a) of this section is taken requires shareholder approval or would have required shareholder approval at the date of the occurrence of the defective corporate action, the ratification of the defective corporate action approved in the action taken by the directors under subsection (a) of this section shall be submitted to the shareholders for approval in accordance with section 21-218.04.(d) Unless otherwise provided in the action taken by the board of directors under subsection (a) of this section, after the action by the board of directors has been taken and, if required, approved by the shareholders, the board of directors may abandon the ratification at any time before the validation effective time without further action of the shareholders.Source  Laws 2020, LB808, § 5.   Operative Date: July 1, 2021