The Statement of Information required pursuant to California Corporations Code Section 1502 is not required to be signed under penalty of perjury. However, the statute does require that the corporation (not the individual...more
A California corporation begins existence upon the filing of its articles of incorporation. Cal. Corp. Code § 200(c). The filing of initial articles of incorporation starts a 90 day clock on the filing of the newly hatched...more
Yesterday's post mentioned mentioned Chapter 17 of the California General Corporation Law which governs service of process in addition to the provisions of the California Code of Civil Procedure. Corporations Code Section...more
The California Code of Civil Procedure sets forth the general rules governing the service of summons. Cal. Code Civ. Proc. §§ 415.10 - 415.95. Chapter 17 of the General Corporation Law adds to these provisions. In some...more
In Chapter 9 of James Joyce's Ulysses, Stephen Dedalus proclaims "A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery". Alas, not every person filing a corporate record is a "man of...more
Section 2105 of the California Corporations Code prohibits a foreign corporation from transacting intrastate business in California without having first registered with the California Secretary of State. A foreign...more
The term "article" has an interesting etymology. It is derived (via Latin) from the Ancient Greek word, ἄρθρον, meaning a bodily joint. Articles, like joints, connect things together....more
Section 2115 of the California Corporations Code famously purports to impose numerous provisions of the General Corporation Law on foreign corporations if two tests are met. One of these tests, the so-called "business...more
The California Secretary of State's website provides certain information with respect to a wide range of domestic and foreign entities registered to transact intrastate business, including corporations, limited liability...more
California permits foreign and domestic corporations to file a statement of statement of "No Change" (Form SI 550NC) if the following three conditions are met...more
Several provisions of the California General Corporation Law that require filing with the Secretary of State specify that the filed instrument must include the Secretary of State's file number. E.g., Cal. Corp. Code §§...more
As noted in yesterday's post, Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber is asking U.S. District Court Judge R. Gary Klausner to dismiss a challenge to California's board quota statutes. In her motion to dismiss, the Secretary of...more
The California General Corporation Law defines "foreign association" as a business organization organized as a trust under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction. Cal. Corp. Code § 170. For purposes of Chapter 21 of the GCL, a...more
Corporations Code Section 301.3(a) provides: "No later than the close of the 2019 calendar year, a publicly held domestic or foreign corporation whose principal executive offices, according to the corporation’s SEC 10-K...more
Yesterday, I noted that the California Secretary of State's office is mailing reminder letters to certain "publicly held" and "publicly traded" corporations. The letter explains that these are two different categories...more
Yesterday's post discussed how to effect service on a foreign corporation. Two of three statutory options relate to service on an agent of the corporation. What if an agent cannot be found? Mirabile dictu! The GCL provides...more
I wrote that the California General Corporation Law defines "foreign corporation" to include, for some but not all purposes, business associations organized as trusts under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction. Cal. Corp. Code...more
California's legislature reconvened last week for the second year of its biennium. Assemblyman Marc Steinorth began the session by introducing a bill requiring the Secretary of State to exclude certain personal information...more
California’s 1879 Constitution enshrined cumulative voting as a constitutional right. Cal. Const. of 1879, Art. XII, § 12 (repealed). The 1931 California General Corporation Law continued mandatory cumulative voting. When...more