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General Provisions
§ 79-11-23. - §§79-11-25 through79-11-29. [Codes, 1942, §§ 5324-07 to 5324-09; Laws, 1964,...
§ 79-11-31. Religious societies - Upon the completion of the organization of any such society,...
§ 79-11-33. Religious societies may own certain property - Any religious society, ecclesiastical body and/or any congregation thereof may...
§ 79-11-37. - For text of the Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act which became...
§ 79-11-43. Designation as "perpetual religious society trust funds religious societies." - All such organizations subject to the provisions of Sections 79-11-41...
§ 79-11-47. Accounting and reporting requirements for auditing procedures for certain records - In the event that such audit and examination shows that...
Conduct of Private Foundations
§ 79-11-51. Prohibited acts - No corporation which is a "private foundation," as defined in...
§ 79-11-53. Distribution of amounts to avoid tax liability - Each corporation which is a "private foundation," as defined in...
§ 79-11-59. Rights and powers of courts and attorney general - Nothing in Sections 79-11-51 through 79-11-61 shall impair the rights...
§ 79-11-61. References to United States Internal Revenue Code - All references to sections of the United States Internal Revenue...
Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act
§ 79-11-101. Short title - Section 79-11-101 et seq. shall be known and may be...
§ 79-11-103. Amendments and repeals - The Mississippi Legislature has power to amend or repeal all...
§ 79-11-109. Filing fees; fee for serving process upon Secretary of State; fees for copying and certifying copy of filed document - Click to view Document Fee (a) Articles of incorporation $50.00...
§ 79-11-119. Certified copy of document as conclusive evidence of filing - A certificate from the Secretary of State delivered with a...
§ 79-11-125. Secretary granted power to perform duties - The Secretary of State has the power reasonably necessary to...
§ 79-11-127. Definitions - Unless the context otherwise requires in Section 79-11-101 et seq.,...
§ 79-11-135. Persons who may act as incorporators - One or more persons may act as the incorporator or...
§ 79-11-141. Liability for purporting to act for corporation where incorporation has not occurred - All persons purporting to act as or on behalf of...
§ 79-11-149. Activities for which corporations may be organized - Corporations may be organized under Section 79-11-101 et seq. for...
§ 79-11-151. Powers of corporation - Each corporation shall have and exercise all powers necessary or...
§ 79-11-173. Consideration for admission of members to corporation - Except as provided in its articles or bylaws, a corporation...
§ 79-11-175. Corporation not required to have members - A corporation is not required to have members.
§ 79-11-177. Rights and obligations of members - All members shall have the same rights and obligations with...
§ 79-11-181. Liability of members for acts, debts, liabilities, or obligations of corporation - A member of a corporation is not, as such, personally...
§ 79-11-183. Liability of members for dues, assessments or fees - A member may become liable to the corporation for dues,...
§ 79-11-191. Purchase by corporation of membership of member who resigns or whose membership is terminated - A corporation may purchase the membership of a member who...
§ 79-11-225. Method of election of directors - A corporation may provide in its articles or bylaws for...
§ 79-11-233. Qualifications for directors - All directors must be individuals. The articles or bylaws may...
§ 79-11-241. Staggering terms of directors - The articles or bylaws may provide for staggering the terms...
§ 79-11-253. Compensation of directors - Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, a board of...
§ 79-11-273. Duties of officers - Each officer has the authority and shall perform the duties...
§ 79-11-281. Indemnification of director, officer, employee, or agent - A director's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan...
§ 79-11-291. Restrictions on use of membership lists - Without consent of the board, a membership list or any...
§ 79-11-295. Authorization to amend articles of incorporation - A corporation may amend its articles of incorporation, from time...
§ 79-11-297. Amendment of articles of incorporation prior to corporation's acquisition of members - If a corporation has not yet acquired members, its incorporators...
§ 79-11-299. Amendments to articles of incorporation which may be adopted by board of directors without action by members - Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a corporation's board...
§ 79-11-301. Procedures for making amendments to articles of incorporation - Except as provided in Sections 79-11-297 and 79-11-299, amendments to...
