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NY Not for Profit Corp L § 201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 2 - Corporate Purposes and Powers 201 - Purposes.

§ 201. Purposes.  (a) A corporation, as defined in paragraph (a) of § 102 (Definitions), may  be  formed  under  this  chapter  as  a charitable corporation or a non-charitable corporation unless it  may  be  formed  under  any  other corporate  law  of this state, in which event it may not be formed under this chapter unless such other corporate law expressly so provides.  (b) A corporation formed under this chapter on or  after  July  first, two  thousand  fourteen  shall  either  be a charitable corporation or a non-charitable corporation. Any corporation formed for  both  charitable purposes  and  non-charitable  purposes  shall  be  deemed  a charitable corporation for purposes  of  this  chapter.  A  type  A  not-for-profit corporation  formed  prior to July first, two thousand fourteen shall be deemed a non-charitable corporation under this chapter.  Any  submission or filing by such corporation to any person or entity shall be deemed to have  been  submitted  or filed by a non-charitable corporation, and any reference in any such filing or submission referring to  the  status  of such  corporation  as a type A corporation shall be deemed to refer to a non-charitable corporation.  (c) A type B or C not-for-profit  corporation  formed  prior  to  July first,  two  thousand  fourteen shall be deemed a charitable corporation for all purposes under this chapter. Any submission or  filing  by  such corporation  to  any  person  or  entity  shall  be  deemed to have been submitted or filed by a charitable corporation, and any reference in any such filing or submission referring to the status of such corporation as a type B or type C corporation shall be deemed to refer to a  charitable corporation.  (d)  A  type  D not-for-profit corporation formed prior to July first, two  thousand  fourteen  for  charitable  purposes  shall  be  deemed  a charitable  corporation. Any submission or filing by such corporation to any person or entity shall be deemed to have been submitted or filed  by a  charitable  corporation,  and  any  reference  in  any such filing or submission referring to the status of  such  corporation  as  a  type  D corporation  shall  be  deemed to refer to a charitable corporation. Any other type D not-for-profit corporations formed prior to July first, two thousand fourteen shall be  deemed  a  non-charitable  corporation.  Any submission  or  filing by such corporation to any person or entity shall be  deemed  to  have  been  submitted  or  filed  by  a   non-charitable corporation,  and  any  reference  in  any  such  filing  or  submission referring to the status of such corporation  as  a  type  D  corporation shall be deemed to refer to a non-charitable corporation.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 203 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 2 - Corporate Purposes and Powers 203 - Defense of Ultra Vires.

§ 203. Defense of ultra vires.  (a)  No  act  of  a  corporation  and  no transfer of real or personal property to or by  a  corporation,  otherwise  lawful,  shall,  if  duly approved or authorized by a judge, court or administrative department or agency  as  required,  be  invalid  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  the corporation was without capacity or power to do such act or to  make  or receive  such  transfer,  but  such  lack  of  capacity  or power may be asserted:  (1) In an action by a member against the  corporation  to  enjoin  the doing  of  any act or the transfer of real or personal property by or to the corporation. If the  unauthorized  act  or  transfer  sought  to  be enjoined  is being, or is to be, performed or made under any contract to which the corporation is a party, the court may, if all of  the  parties to the contract are parties to the action and if it deems the same to be equitable, set aside and enjoin the performance of such contract, and in so  doing  may  allow  to the corporation or to the other parties to the contract, as the case may be, such compensation as may be equitable  for the loss or damage sustained by any of them from the action of the court in  setting  aside  and  enjoining  the  performance  of  such contract; provided that anticipated profits to be derived from the performance  of the  contract  shall  not  be  awarded  by the court as a loss or damage sustained.  (2) In an action by or in the right of the corporation  to  procure  a judgment in its favor against an incumbent or former officer or director of the corporation for loss or damage due to his unauthorized act.  (3)  In  an  action  or  special proceeding by the attorney-general to annul or dissolve the corporation or to enjoin it from the  carrying  on of unauthorized activities.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 2 - Corporate Purposes and Powers 204 - Limitation on Activities.

§ 204. Limitation on activities.Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  this  chapter or any other   general law, a corporation of any kind to  which  this  chapter  applies   shall  conduct  no  activities  for  pecuniary profit or financial gain,   whether or not in furtherance of its corporate purposes, except  to  the   extent  that  such  activity  supports  its other lawful activities then   being conducted.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 205 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 2 - Corporate Purposes and Powers 205 - Conveyance of Real Property to Members for Dwelling Houses.

