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NJ Rev Stat § 14:8-22(2) (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Acts Saved From Repeal|Section 14:8-22(2) - Certificate of issue of additional or retirement or reissue of stock to be filed with secretary of state

14:8-22(2). Certificate of issue of additional or retirement or reissue of stock to be filed with secretary of state  2. That whenever any additional stock shall be issued, or any stock shall be retired or reissued, a certificate thereof shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, showing the total amount of stock outstanding at the date of the filing of such certificate. L.1892, c. 264, s. 2, p. 414 [C.S. p. 1671, s. 131].
NJ Rev Stat § 14:11-16(1) (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Acts Saved From Repeal|Section 14:11-16(1) - Corporations organized for educational, library or literary purposes having authority to issue capital stock; change of name; increase of capital stock, procedure

14:11-16(1). Corporations organized for educational, library or literary purposes having authority to issue capital stock; change of name; increase of capital stock, procedure  1. Any corporation of this state, organized for educational, library or literary purposes, incorporated under any general or special law of this state authorizing the issue of capital stock by such corporation, may change its name or increase its capital stock in manner following: The board of directors, trustees or managers of such corporation shall pass a resolution declaring that such change of name or increase of capital stock is advisable; a copy of such resolution, certified by the president and secretary under the corporate seal, acknowledged or proved as in the case of deeds of real estate, together with the written assent of a majority in interest of the stockholders of said corporation, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and upon the filing of the same, the charter or certificate of incorporation of said corporation shall be deemed to be amended accordingly, and the certificate of the secretary of state that such certified copy of the resolution of the board of directors, managers or trustees, and assent of stockholders have been filed in his office, shall be taken and accepted as evidence of such change of name or increase of stock in all courts and places. L.1904, c. 118, s. 1, p. 244 [C.S. p. 4297, s. 7].
NJ Rev Stat § 14:11-16(2) (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Acts Saved From Repeal|Section 14:11-16(2) - Corporations organized for educational, library or literary purposes authorized to issue shares of preferred stock; abrogation and surrender of authority to issue preferred shares; procedure

14:11-16(2). Corporations organized for educational, library or literary purposes authorized to issue shares of preferred stock; abrogation and surrender of authority to issue preferred shares; procedure  2. Any corporation of this state organized for educational, library or literary purposes, incorporated under any general or special law of this state, authorizing the issue of capital stock by such corporation, and also authorizing the issue by such corporation of preferred stock or preferred shares or shares of stock entitled to dividend or interest in preference to other shares of stock of the corporation, but never having actually issued any such preferred stock or preference shares or shares of stock entitled to dividend or interest in preference to other shares of stock of the corporation, may abrogate and surrender any provision in its charter or certificate of incorporation authorizing the issue of such preferred stock or preference shares or shares of stock entitled to dividend or interest in preference to other shares of stock of the corporation, in manner following: The board of directors, managers or trustees shall pass a resolution declaring that the abrogation or surrender by the corporation of the provision in its charter or certificate of incorporation, authorizing the issue of preferred stock, preference shares or shares of stock entitled to dividend or interest in preference to other shares of the corporation, is advisable; a copy of such resolution, certified by the president and secretary under the corporate seal, acknowledged or proved as in the case of deeds of real estate, together with the written assent of a majority in interest of the stockholders of said corporation, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and upon the filing of the same, the charter or certificate of incorporation of said corporation shall be deemed to be amended accordingly, and the certificate of the secretary of state that such certified copy of the resolution of the board of directors, managers or trustees, and assent of stockholders have been filed in his office, shall be taken and accepted as evidence of such abrogation and surrender of the provision in the charter or certificate of incorporation of said corporation authorizing the issue of preferred stock, preference shares or shares of stock entitled to dividend or interest in preference to other shares of stock of the corporation in all courts and places. L.1904, c. 118, s. 2, p. 244 [C.S. p. 4297, s. 8].
NJ Rev Stat § 14:13-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Acts Saved From Repeal|Section 14:13-13 - Corporate deeds of record ten years; recitals as to dissolution and power of trustees to convey; presumptive proof

