Ask a question on the site
Questions
Lawyers
Blogs
Legislation
Contacts
Become a lawyer
Login Registration
Section 317A.001 — Citation. - This chapter may be cited as the "Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation...
Section 317A.011 — Definitions. - Subdivision 1. Scope. For purposes of this chapter, the terms...
Section 317A.015 — Legal Recognition Of Electronic Records And Signatures. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the...
Section 317A.021 — Application And Election. - Subdivision 1. Election by chapter 300, 309, or 315 corporations....
Section 317A.022 — Election By Certain Chapter 318 Associations. - Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2011 c 106 s 27] Subd. 2....
Section 317A.031 — Transition; Continuation Of Legal Acts. - The continuation or completion of an act by a corporation...
Section 317A.041 — Reservation Of Right. - The state reserves the right to amend or repeal this...
Section 317A.051 — Scope Of Chapter. - Subdivision 1. General. This chapter does not apply to cooperative...
Section 317A.061 — Foreign Nonprofit Corporations; Sections Applicable. - Subdivision 1. General. Except for this section and section 317A.651...
Section 317A.101 — Purposes. - A corporation may be incorporated under this chapter for any...
Section 317A.105 — Incorporators. - One or more adult natural persons may act as incorporators...
Section 317A.111 — Articles. - Subdivision 1. Required provisions. The articles of incorporation must contain:...
Section 317A.113 — Private Foundations; Provisions Considered Contained In Articles. - Subdivision 1. Provisions required. The articles of incorporation of a...
Section 317A.115 — Corporate Name. - Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) The corporate name must be in...
Section 317A.117 — Reserved Name. - Subdivision 1. Who may reserve. A corporate name permitted by...
Section 317A.121 — Registered Office; Registered Agent. - 317A.121 MS 2008 [Subds 1 and 2 repealed by amendment,...
Section 317A.123 — Change Of Registered Office Or Registered Agent; Change Of Name Of Registered Agent. - 317A.123 MS 2008 [Subds 1 to 3 repealed by amendment,...
Section 317A.131 — Amendment Of Articles. - The articles of a corporation may be amended to include...
Section 317A.133 — Procedure For Amendment Of Articles. - Subdivision 1. Approval by incorporators or board. A majority of...
Section 317A.139 — Articles Of Amendment. - When an amendment has been adopted, articles of amendment must...
Section 317A.141 — Effect Of Amendment. - Subdivision 1. Effect on cause of action. An amendment does...
Section 317A.151 — Filing; Effective Date Of Articles. - Subdivision 1. Filing required. Articles of incorporation and articles of...
Section 317A.155 — Presumption; Certificate Of Incorporation. - When the articles of incorporation have been filed with the...
Section 317A.161 — Powers. - Subdivision 1. Generally; limitations. A corporation has the powers in...
Section 317A.163 — Corporate Seal. - Subdivision 1. Seal not required. A corporation may, but need...
Section 317A.165 — Effect Of Lack Of Power; Ultra Vires. - Subdivision 1. General. Except as provided in this section, the...
Section 317A.171 — Organization. - Subdivision 1. Role of incorporators. If the first board is...
Section 317A.181 — Bylaws. - Subdivision 1. Generally. A corporation may, but need not, have...
Section 317A.201 — Board. - The business and affairs of a corporation must be managed...
Section 317A.203 — Number. - A board of directors must consist of three or more...
Section 317A.205 — Qualifications; Election. - The qualifications and method of election or appointment of directors...
Section 317A.207 — Terms. - Subdivision 1. Length. (a) Directors are elected or appointed and...
Section 317A.209 — Expiration Of Term; Acts Not Void Or Voidable. - The expiration of a director's term with or without the...
Section 317A.211 — Compensation. - Subject to a limitation in the articles or bylaws, the...
Section 317A.213 — Classification Of Directors. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), directors may be...
Section 317A.215 — Cumulative Voting For Directors. - Unless the articles provide otherwise, there is no cumulative voting....
Section 317A.221 — Resignation. - (a) A director may resign at any time by giving...
Section 317A.223 — Removal Of Directors. - Subdivision 1. Modification. The provisions of this section apply unless...
Section 317A.225 — Removal Of Appointed Directors. - Except as otherwise provided in the articles or bylaws, an...
Section 317A.227 — Vacancies. - (a) Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, and except...
Section 317A.231 — Board Meetings. - Subdivision 1. Time; place. Meetings of the board may be...
Section 317A.235 — Quorum. - A majority, or a larger or smaller proportion or number...
Section 317A.237 — Act Of The Board. - The board shall take action by the affirmative vote of...
Section 317A.239 — Action Without Meeting. - Subdivision 1. Method. An action required or permitted to be...
Section 317A.241 — Committees. - Subdivision 1. Generally. A resolution approved by the affirmative vote...
Section 317A.251 — Standard Of Conduct. - Subdivision 1. Standard; liability. A director shall discharge the duties...
Section 317A.255 — Director Conflicts Of Interest. - Subdivision 1. Conflict; procedure when conflict arises. (a) A contract...