§ 205. Conveyance of real property to members for dwelling houses.A  not-for-profit corporation, if its by-laws so provide, and pursuant   to the provisions thereof, and without leave of the court, may convey to   a member of the corporation a portion  of  its  real  property  for  the   erection  thereupon  of  a cottage or other dwelling-house with suitable   outbuildings. When so conveyed the title to such portion, together  with   the  buildings  thereon,  shall continue in such member and on his death   pass to his heirs or devisees, but  the  land  shall  not  be  alienable   except to the corporation or to a member thereof.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 302 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 3 - Corporate Name and Service of Process 302 - Corporate Name; Exceptions.

§ 302. Corporate name; exceptions.  (a) Any reference to a corporation in this section except as otherwise provided herein shall include both domestic and foreign corporations.  (b) The provisions of section 301 (Corporate name; general):  (1)  Shall  not  require any corporation, existing or authorized under any statute on the effective date of this chapter, to add to, modify  or otherwise change its corporate name.  (2)  Shall not prevent a corporation with which another corporation is merged, or which is formed by the consolidation of  one  or  more  other corporations from having the same name as any of such corporations if at the  time  such  other  corporation was authorized or existing under any statute of this state.  (3) Shall not prevent a  foreign  corporation  from  being  authorized under  a  name which is similar to the name of a corporation of any kind existing or authorized under any statute, if  the  department  of  state finds,  upon proof by affidavit or otherwise as it may determine, that a difference between such names  exists  in  the  terms  or  abbreviations indicating  corporate  character  or  otherwise,  that the applicant has conducted activities as a corporation under its said name for  not  less than  ten  consecutive  years  immediately  prior  to  the  date  of its application, that the activities to be conducted in this state  are  not the  same  or  similar  to  the  business or activities conducted by the corporation with whose name it may conflict and that the public  is  not likely  to  be confused or deceived, and if the applicant shall agree in its application for authority to use with its corporate  name,  in  this state,  to be placed immediately under or following such name, the words "a ..... (name of jurisdiction of incorporation) corporation".
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 304 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 3 - Corporate Name and Service of Process 304 - Statutory Designation of Secretary of State as Agent of Domestic Corporations Formed Under Article Four of This Chapter and Authorized Foreign Corporations for Service of Process.

§ 304. Statutory  designation of secretary of state as agent of domestic          corporations formed under article  four  of  this  chapter  and          authorized foreign corporations for service of process.  (a)  The  secretary  of  state  shall  be  the agent of every domestic corporation  formed  under  article  four  of  this  chapter  and  every authorized foreign corporation upon whom process against the corporation may be served.  (b)  Any  designation  by  a domestic corporation formed under article four of this chapter or foreign corporation of the secretary of state as such agent, which designation is in effect on the effective date of this chapter, shall continue. Every domestic corporation formed under article four of this chapter or foreign corporation, existing or  authorized  on the  effective  date  of  this  chapter,  which  has  not designated the secretary of state as such agent, shall be deemed to have done so.  (c) Any designation by a domestic  corporation  formed  under  article four  of  this chapter or foreign corporation of an agent other than the secretary of state which is in effect on  the  effective  date  of  this chapter shall continue in effect until changed or revoked as provided in this chapter.   * (d)  Any  designated  post-office  address to which the secretary of state shall mail a copy of process served upon him or her as agent of  a domestic  corporation  formed  under  article  four  of  this chapter or foreign corporation, shall continue until the filing  of  a  certificate under  this  chapter  directing  the  mailing to a different post-office address.   * NB Effective until January 1, 2023   * (d) Any designated post-office address to  which  the  secretary  of state  shall mail a copy of process served upon him or her as agent of a domestic corporation formed  under  article  four  of  this  chapter  or foreign corporation, shall continue until the filing of a certificate or other instrument under this chapter directing the mailing to a different post-office  address  and  any  designated  email  address  to which the secretary of state shall email a notice of the  fact  that  process  has been  electronically  served  upon  him  or  her  as agent of a domestic corporation or foreign corporation, shall continue until the filing of a certificate or other instrument under this chapter changing or  deleting the email address.   * NB Effective January 1, 2023
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 305 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 3 - Corporate Name and Service of Process 305 - Registered Agent for Service of Process.