14:13-13. Corporate deeds of record ten years; recitals as to dissolution and power of trustees to convey; presumptive proof  A corporation incorporated under the laws of this state prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five shall be presumed to have been dissolved and its directors to have become trustees for the purpose of winding up its affairs, when any deed for the conveyance of any real estate of said corporation shall have been of record in the office of the clerk or register of deeds and mortgages of any county of this state for a period of at least ten years, and which deed recites that the corporate existence of said corporation has been dissolved, and that the persons executing said deed are the trustees of said corporation, having been former directors thereof, and empowered by law to close up its affairs. Any statement therein contained as to who were, at the time of the execution of said deed, the surviving trustees of said corporation, shall be presumptive proof thereof. L.1915, c. 62, s. 1, p. 104, [1924 Suppl. s. 47-174].
NJ Rev Stat § 14:17-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14 - Acts Saved From Repeal|Section 14:17-1 - Payment of taxes and charges by directors or trustees

14:17-1. Payment of taxes and charges by directors or trustees  The directors or trustees of any corporation organized and existing under any general or special law of this State are authorized to pay, and to appropriate money to pay, any taxes, charges or fees which have been or may be imposed or assessed against the corporation, or against or on account of its property, business, income, activities or franchises, by any law of the United States or of any territory of the United States, or of this or any other State or any of its political subdivisions, or of the District of Columbia, notwithstanding doubts as to the validity of such law, unless, prior to the payment of any such tax, charge or fee the law imposing the same shall have been expressly held invalid, ineffective, or inoperative, in whole or in part, by the State court having final appellate jurisdiction in the premises or by the Supreme Court of the United States. L.1950, c. 102, p. 194, s. 1, eff. May 5, 1950.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:1-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:1-1 - Short title; purposes; rules of construction; variation

14A:1-1. Short title; purposes; rules of construction; variation  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Business Corporation Act." (2) This act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies. (3) Underlying purposes and policies of this act are, among others, (a) to simplify, clarify and modernize the law governing corporations; (b) to provide a general corporate form for the conduct of lawful business with such variations and modifications from the form so provided as the interested parties in any corporation may agree upon, subject only to over-riding interests of this State and of third parties; and (c) to give special recognition to the legitimate needs of the close corporation. (4) The presence in certain provisions of this act of the words "unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation" or "unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or by-laws," or words of similar import, does not imply that the effect of other provisions may not be varied by provisions in the certificate of incorporation or by-laws.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:1-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:1-3 - Application of act

14A:1-3. Application of act  This act shall apply to (1) every corporation which is organized under this act; (2) every corporation which reincorporates under this act pursuant to section 14A:1-4; (3) every corporation which was organized under or became subject to, any heretofore enacted law of this State with respect to which power to amend or repeal was reserved to the Legislature, and which provided for the organization of a corporation or corporations for a purpose or purposes for which a corporation may be organized under this act; (4) every corporation organized under or subject to any other law of this State providing for the organization of corporations for any purpose for which a corporation may not be organized under this act (a) to the extent that this act provides that this act shall be applicable, in whole or in part, to any such corporation; or (b) to the extent that the law applicable to any such corporation provides that this act shall be applicable to any such corporation; (5) foreign corporations to the extent provided in this act; and (6) commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and to foreign corporations, including those formed by or under any act of Congress, only to the extent permitted under the Constitution and laws of the United States.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:1-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:1-4 - Reincorporation under this act by certain corporations organized under special acts

14A:1-4. Reincorporation under this act by certain corporations organized under special acts  Any corporation which has been organized by special act of the Legislature for any of the purposes permitted by this act, and to which this act does not apply pursuant to section 14A:1-3, may come under and be subject to the provisions of this act, and continue in existence and operation as if organized hereunder, by amending its certificate of incorporation pursuant to the provisions of this act and filing a certificate of such amendment in the office of the Secretary of State, together with a certificate waiving any right of exemption from taxation and from privileges and advantages arising under such special act of incorporation. Thereupon, such corporation shall be deemed to be incorporated under this act and to be free from the liabilities and provisions of the act or acts under which it was formerly incorporated. Nothing in this section shall be held to affect such transactions, liabilities or debts of any such corporations, occurring before the filing of such certificate.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:1-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:1-5 - Reservation of power

14A:1-5. Reservation of power  This act may be supplemented, altered, amended or repealed by the Legislature, and every corporation, domestic or foreign, to which this act applies shall be bound thereby.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:1-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:1-7 - Repeal of prior acts

14A:1-7. Repeal of prior acts  The repeal by this act of the whole or any part of any act under which there was organized any corporation in existence on the effective date of this act, shall not work a dissolution of such corporation, but such corporation, its officers, directors and shareholders shall have the same rights, and shall be subject to the same limitations, restrictions, liabilities and penalties as those prescribed by this act for corporations organized under this act, their officers, directors and shareholders.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:1-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:1-8 - Notices.