§ 79-11-305. Filing of amendments to articles of incorporation - A corporation amending its articles of incorporation shall deliver to...
§ 79-11-311. Amendments to articles of incorporation not to affect legal status of corporation - An amendment to articles of incorporation does not affect a...
§ 79-11-313. Adoption of amendments to bylaws where corporation has no members - If a corporation has no members, its incorporators, until directors...
§ 79-11-323. Filing of articles of merger - After a plan of merger is approved by the board...
§ 79-11-336. Application and distribution of assets of voluntarily dissolving corporation - The assets of a corporation in the process of voluntary...
§ 79-11-347. Administrative dissolution by Secretary of State, grounds for - The Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under Section...
§ 79-11-355. Dissolution by court order; parties who may bring action; grounds for court-ordered dissolution - 1. The corporate assets are being misapplied or wasted; 2....
§ 79-11-381. Service of process, demand or notice on foreign corporation - Notice or demand required or permitted by law on a...
§ 79-11-393. Rural water companies, special requirements - Rural water companies organized pursuant to Section 79-11-101 et seq....
§ 79-11-395. Application to pre-existing domestic nonprofit, nonshare corporations - Section 79-11-101 et seq. apply to all domestic nonprofit, nonshare...
§ 79-11-401. Application to religious corporations - Except as may be otherwise provided in Sections 79-11-31, 79-11-33...
Regulation of Charitable Solicitations
§ 79-11-501. Definitions - The following words and phrases as used in Sections 79-11-501...
§ 79-11-504. Authority of Secretary of State to promulgate rules and regulations - The Secretary of State shall have the authority to: Promulgate...
§ 79-11-511. Out-of-state organization; service of process - Any charitable organization, person, professional fund-raiser, fund-raising counsel or professional...
§ 79-11-513. Registration as professional fund-raiser or fund-raising counsel; bond; filing annual report - No person shall act as a professional fund-raiser or fund-raising...
§ 79-11-517. Registration as professional solicitor in employ of professional fund-raiser - No person shall act as a professional solicitor in the...
§ 79-11-518. Records of solicitation activities - Every charitable organization, professional fund-raiser, professional solicitor, or fund-raising counsel,...
§ 79-11-521. Investigations of violations; written statements as to facts and circumstances; publication of information concerning violations; authority to administer oaths, subpoena witnesses, take evidence, require production of books, papers, etc. - Either the Secretary of State or Attorney General, in his...
§ 79-11-523. Use of names, symbol or statement during solicitations for contributions; disclosure requirements for professional fund raisers - The official registration and financial information of (insert the legal...
§ 79-11-524. Restrictions on hours of telephone solicitation - Any fund-raising counsel, professional fund-raiser, professional solicitor or employee of...
§ 79-11-525. Fiduciary responsibility of person soliciting, collecting, or expending contributions - Every person who solicits, collects or expends contributions on behalf...
§ 79-11-527. Reciprocal agreements with other states; public access to registration records - The Secretary of State may enter into reciprocal agreements with...
§ 79-11-529. Fines and penalties - Any person who knowingly and willingly violates the provisions of...
Charitable Gift Annuities
§ 79-11-659. Effect of failure to provide required notice - The failure of a charitable organization to comply with the...
§ 79-11-661. Not unfair or deceptive trade practice - The issuance of a qualified charitable gift annuity does not...
Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act
§ 79-11-701. Short title - Sections 79-11-701 through 79-11-719 may be cited as the Uniform...
§ 79-11-703. Definitions - In Sections 79-11-701 through 79-11-719: "Charitable purpose" means either: Any...
§ 79-11-713. Reviewing compliance - Compliance with Sections 79-11-701 through 79-11-719 is determined in light...
§ 79-11-715. Application to existing institutional funds - Sections 79-11-701 through 79-11-719 applies to institutional funds existing on...
§ 79-11-717. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - Sections 79-11-701 through 79-11-719 modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal...
§ 79-11-719. Uniformity of application and construction - In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be...