Section 317A.257 — Unpaid Directors; Liability For Damages. - Subdivision 1. Generally. Except as provided in subdivision 2, a...
Section 317A.301 — Officers Required. - A corporation must have one or more natural persons exercising...
Section 317A.305 — Duties Of Required Officers. - Subdivision 1. Presumption; modification. Unless the articles, the bylaws, or...
Section 317A.311 — Other Officers. - Except to the extent that the articles or bylaws provide...
Section 317A.315 — Multiple Offices. - Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, any number of...
Section 317A.321 — Officers Considered Elected. - In the absence of an election or appointment of officers...
Section 317A.331 — Contract Rights. - The election or appointment of a person as an officer...
Section 317A.341 — Resignation; Removal; Vacancies. - Subdivision 1. Resignation. An officer may resign by giving written...
Section 317A.351 — Delegation. - Unless prohibited by the articles or bylaws or by a...
Section 317A.361 — Standard Of Conduct. - Subdivision 1. Standard; liability. An officer shall discharge the duties...
Section 317A.401 — Members. - Subdivision 1. Existence. (a) A corporation may have one or...
Section 317A.403 — Membership Certificates. - A corporation may issue certificates showing membership in the corporation....
Section 317A.405 — Transfer Of Membership. - (a) Except as provided in the articles or bylaws, a...
Section 317A.407 — Liability Of Members. - Subdivision 1. Third parties. A member of a corporation is...
Section 317A.409 — Resignation. - A member may resign at any time. The resignation of...
Section 317A.411 — Termination. - Subdivision 1. Fair and reasonable procedure required. A member may...
Section 317A.413 — Purchase Of Memberships. - If authorized in its articles or bylaws, a corporation may...
Section 317A.415 — Delegates. - A corporation may provide in its articles or bylaws for...
Section 317A.431 — Annual Meetings Of Members With Voting Rights. - Subdivision 1. Frequency. Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise,...
Section 317A.433 — Special Meetings Of Members With Voting Rights. - Subdivision 1. Who may call. A corporation with members with...
Section 317A.434 — Court-ordered Meeting Of Members With Voting Rights. - Subdivision 1. When authorized. The district court of the county...
Section 317A.435 — Notice Requirements. - Subdivision 1. To whom given. Notice of meetings of members...
Section 317A.437 — Record Date; Determining Members Entitled To Notice And Vote. - Subdivision 1. Determination. The board may fix a date not...
Section 317A.439 — Members' List For Meeting. - Subdivision 1. Preparation. After fixing a record date for notice...
Section 317A.441 — Right To Vote. - (a) Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, each member...
Section 317A.443 — Act Of The Members. - Subdivision 1. General. Except for the election of directors, which...
Section 317A.445 — Unanimous Action Without A Meeting. - An action required or permitted to be taken at a...
Section 317A.447 — Action By Ballot. - (a) Except as provided in paragraph (e) and unless prohibited...
Section 317A.450 — Remote Communications For Member Meetings. - Subdivision 1. Construction and application. This section shall be construed...
Section 317A.451 — Quorum. - Subdivision 1. Number required. Unless otherwise provided by the articles...
Section 317A.453 — Proxies. - Subdivision 1. Authorization. If the articles or bylaws permit proxy...
Section 317A.455 — Corporation's Acceptance Of Member Act. - Subdivision 1. Name of member. If the name signed on...
Section 317A.457 — Voting Agreements. - (a) To the extent permitted in the articles or bylaws,...
Section 317A.461 — Books And Records; Financial Statement. - Subdivision 1. Articles and bylaws; minutes. A corporation shall keep...
Section 317A.467 — Equitable Remedies. - If a corporation or an officer or director of the...
Section 317A.501 — Loans; Guarantees; Suretyship. - Subdivision 1. Prerequisites. A corporation may lend money to, guarantee...
Section 317A.505 — Advances. - A corporation may, without a vote of the directors, advance...
Section 317A.521 — Indemnification. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the...
Section 317A.601 — Merger, Consolidation, Or Transfer. - Subdivision 1. Merger or consolidation. Two or more corporations may...
Section 317A.611 — Plan Of Merger Or Consolidation. - A plan of merger or consolidation must contain: (1) the...
Section 317A.613 — Plan Approval. - Subdivision 1. Approval by each constituent corporation. A plan of...
Section 317A.615 — Articles Of Merger Or Consolidation; Certificate. - Subdivision 1. Contents of articles. Upon receiving the approval required...
Section 317A.621 — Merger Of Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of this section,...
Section 317A.631 — Abandonment. - Subdivision 1. By members or board of each corporation; under...
Section 317A.641 — Effective Date Of Merger Or Consolidation; Effect. - Subdivision 1. Effective date. A merger or consolidation is effective...
Section 317A.643 — Continuance Of Corporate Authority. - When an act or instrument is considered necessary or appropriate...
Section 317A.651 — Merger Or Consolidation With Foreign Corporation. - Subdivision 1. When permitted. A corporation may merge or consolidate...
