STATE CORP GOVERNANCE REQUIREMENTS
Are You Required To Have Bylaws
State laws require the corporations adopt
Bylaws , hold
an Annual Shareholders meeting , form a
Board of
Directors and hold a annual Board of Directors meeting.
State
law also require that the minutes of the meeting be
recorded. There are no requirements to provide a report
to the States on whether or not the meetings
took place or the Minutes of the meetings. The Minutes
of the meeting are internal documents to the
corporation.
States' Websites
You can learn more
by visiting individual states' websites. Below are
links that will provide you information on States'
requirements.
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State
Location
1
Alabama
Article 2 & 7
2
Alaska
3
Arizona
Chapter 2
4
Arkansas
4-26-409
5
California
Chapter 2
6
Colorado
On the left side of the screen select “Colorado
Statues then Title 7 Corporations and
Associations, Article 90”
7
Connecticut
Sec 33-639 Organization of Corporation
8
Delaware
Chapter 1, subchapter VII
9
Florida
607.0206
10
Georgia
Title 14, Chapter 2, Article 8
11
Hawaii
Div. 2 Title 23
12
Idaho
Title 30, Chapter 1, Part 2, subsection 30-1-206
13
Illinois
14
Indiana
Title 23, Chapter 29-36
15
Iowa
Title XII, Subtitle 2, Chapter 409, Division II
16
Kansas
17
Kentucky
Title XXIII
18
Louisiana
RS
12:28
19
Maine
Chapter 3, 11, 13
20
Maryland
On the left side of the screen select “Maryland
Code, Corporations and Associations, then Title
2”, Subtitle 1, Subsection 2-110
21
Massachusetts
Chapter 155, Section 7
22
Michigan
Act 284 of 1972,
Chapter 450, Subsection 450.1231
23
Minnesota
302A.181
24
Mississippi
On the left side of the screen select
“Mississippi Code 1972, Title 79, Chapter 4”
25
Missouri
Title XXIII, Chapter
351, Section 351.810
26
Montana
Title 35, Chapter 1
27
Nebraska
28
Nevada
Title 7
29
New Hampshire
Section
293-A:8.01
30
New Jersey
31
New Mexico
32
New York
Article 7
33
North Carolina
Chapter 55
34
North Dakota
Chapter 10-15
35
Ohio
Title (17) XVII, Chapters 1701.52 – 1701.62
36
Oklahoma
37
Oregon
38
Pennsylvania
Article II, Chapter 23
39
Rhode Island
40
South Carolina
Chapter 8, 10 & 36
41
South Dakota
use the "Statute Quick Find" feature on the left
side of the screen:
Title 47, Chapter 01A,
Subsection 47-1A-206
42
Tennessee
On the left side of the screen select “Tennessee
Code, Title 48, For Profit Business
Organizations, Chapter 12”, Subsection
48-12-106.
43
Texas
Part 2, Article 2-23
44
Utah
45
Vermont
Title 11, Chapter 7
46
Virginia
Title 13.1, Chapter 9
47
Washington
Revised Code of Washington (RCW), Title 23B
48
West Virginia
49
Wisconsin
Chapter 180, subchapter
II, subsection 180.0206
50
Wyoming
Title 7, Chapter 1, Article 2
