Mississippi Code 1972 (2023) › Title 79 - CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PARTNERSHIPS (§§ 79-1-1 — 79-37-604) › Chapter 11 - NONPROFIT, NONSHARE CORPORATIONS AND RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES (§§ 79-11-1 — 79-11-NEW) › MISSISSIPPI NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT (§§ 79-11-101 — 79-11-405) › Section 79-11-129 - Notice, types; when effective; how addressed; electronic communications

(1)
Notice under this chapter must be in the form of a record unless oral notice is authorized by this chapter or is reasonable under the circumstances.
(2)
Notice may be communicated in person or by delivery. If these forms of communication are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published; or by radio, television or other form of public broadcast communication.
(3)
Oral notice is effective when communicated if communicated in a comprehensible manner.
(4)
Written notice by a domestic or foreign corporation to a member, if in a comprehensible form, is effective:
(a)
Upon deposit in the United States mail, if the postage or delivery charge is paid and the notice is correctly addressed to the member's address shown in the corporation's current record of members, or
(b)
When given if the notice is delivered in any other manner that the member has authorized.
(5)
Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, written notice, if in a comprehensible form, is effective at the earliest of the following:
(a)
When received;
(b)
Five (5) days after its deposit in the United States mail, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed;
(c)
On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and the receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee.
(6)
Written notice is correctly addressed to a member of a domestic or foreign corporation if addressed to the member's address shown in the corporation's current list of members.
(7)
A written notice or report delivered as part of a newsletter, magazine or other publication regularly sent to members shall constitute a written notice or report if addressed or delivered to the member's address shown in the corporation's current list of members, or in the case of members who are residents of the same household and who have the same address in the corporation's current list of members, if addressed or delivered to one (1) of such members, at the address appearing on the current list of members.
(8)
Written notice is correctly addressed to a domestic or foreign corporation (authorized to transact business in this state), other than in its capacity as a member, if addressed to its registered agent or to its secretary at its principal office shown in its most recent annual report or, in the case of a foreign corporation that has not yet delivered an annual report, in its application for a certificate of authority.
(9)
If Section
79-11-205
or any other provision of Section
79-11-101
et seq. prescribes notice requirements for particular circumstances, those requirements govern. If articles or bylaws prescribe notice requirements, not inconsistent with this section or other provisions of Section
79-11-101
et seq., those requirements govern.
(10)
With respect to electronic communications:
(a)
Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, or otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic communication is received when:
(i)
It enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record; and
(ii)
It is in a form capable of being processed by that system.
(b)
An electronic communication is received under subsection (10)(a) even if no individual is aware of its receipt.
(c)
Receipt of an electronic acknowledgement from an information processing system described in subsection (10)(a) establishes that a record was received but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.
(11)
An authorization by a member of delivery of notices or communications by e-mail or similar electronic means may be revoked by the member by notice to the nonprofit corporation in the form of a record. Such an authorization is deemed revoked if (a) the corporation is unable to deliver two (2) consecutive notices or other communications to the member in the manner authorized; and (b) the inability becomes known to the secretary or other person responsible for giving the notice or other communication; but the failure to treat the inability as a revocation does not invalidate any meeting or other action.
Laws, 1987, ch. 485, § 15; Laws, 1997, ch. 418, § 48; Laws, 2011, ch. 440, § 3, eff. 1/1/2012.
Amended by Laws, 2024, ch. 449, HB 1344,§ 5, eff. 7/1/2024.