§ 305. Registered agent for service of process.  (a)  Every  domestic corporation or authorized foreign corporation may designate a registered agent in this state  upon  whom  process  against such  corporation may be served. The agent shall be a natural person who is a resident of or has a business address in this state or  a  domestic corporation  or foreign corporation of any kind formed, or authorized to do business in this state, under this chapter or under any other statute of this state.  (b) Any such designation of a registered agent may be made, revoked or changed as provided in this chapter.  (c) A registered agent  may  resign  as  such  agent.  A  certificate, entitled  "Certificate of resignation of registered agent of ........... (name  of  designating   corporation)   under   section   305   of   the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law", shall be signed by him and delivered to the department of state. It shall set forth:  (1)   That   he  resigns  as  registered  agent  for  the  designating corporation.  (2) The date the certificate of incorporation or the  application  for authority  of the designating corporation was filed by the department of state.  (3) That he has sent a copy  of  the  certificate  of  resignation  by registered  mail  to  the  designating  corporation  at  the post-office address on file in the department of state specified for the mailing  of process  or if such address is the address of the registered agent, then to the office of the designating corporation in the jurisdiction of  its formation or incorporation.  (d)  The designation of a registered agent shall terminate thirty days after the filing  by  the  department  of  state  of  a  certificate  of resignation  or  a  certificate containing a revocation or change of the designation, whichever is filed earlier. A certificate designating a new registered agent may be delivered to the  department  of  state  by  the corporation within the thirty days or thereafter.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 306-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 3 - Corporate Name and Service of Process 306-A - Electronic Service of Process.

* § 306-a. Electronic service of process.The secretary shall advise any corporation subject to the laws of this   chapter  in prominent written form as follows: (a) electronic service of   process authorized by the provisions of  this  chapter  is  an  optional   program  at  no additional cost to the user; (b) any corporation subject   to the laws of this chapter will continue to receive service of  process   by mail unless such corporation notifies the secretary of an affirmative   choice  to  receive  service  of  process  by way of the program through   electronic means, in which case digital copies will be  made  accessible   but  paper  documents  will  not  be  mailed; and (c) such choice may be   reversed by the corporation at any time and, thereafter, service by mail   will resume.* NB Effective January 1, 2023
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 308 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 3 - Corporate Name and Service of Process 308 - Records and Certificates of Department of State.

§ 308. Records and certificates of department of state.The  department  of  state  shall keep a record of each process served   upon the secretary of state under this chapter, including  the  date  of   service.  It  shall, upon request made within ten years of such service,   issue a certificate under its seal certifying as to the receipt  of  the   process  by an authorized person, the date and place of such service and   the receipt of the statutory fee. Process served upon the  secretary  of   state under this chapter shall be destroyed by him after a period of ten   years from such service.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 309 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 3 - Corporate Name and Service of Process 309 - Personal Jurisdiction and Service of Process on Non-Domiciliary Resident Director, Officer, Key Person or Agent.

§ 309. Personal  jurisdiction  and service of process on non-domiciliaryresident director, officer, key person or agent.A person, by becoming a director, officer, key person or  agent  of  a   corporation is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the supreme court   of the state of New York, and in an action or proceeding by the attorney   general  under  this  chapter  process may be served upon such person as   provided in section three hundred thirteen of the civil practice law and   rules.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 401 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 4 - Formation of Corporations 401 - Incorporators.

§ 401. Incorporators.One  or more natural persons at least eighteen years of age may act as   incorporators of a corporation to be formed under this chapter.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 403 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 4 - Formation of Corporations 403 - Certificate of Incorporation; Effect.

§ 403. Certificate of incorporation; effect.Upon  the filing of the certificate of incorporation by the department   of state, the corporate existence  shall  begin,  and  such  certificate   shall  be  conclusive  evidence  that all conditions precedent have been   fulfilled and that the corporation has been formed under  this  chapter,   except   in   an   action   or   special   proceeding   brought  by  the   attorney-general.  Where the certificate is for the incorporation of  an   unincorporated  association or group, the members of such association or   group shall be members of the corporation so created, and  all  property   owned  by  or  held  for it shall belong to and vest in the corporation,   subject to all existing incumbrances and claims as if incorporation  had   not  taken  place. Where the certificate is for the reincorporation of a   corporation created by special law for purposes for which a  corporation   may  be formed under this chapter, such reincorporation shall not effect   a dissolution of the corporation but shall  be  a  continuation  of  its   corporate existence, without affecting its then existing property rights   or  liabilities,  or the liabilities of its members or officers as such,   but thereafter it shall have only such rights,  powers  and  privileges,   and  be  subject  to  such other duties and liabilities as a corporation   formed for the same purposes under this chapter.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 405 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 4 - Formation of Corporations 405 - Organization Meeting.

