55-1-20. Filing requirements.
(a) A document required or permitted by this Chapter to be filed by the Secretary of State must be filed under Chapter 55D of the General Statutes.
(b) A document submitted on behalf of a domestic or foreign corporation must be executed:
(1) By the chair of its board of directors, by its president, or by another of its officers;
(2) If directors have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed, by an incorporator; or
(3) If the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.
(c) through (i). Reserved.
(j) Repealed by Session Laws 2002-159, s. 15 effective October 11, 2002. (1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1967, c. 13, s. 1; c. 823, s. 16; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1024, s. 12.1(a); 1991, c. 645, s. 15; 1999-369, s. 1.1; 2001-358, ss. 3(a), 6(a); 2001-387, ss. 1, 155, 173; 2001-413, s. 6; 2002-159, s. 15.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 55 - North Carolina Business Corporation Act
Article 1 - General Provisions.
§ 55-1-02 - Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
§ 55-1-20 - Filing requirements.
§ 55-1-22 - Filing, service, and copying fees.
§ 55-1-28 - Certificate of existence.
§ 55-1-29 - Transferred to § 55D-18 by Session Laws 2001-358, s3(b).
§ 55-1-31 - Interrogatories by Secretary of State.
§ 55-1-33 - Information disclosed by interrogatories.
§ 55-1-40 - Chapter definitions.
§ 55-1-42 - Number of shareholders.
§ 55-1-50 - Electronic transactions.
§ 55-1-61 - Defective corporate actions.
§ 55-1-62 - Ratification of defective corporate actions.
§ 55-1-63 - Action on ratification.
§ 55-1-64 - Notice requirements.
§ 55-1-65 - Effect of ratification.
§ 55-1-67 - Judicial proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions.