Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 78A - Close Corporations
NRS 78A.070 - Shareholders’ agreements: Authority to enter; effect; amendment.


1. All shareholders of a close corporation who are entitled to vote may agree in writing to regulate the exercise of the corporate powers and the management of the business and affairs of the corporation or the relationship among the shareholders of the corporation.
2. An agreement authorized by this section is effective even if the agreement:
(a) Eliminates a board of directors.
(b) Restricts the discretion or powers of the board of directors or authorizes director proxies or weighted voting rights.
(c) Treats the corporation as a partnership.
(d) Creates a relationship among the shareholders or between the shareholders and the corporation that would otherwise be appropriate among partners.
3. If the corporation has a board of directors, an agreement authorized by this section that restricts the discretion or powers of the board of directors:
(a) Relieves directors of liability imposed by law; and
(b) Imposes that liability on each person in whom the discretion or power of the board is vested,
to the extent that the discretion or power of the board of directors is governed by the agreement.
4. A provision eliminating a board of directors in an agreement authorized by this section is not effective unless the articles of incorporation contain a statement to that effect.
5. A provision entitling one or more shareholders to dissolve the corporation under NRS 78A.160 is effective if a statement of this right is contained in the articles of incorporation.
6. To amend an agreement authorized by this section, all shareholders entitled to vote must approve the amendment in writing, unless the agreement provides otherwise.
7. Subscribers for shares may act as shareholders with respect to an agreement authorized by this section if shares are not issued when the agreement was made.
8. This section does not prohibit any other agreement between or among shareholders in a close corporation.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 944)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 78A - Close Corporations

NRS 78A.010 - Applicability of chapter.

NRS 78A.013 - Form required for filing of records.

NRS 78A.015 - Filing of records written in language other than English.

NRS 78A.017 - Cancellation of filings.

NRS 78A.018 - Secretary of State authorized to adopt certain regulations to allow close corporation to carry out powers and duties through most recent technology.

NRS 78A.020 - Filing requirements; required and optional provisions of articles of incorporation.

NRS 78A.030 - Procedure for existing corporation to become close corporation.

NRS 78A.040 - Notice required on share certificates; effect of notice and restrictions on transfer of shares; shareholders to be provided with copies of provisions restricting rights.

NRS 78A.050 - Transfer of shares prohibited; exceptions.

NRS 78A.060 - Effect of attempt to transfer shares in violation of prohibition.

NRS 78A.070 - Shareholders’ agreements: Authority to enter; effect; amendment.

NRS 78A.080 - Shareholders’ agreements: Validity.

NRS 78A.090 - Operation without board of directors; elimination and reinstatement of board.

NRS 78A.100 - Annual meeting.

NRS 78A.110 - Records signed, acknowledged or verified by person acting in more than one capacity.

NRS 78A.120 - Limitation on liability of shareholders.

NRS 78A.130 - Merger or share exchange; sale, lease or exchange of assets.

NRS 78A.140 - Appointment of custodian, receiver or provisional director.

NRS 78A.150 - Provisional director: Requirements for appointment; qualifications, rights and powers; compensation.

NRS 78A.160 - Option of stockholder to dissolve corporation: Inclusion in articles of incorporation; exercise of option; notice on stock certificate.

NRS 78A.170 - Time of termination of status.

NRS 78A.180 - Voluntary termination of status.

NRS 78A.190 - Involuntary termination of status; intervention by court.

NRS 78A.200 - Effect of termination of status.