Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act
Utah Code Title 16, Chapter 6a
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The below is not updated with new changes to the law after 2018!
2018 Version of the Nonprofit Corporation Act:
- Part 100-600 General
- Part 700 Member Meetings, Voting
- Part 800 Directors and Officers
- Part 900-1500 Indemnification, Misc
- Part 1600-1700 Records
- 16-6a-101. Title.
- 16-6a-102. Definitions
- 16-6a-103. Notice
- 16-6a-104. Powers of the division
- 16-6a-105. Filing requirements
- 16-6a-106. Forms
- 16-6a-107. Fees
- 16-6a-108. Effective time and date of filed documents
- 16-6a-109. Correcting filed documents
- 16-6a-110. Filing duty of division
- 16-6a-111. Appeal from division's refusal to file document
- 16-6a-112. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document
- 16-6a-113. Certificates issued by the division
- 16-6a-114. Penalty for signing false documents
- 16-6a-115. Liability to third parties
- 16-6a-116. Private foundations
- 16-6a-117. Judicial relief
- 16-6a-118. Electronic documents
- 16-6a-119. Execution against a mutual benefit corporation
- 16-6a-201. Incorporators
- 16-6a-202. Articles of incorporation
- 16-6a-203. Incorporation
- 16-6a-204. Liability for preincorporation transactions
- 16-6a-205. Organization of the corporation
- 16-6a-206. Bylaws
- 16-6a-207. Incorporation of cooperative association
- 16-6a-301. Purposes
- 16-6a-302. General powers
- 16-6a-303. Emergency powers
- 16-6a-304. Ultra vires
- 16-6a-401. Corporate name
- 16-6a-402. Reserved name
- 16-6a-403. Corporate name -- Limited rights
- 16-6a-601. No requirement of members
- 16-6a-602. Number and classes
- 16-6a-603. Admission
- 16-6a-604. Consideration
- 16-6a-605. Differences in rights and obligations of members
- 16-6a-606. Transfers
- 16-6a-607. Creditor's action against member
- 16-6a-608. Resignation
- 16-6a-609. Termination, expulsion, or suspension
- 16-6a-610. Purchase of memberships
- 16-6a-611. No property right
- 16-6a-612. Derivative suits
- 16-6a-613. Delegates
- 16-6a-701. Annual and regular meetings
- 16-6a-702. Special meetings
- 16-6a-703. Court-ordered meeting
- 16-6a-704. Notice of meeting
- 16-6a-705. Waiver of notice
- 16-6a-706. Record date -- Determining members entitled to notice and vote
- 16-6a-707. Action without meeting
- 16-6a-708. Meetings by telecommunication
- 16-6a-709. Action by written ballot
- 16-6a-710. Members' list for meeting and action by written ballot
- 16-6a-711. Voting entitlement generally
- 16-6a-712. Proxies
- 16-6a-713. Nonprofit corporation's acceptance of votes
- 16-6a-714. Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups
- 16-6a-715. Action by single and multiple voting groups
- 16-6a-716. Greater quorum or voting requirements
- 16-6a-717. Voting for directors -- Cumulative voting
- 16-6a-718. Voting agreements
- 16-6a-801. Requirement for board of directors
- 16-6a-802. Qualifications of directors
- 16-6a-803. Number of directors
- 16-6a-804. Election, appointment, and designation of directors
- 16-6a-805. Terms of directors generally
- 16-6a-806. Staggered terms for directors
- 16-6a-807. Resignation of directors
- 16-6a-808. Removal of directors
- 16-6a-809. Removal of directors by judicial proceeding
- 16-6a-810. Vacancy on board
- 16-6a-811. Compensation of directors
- 16-6a-812. Meetings
- 16-6a-813. Action without meeting
- 16-6a-814. Notice of meeting
- 16-6a-815. Waiver of notice
- 16-6a-816. Quorum and voting
- 16-6a-817. Committees of the board
- 16-6a-818. Officers
- 16-6a-819. Duties of officers
- 16-6a-820. Resignation and removal of officers
- 16-6a-821. Contract rights with respect to officers
- 16-6a-822. General standards of conduct for directors and officers
- 16-6a-823. Limitation of liability of directors
- 16-6a-824. Liability of directors for unlawful distributions
- 16-6a-825. Conflicting interest transaction
- 16-6a-826. Common members, directors, or officers
- 16-6a-901. Indemnification definitions
- 16-6a-902. Authority to indemnify directors
- 16-6a-903. Mandatory indemnification of directors
- 16-6a-904. Advance of expenses for directors
- 16-6a-905. Court-ordered indemnification of directors
- 16-6a-906. Determination and authorization of indemnification of directors
- 16-6a-907. Indemnification of officers, employees, fiduciaries, and agents
- 16-6a-908. Insurance
- 16-6a-909. Limitations on indemnification of directors
- 16-6a-910. Notice to voting members of indemnification of director
- 16-6a-1001. Authority to amend articles of incorporation
- 16-6a-1002. Amendment of articles of incorporation by board of directors or incorporators
- 16-6a-1003. Amendment of articles of incorporation by board of directors and members
- 16-6a-1004. Voting on amendments of articles of incorporation by voting groups
- 16-6a-1005. Articles of amendment to articles of incorporation
- 16-6a-1006. Restated articles of incorporation
- 16-6a-1007. Amendment of articles of incorporation pursuant to reorganization
- 16-6a-1008. Conversion to a business corporation
- 16-6a-1008.7. Conversion to or from a domestic limited liability company
- 16-6a-1009. Effect of amendment of articles of incorporation
- 16-6a-1010. Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or members
- 16-6a-1011. Bylaw changing quorum or voting requirement for members
- 16-6a-1012. Bylaw changing quorum or voting requirement for directors
- 16-6a-1013. Approval by third persons
- 16-6a-1014. Amendment terminating members or redeeming or canceling memberships
- 16-6a-1101. Merger
- 16-6a-1102. Action on plan of merger
- 16-6a-1103. Articles of merger
- 16-6a-1104. Effect of merger
- 16-6a-1105. Merger with foreign nonprofit corporation
- 16-6a-1201. Sale of property
- 16-6a-1202. Sale of property other than in regular course of activities
- 16-6a-1301. Distributions prohibited
- 16-6a-1302. Authorized distributions
- 16-6a-1401. Dissolution by incorporators or directors if no members
- 16-6a-1402. Dissolution by directors and members
- 16-6a-1403. Articles of dissolution
- 16-6a-1404. Revocation of dissolution
- 16-6a-1405. Effect of dissolution
- 16-6a-1406. Disposition of known claims by notification
- 16-6a-1407. Disposition of claims by publication
- 16-6a-1408. Enforcement of claims against dissolved nonprofit corporation
- 16-6a-1409. Service on dissolved nonprofit corporation
- 16-6a-1410. Grounds for administrative dissolution
- 16-6a-1411. Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution
- 16-6a-1412. Reinstatement following administrative dissolution -- Reinstatement after voluntary dissolution
- 16-6a-1413. Appeal from denial of reinstatement
- 16-6a-1414. Grounds for judicial dissolution
- 16-6a-1415. Procedure for judicial dissolution
- 16-6a-1416. Receivership or custodianship
- 16-6a-1417. Decree of dissolution
- 16-6a-1418. Dissolution upon expiration of period of duration
- 16-6a-1419. Deposit with state treasurer
- 16-6a-1501. Authority to conduct affairs required
- 16-6a-1502. Consequences of conducting affairs without authority
- 16-6a-1503. Application for authority to conduct affairs
- 16-6a-1504. Amended application for authority to conduct affairs
- 16-6a-1505. Effect of filing an application for authority to conduct affairs
- 16-6a-1506. Corporate name and assumed corporate name of foreign nonprofit corporation
- 16-6a-1507. Registered name of foreign nonprofit corporation
- 16-6a-1510. Resignation of registered agent of foreign nonprofit corporation
- 16-6a-1511. Service on foreign nonprofit corporation
- 16-6a-1512. Merger of foreign nonprofit corporations authorized to conduct affairs in this state
- 16-6a-1513. Withdrawal of foreign nonprofit corporation
- 16-6a-1514. Service on withdrawn foreign nonprofit corporation
- 16-6a-1515. Grounds for revocation
- 16-6a-1516. Procedure for and effect of revocation
- 16-6a-1517. Appeal from revocation
- 16-6a-1518. Domestication of foreign nonprofit corporations
- 16-6a-1601. Corporate records
- 16-6a-1602. Inspection of records by directors and members
- 16-6a-1603. Scope of inspection right
- 16-6a-1604. Court-ordered inspection of corporate records
- 16-6a-1605. Limitations on use of membership list
- 16-6a-1606. Financial statements
- 16-6a-1607. Annual report for division
- 16-6a-1608. Statement of person named as director or officer
- 16-6a-1609. Interrogatories by division
- 16-6a-1610. Scope of a member's right to inspect or receive copies
- 16-6a-1701. Application to existing domestic nonprofit corporations -- Reports of domestic and foreign nonprofit corporation
- 16-6a-1702. Application to foreign nonprofit corporations
- 16-6a-1703. Nonapplicability of chapter
- 16-6a-1704. Saving provisions
- 16-6a-1705. Severability clause