14A:1-8 Notices.  14A:1-8. In computing the period of time for the giving of any notice required or permitted by this act, or by a certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any resolution of directors or shareholders, the day on which the notice is given shall be excluded, and the day on which the matter noticed is to occur shall be included. If notice is given by mail, the notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the mail addressed to the person to whom it is directed at his last address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage prepaid thereon. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this act by electronic transmission as defined in section 2 of P.L.2009, c.176 (C.14A:1-8.1), mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested, may be given by personal delivery to the person to whom it is directed. Amended 1988, c.94, s.3; 2009, c.176, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:1-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:1-9 - Certificates and certified copies.

14A:1-9. Certificates and certified copies.  (1) Upon request of any person, the Secretary of State shall furnish certified copies of documents filed in his office in accordance with the provisions of this act.  (2) Upon request of any person, the Secretary of State shall certify to the existence or non-existence of any facts on record in his office relating to domestic or foreign corporations.  (3) In addition, the Secretary of State shall provide information and documents upon telephone request and over the counter in accordance with sections 3 and 4 of P.L. 1982, c. 150 (C. 52:16A-37 and C. 52:16A-38).  L.1968, c.350; amended 1988, c. 94, s. 4.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:1-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:1-10 - Filing documents by telecopy

14A:1-10. Filing documents by telecopy  14A:1-10. Filing documents by telecopy. (1) The Secretary of State may accept for filing by means of telecopy any document required or permitted to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. (2) The Secretary of State shall charge a fee for the filing of a document by telecopy, which fee shall be in addition to the usual fee charged for filing the document. (3) "Telecopy" means any method or means adopted by the Secretary of State for the transmission or receipt of facsimile documents. L.1988, c.94, s.5; amended 1995,c.279,s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:1-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:1-11 - Preclearance of documents to be filed

14A:1-11. Preclearance of documents to be filed  Any document required to be filed under this act may be submitted to the Secretary of State for review prior to the time the document is formally filed. The Secretary of State shall determine whether the document is acceptable for filing and, if it is not acceptable, shall state why it is not acceptable. The Secretary of State shall charge a fee for the preclearance of documents.  L. 1988, c. 94, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:2-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:2-1 - Purposes

14A:2-1. Purposes  A corporation may be organized under this act for any lawful business purpose or purposes except to do in this State any business for which organization is permitted under any other statute of this State unless such statute permits organization under this act.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:2-2c (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:2-2c - Change of corporate name; existing corporations organized or authorized to transact business in state prior to effective date of act

14A:2-2c. Change of corporate name; existing corporations organized or authorized to transact business in state prior to effective date of act  This amendatory and supplementary act shall not require any domestic corporation organized prior to the effective date of this act or any foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this State prior to the effective date of this act or any nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to Title 15 of the Revised Statutes prior to the effective date of this act to change its corporate name in order to comply with this act, if such name is otherwise lawful on the effective date of this act. No corporation shall change its corporate name on or after the effective date to a name which is not available for use under this act. L.1983, c. 490, s. 2, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:2-2.2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:2-2.2 - "Blind" or "handicapped" as part of corporate name