§ 405. Organization meeting.  (a)  After  the corporate existence has begun, an organization meeting of the initial directors, or, if directors are  not  designated  in  the certificate  of  incorporation,  of  the  incorporator or incorporators, shall be held within or without this state, for the purpose of  adopting by-laws,   electing   directors  to  hold  office  as  provided  in  the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws, and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. The meeting may  be  held at  the  call of any director or, if directors are not designated in the certificate of incorporation, any incorporator who shall give  at  least five   days'   notice   thereof  by  mail  to  each  other  director  or incorporator, which notice shall set forth the time  and  place  of  the meeting.    Notice need not be given to any director or incorporator who submits a signed waiver of notice before or after the  meeting,  or  who attends  the  meeting  without  protesting,  prior  thereto  or  at  its commencement, the lack of notice to him. If  there  are  more  than  two directors or incorporators, a majority shall constitute a quorum and the act  of  the majority of those present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the  directors  or  incorporators.  For  the purposes  of  this section an incorporator or director may act in person or by proxy signed by him or his attorney in fact.  (b) Any action permitted to be taken at an organization meeting may be taken without a meeting if  each  director  or,  if  directors  are  not designated in the certificate of incorporation, each incorporator or his attorney-in-fact signs an instrument setting forth the action so taken.  (c)  If  a  designated  director or an incorporator dies or is for any reason unable to act, the other or  others  may  act.  If  there  is  no designated  director or incorporator able to act, any person for whom an incorporator is acting as agent may act in his stead, or if  such  other person  also  dies  or  is  for  any  reason  unable  to  act, his legal representative may act.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 501 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 5 - Corporate Finance 501 - Stock and Shares Prohibited; Membership Certificates Authorized.

§ 501. Stock and shares prohibited; membership certificates authorized.A corporation shall not have stock or shares or certificates for stock   or for shares, but may issue non-transferable membership certificates or   cards  to  evidence  membership,  whether  or  not  connected  with  any   financial contribution to the corporation, as provided  in  section  601   (Members).   The   fact   that   the  corporation  is  a  not-for-profit   corporation,  and  that  the   membership   certificate   or   card   is   non-transferable  shall  be  noted  conspicuously on the face or back of   each such certificate or card.
NY Not for Profit Corp L § 502 (2021)
2021 New York Laws NPC - Not-For-Profit Corporation Article 5 - Corporate Finance 502 - Members' Capital Contributions.

§ 502. Members' capital contributions.  (a) The certificate of incorporation may provide that members, upon or subsequent  to admission, shall make capital contributions in the amount specified therein. The requirement of a capital contribution  may  apply to  all  members,  or to the members of a single class, or to members of different classes in different amounts or proportions.  (b) A member's capital contribution shall consist of  money  or  other property, tangible or intangible, or labor or services actually received by  or  performed  for  the  corporation  or  for  its benefit or in its formation or reorganization, or a combination thereof. In the absence of fraud in the transaction, the judgment of the board as to the  value  of the consideration received by the corporation shall be conclusive.  (c)  Neither  obligations of the member for future payments nor future services shall constitute payment or part payment of a member's  capital contribution.  (d)  A  member's  capital contribution shall be evidenced by a capital certificate which shall be non-transferable, except that the certificate of incorporation of a non-charitable corporation may  provide  that  its capital  certificates,  or  some  of  them, may be transferable to other members with the consent of the corporation  upon  specified  terms  and conditions.  (e) A member's capital contribution shall not be repaid or redeemed by the  corporation  except  upon  dissolution  of  the corporation or upon redemption of the capital certificate as provided  in  this  chapter.  A corporation  may  provide  in  its certificate of incorporation that its capital certificates, or some of them, shall be redeemable, in whole  or in  part, at the option of the corporation only, at such price or prices (not to exceed the amount of  the  capital  contribution),  within  such period  or  periods,  and on such terms and conditions, not inconsistent with this chapter, as are stated in the certificate of incorporation.