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Subchapter I - General
§ 26–1301. Manner of formation; purposes - Corporations may be formed within the District of Columbia for...
§ 26–1304. Organization certificate; execution; contents - The persons referred to in § 26-1301 shall, under their...
§ 26–1305. Charter of incorporation — Power of Council to grant or refuse - This certificate shall be presented to the Council of the...
§ 26–1306. Charter of incorporation — Notice of application - Previous to the presentation of the said certificate to the...
§ 26–1307. Charter of incorporation — Recording; certificate to be obtained from Superintendent of Banking and Financial Institutions [Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking] - If the charter be granted as aforesaid, it, together with...
§ 26–1308. Reports to Superintendent of Banking and Financial Institutions [Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking] - All companies organized under this chapter, or which shall, under...
§ 26–1309. Powers of companies; liability as trustee - All companies organized under this chapter are hereby declared to...
§ 26–1310. Appointment as fiduciary - In all cases in which application shall be made to...
§ 26–1311. Oath as fiduciary - Whenever any corporation operating under this Code shall be appointed...
§ 26–1311.01. Automatic substitution of fiduciaries - (a) For the purpose of this section, the term: (1)...
§ 26–1312. Stock, property, and liability to be security when fiduciary - When any court shall appoint the said company a trustee,...
§ 26–1313. Existing companies; certificate of intention to comply with provisions - Any safe deposit company, trust company, surety or guaranty company,...
§ 26–1314. Real property held and conveyed by companies - Any company operating under this chapter may lease, purchase, hold,...
§ 26–1315. Duration of charter - The charters for incorporations named in this chapter and granted...
§ 26–1316. Capital stock — Amount; payment; deposit with Superintendent of Banking and Financial Institutions [Commissioner of the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking] - The capital stock of every such company shall be at...
§ 26–1317. Capital stock — Calls; sale on failure to pay money subscribed - It shall be lawful for such company to call for...
§ 26–1318. Annual reports — Publication; contents; verification - Every such company shall annually, within 20 days after the...
§ 26–1319. Annual reports — Liability of directors or trustees - If any company fails to comply with the provisions of...
§ 26–1320. Wilful false swearing; misappropriation - Any wilful false swearing in regard to any certificate or...
§ 26–1321. Stock deemed personal estate; transfer; contents of certificates - The stock of such company shall be deemed personal estate,...
§ 26–1322. Liability of stockholders - All stockholders of every company incorporated under this chapter, or...
§ 26–1323. Payment of stock to be in money only; exception - Nothing but money shall be considered as payment of any...
§ 26–1324. Election of, and management of company by, directors or trustees - The stock, property, and concerns of such company shall be...
§ 26–1325. Officers; security authorized - There shall be a president of the company, who shall...
§ 26–1326. Power to make bylaws; purposes thereof - The directors or trustees shall have power to make such...
§ 26–1327. Liability of directors or trustees on declaration of dividends — Conditions - If the directors or trustees of any company shall declare...
§ 26–1328. Liability of directors or trustees on declaration of dividends — Exemption - If any of the directors or trustees shall object to...
§ 26–1329. Directors or trustees personally liable when liabilities exceed assets - If the liabilities of any company shall at any time...
§ 26–1330. Fiduciary not liable as stockholder; liability of estate and funds - No person holding stock in such company as personal representative,...
§ 26–1331. Increase or decrease of capital stock - (a) Any corporation which may be formed under this chapter...
§ 26–1332. Copy of certificate as evidence - A copy of any certificate of incorporation filed in pursuance...
§ 26–1333. Security required for performance of fiduciary duties; liability thereon - No bond or other collateral security, except as hereinafter stated,...
§ 26–1334. Powers of probate court - The court having probate jurisdiction, or any judge thereof, shall...
§ 26–1335. Compliance required of foreign corporations or companies - No corporation or company organized by virtue of the laws...
§ 26–1336. Right of Congress to amend or repeal chapter; remedies preserved - Congress may at any time alter, amend, or repeal this...
Subchapter II - Existing Trust Companies; Perpetual Succession of Trust Companies
§ 26–1351. Existing title insurance companies may become perpetual - Any company formed prior to January 1, 1902, agreeably to...
§ 26–1352. Trust companies to have perpetual succession - Any company transacting the business of a trust company and...