14A:2-2.2. "Blind" or "handicapped" as part of corporate name  No corporation organized under the laws of the State of New Jersey nor any foreign corporation authorized to do business in New Jersey shall use the words "blind," or "handicapped," or term, terms, imprint, stamp, label or symbol suggesting such impairments, as part of its name unless the approval of the Attorney General, or his designee, is attached to the certificate of incorporation or application for amendment thereof. Such approval shall indicate that the words "blind" or "handicapped," or term, terms, imprint, stamp, label or symbol suggesting such impairments, as used in the corporate name will not tend to mislead or confuse the public into believing that the corporation is organized for charitable or nonprofit purposes for the blind or handicapped. Any corporation presently organized under the laws of this State or any foreign corporation presently authorized to do business in this State that employs the words "blind," or "handicapped," or term, terms, imprint, stamp, label or symbol suggesting such impairment, in its corporate name shall seek the approval of the Attorney General, or his designee, within 90 days after the effective date of this act if it wishes to continue the use of such words, terms, imprint, stamp, label or symbol in its corporate name. L.1977, c. 8, s. 1, eff. Feb. 3, 1977.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:2-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:2-3 - Reserved name.

14A:2-3. Reserved name.  (1) The exclusive right to the use of a corporate name may be reserved upon compliance with the provisions of this section.  (2) The reservation shall be made by filing in the office of the Secretary of State an application to reserve a specified corporate name, or the first name available for corporate use among not more than three specified names, executed by or on behalf of the applicant and setting forth the name and address of the applicant. If the Secretary of State finds that the name complies with the provisions of section 14A:2-2, he shall reserve it for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of 120 days from the date of filing of the application and shall issue a certificate of reservation.  (3) The right to the exclusive use of a specified corporate name so reserved may be transferred by filing in the office of the Secretary of State a notice of such transfer, executed by or on behalf of the applicant for whom the name was reserved, and specifying the name and address of the transferee.  (4) The holder of a reserved name may renew the reservation for additional periods of 120 days by filing an application for renewal within the last 30 days of the current reservation period. There shall be no limit upon the number of renewals.  L.1968, c.350; amended 1973,c.366,s.4; 1988,c.94,s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:2-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:2-4 - Registered name

14A:2-4. Registered name  (1) Any foreign corporation may register its corporate name under this act, provided its corporate name is available for use under section 14A:2-2. (2) Such registration shall be made by filing in the office of the Secretary of State: (a) An application for registration executed on behalf of the corporation, setting forth the name and the address of the main business or headquarters office of the corporation, the jurisdiction of its incorporation, the date of its incorporation, a statement that it is carrying on or doing business, and a brief statement of the business in which it is engaged; and (b) A certificate setting forth that such corporation is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, executed by the official of such jurisdiction who has custody of the records pertaining to corporations and dated not earlier than 30 days prior to the filing of the application. (3) Such registration shall be effective until the close of the calendar year in which the application for registration is filed.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:2-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:2-5 - Renewal of registered name

14A:2-5. Renewal of registered name  A corporation which has a registration of its corporate name in effect may renew such registration from year to year by annually filing in the office of the Secretary of State an application for renewal setting forth the facts required to be set forth in an original application for registration, together with a certificate of good standing as required for the original registration. A renewal application may be filed between the first day of October and the thirty-first day of December in each year, and shall extend the registration for the following calendar year.  L.1968, c.350.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:2-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:2-6 - Incorporators

14A:2-6. Incorporators  (1) One or more individuals or domestic or foreign corporations may act as incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by signing and filing in the office of the Secretary of State a certificate of incorporation for such corporation. Individuals acting as incorporators shall be at least 18 years of age. Incorporators need not be United States citizens or residents of this State or subscribers to shares in the corporation. (2) Except as otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, any action required or permitted by this act to be taken by incorporators may be taken without a meeting. (3) When there are two or more incorporators, if any dies or is for any reason unable to act, the other or others may act. If there is no incorporator able to act, any person for whom an incorporator was 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. L.1968, c.350.; amended by L.1973, c. 366, s. 5, eff. May 1, 1974.
NJ Rev Stat § 14A:2-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 14A - Corporations, General|Section 14A:2-8 - Organization meeting of directors

14A:2-8. Organization meeting of directors  On or after the effective date of the certificate of incorporation, an organization meeting of the board named in the certificate of incorporation shall be held, at the call of a majority of the board so named, to adopt by-laws, elect officers, authorize the issuance of shares, and transact such other business as may come before the meeting. The board members calling the meeting shall give at least 5 days' notice thereof by mail to each director named in the certificate of incorporation, which notice shall state the time and place of the meeting. L.1968, c.350.; amended by L.1973, c. 366, s. 6, eff. May 1, 1974.