Section 317A.661 — Transfer Of Assets; Required Approval. - Subdivision 1. Approval required. A corporation may sell, lease, transfer,...
Section 317A.671 — Certain Assets Not To Be Diverted. - Except as provided in section 501B.31, when a corporation: (1)...
Section 317A.681 — Conversion. - Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of sections 317A.671...
Section 317A.683 — Action On Plan Of Conversion By Converting Corporation. - Subdivision 1. Approval. A plan of conversion must be approved...
Section 317A.685 — Filings Required For Conversion; Effective Date And Time. - Subdivision 1. Articles of conversion. After a plan of conversion...
Section 317A.687 — Abandonment. - Subject to any contractual rights, after a conversion is approved,...
Section 317A.689 — Effect Of Conversion. - Subdivision 1. Effect on corporation; general. When a conversion becomes...
Section 317A.701 — Methods Of Dissolution. - (a) Subject to section 317A.811, a corporation may be dissolved:...
Section 317A.711 — Voluntary Dissolution By Incorporators. - Subdivision 1. Manner. If the first board of directors has...
Section 317A.721 — Voluntary Dissolution By Board And Members With Voting Rights. - Subdivision 1. Approval required. A corporation may be dissolved by...
Section 317A.723 — Filing Notice Of Intent To Dissolve; Effect. - Subdivision 1. Contents. If dissolution of the corporation is approved...
Section 317A.725 — Procedure In Dissolution. - Subdivision 1. Collection; payment. When a notice of intent to...
Section 317A.727 — Notice To Creditors And Claimants. - Subdivision 1. When permitted; how given. When a notice of...
Section 317A.729 — Claims In Dissolution. - If the corporation gives notice to creditors and claimants under...
Section 317A.730 — Statute Of Limitations. - Subdivision 1. Corporations that give notice. If the corporation gives...
Section 317A.731 — Revocation Of Dissolution Proceedings. - Subdivision 1. Generally. Dissolution proceedings begun under section 317A.721 may...
Section 317A.733 — Articles Of Dissolution; Certificate Of Dissolution; Effect. - Subdivision 1. Articles; when filed. Articles of dissolution for a...
Section 317A.735 — Distribution Of Assets. - Subdivision 1. General. In performing their duties under section 317A.725,...
Section 317A.741 — Supervised Voluntary Dissolution. - After the notice of intent to dissolve has been filed...
Section 317A.751 — Judicial Intervention; Equitable Remedies Or Dissolution. - Subdivision 1. General; when permitted. A court may grant equitable...
Section 317A.753 — Procedure In Involuntary Or Supervised Voluntary Dissolution. - Subdivision 1. Action before hearing. In dissolution proceedings the court...
Section 317A.755 — Qualifications Of Receivers; Powers. - Subdivision 1. Qualifications. Any person qualified under section 576.26 may...
Section 317A.759 — Filing Claims In Proceedings To Dissolve. - Subdivision 1. Filing may be required. In a proceeding under...
Section 317A.763 — Decree Of Dissolution. - Subdivision 1. Procedure; when entered. In an involuntary or supervised...
Section 317A.765 — Filing Decree. - After the court enters a decree dissolving a corporation, the...
Section 317A.771 — Deposit With Commissioner Of Management And Budget Of Amount Due Certain Persons. - Upon dissolution of a corporation, the part of the assets...
Section 317A.781 — Claims Barred; Exceptions. - Subdivision 1. Claims barred. A person who is or becomes...
Section 317A.783 — Right To Sue Or Defend After Dissolution. - After a corporation has been dissolved, its former officers, directors,...
Section 317A.791 — Omitted Assets. - Title to assets remaining after payment of the debts, obligations,...
Section 317A.811 — Notice To Attorney General; Waiting Period. - Subdivision 1. When required. (a) Except as provided in subdivision...
Section 317A.813 — Remedial Powers Of Attorney General. - The attorney general has the powers in sections 8.31 and...
Section 317A.821 — Initial Corporate Registration With Secretary Of State. - Subdivision 1. Notice from secretary of state; registration required. (a)...
Section 317A.823 — Annual Corporate Renewal. - Subdivision 1. Annual renewal. (a) The secretary of state may...
Section 317A.825 — Acceptance Of Registration By Secretary Of State. - The secretary of state may accept a registration under section...
Section 317A.827 — Continuation For Certain Purposes; Reinstatement. - Subdivision 1. MS 1998 [Repealed by amendment, 2000 c 395...
Section 317A.901 — Service Of Process On Corporation. - Subdivision 1. Who may be served. A process, notice, or...
Section 317A.903 — State Interested; Proceedings. - If it appears at any stage of a proceeding in...
Section 317A.905 — Chambers Of Commerce, Boards Of Trade, Exchanges. - Subdivision 1. Special purposes. A corporation may be formed under...
Section 317A.907 — Corporations To Secure Or Maintain Homes For Dependent Children. - Subdivision 1. Purposes. A corporation may be formed for the...
Section 317A.909 — Corporations For Religious Purposes. - Subdivision 1. Benefits for members. When authorized by its members...