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BUSINESS CORPORATIONS

Action without a meeting, notice to shareholders, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 12

Articles

Incorporation by reference, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 16, 21

Provision dependent on outside facts, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 16, 21

Articles of incorporation

Emergencies, impracticability of compliance, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 3

Emergency powers, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 11

Failure of authorization, acts or transactions, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 4

Laws, modification by articles, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 10

Ratification of filed documents, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 16

Articles of incorporation, amendments creating rights, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 6 to 2014 c 170 s 8, 13

Beneficial owners

Generally, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 1

Records, inspection rights, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 18

Board of directors

Defective corporate acts, ratification process, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Election of first board, ratification process, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Management, duties, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 15

Meetings, emergency powers, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 11

Resolutions by, ratification of documents, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 16

Boards of directors

Authorization by, shares, issuance, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 6

Resolutions by, subsidiary mergers, approval, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 14

Business services, secretary of state, Minn. Law 2017 1Sp c 4 art 1 s 6

Bylaws

Emergencies, impracticability of compliance, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 3

Emergency bylaws, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 14

Emergency powers, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 11

Failure of authorization, acts or transactions, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 4

Laws, modification by bylaws, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 10

Ratification of filed documents, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 16

Bylaws, forum selection, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 4

Certificates and certification, defective corporate acts, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Claims against, forum selection, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 4

Closely held corporations

Employees, exclusions, workers' compensation, Minn. Law 2025 c 27 art 1 s 3

Executive officers, Minn. Law 2025 c 27 art 1 s 3

Compensation and salaries, resolutions, conflicts of interest, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 5

Constituent organizations, mergers, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 9 to 2018 c 103 s 13

Conversion plans, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 17

Conversion to limited liability companies, Minn. Law 2004 c 199 art 14 s 23 to 2004 c 199 art 14 s 28

Conversions

Abandonment, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 24

Articles of conversion, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 23

Definitions, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 4, 5

Effect on organization, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 25

Effect on shareholders or members, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 26

Foreign organizations, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 19, 20

Plans of conversion, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 21, 22

Conversions to

Abandonment, Minn. Law 2014 c 157 art 2 s 15

Action on plan of conversion, Minn. Law 2014 c 157 art 2 s 12

Articles of conversion, Minn. Law 2014 c 157 art 2 s 13, 14, 30

Definitions, Minn. Law 2014 c 157 art 2 s 6 to 2014 c 157 art 2 s 8

Effect, Minn. Law 2014 c 157 art 2 s 16

Effective date of conversion, Minn. Law 2014 c 157 art 2 s 16

Generally, Minn. Law 2014 c 157 art 2 s 10

Plans of conversion, Minn. Law 2014 c 157 art 2 s 11, 12

Corporate names, distinguishing, housing cooperatives, Minn. Law 2024 c 96 art 1 s 12

Defective corporate acts

Considerations of court, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 13

Date and time of act, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 7

Defined, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 2

Determination of validity by court, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 13

Postratification notice, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Ratification, effect, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Retroactive effect, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Validation

Effect, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Effective time, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 8

Definitions, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 1 to 2006 c 250 art 1 s 14, 2014 c 157 art 2 s 7, 8

Definitions, Business Corporation Act, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 1 to 2018 c 103 s 3, 2025 c 11 s 1 to 2025 c 11 s 9

Deputy registrars of motor vehicles, business corporations acting as, Minn. Law 2010 c 296 s 1

Directors, transfers of corporation property, Minn. Law 2010 c 250 art 1 s 10

Directors, voting powers, Minn. Law 2008 c 233 art 1 s 8

Dissenters' rights, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 8 to 2018 c 103 s 11

Dissenters' rights, actions creating rights, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 19

Dissolution

Certificates, Minn. Law 2011 c 106 s 5, 6

When stated duration has expired, Minn. Law 2011 c 106 s 7

Dissolution, certificates, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 27

Dissolution, home improvement contractors, Minn. Law 2010 c 343 s 1

Dissolutions

Statutory housing warranties, effect on, Minn. Law 2006 c 202 s 3, 5

Documents, ratification of filed documents, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 16

Duration, extensions, repealed, Minn. Law 2011 c 106 s 27

Educational programs for employees, exemptions, registration and approval, Higher Education Office, Minn. Law 2020 c 109 art 3 s 7

Emergencies

Defined, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 3

Emergency bylaws, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 14

Emergency powers, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 11

Exchanges

Plan of exchange, contents, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 21

Remedies, lack of performance, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 21

Housing cooperatives law, election of application, Minn. Law 2024 c 96 art 1 s 15

Indemnification, officers, limitations, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 17

Inspections, records, rights, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 18

Lawsuits, defective corporate acts

Determination of validity factors, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 13

Statute of limitations, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 13

Liability, officers, indemnification limitations, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 17

Management, board of directors, duties, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 15

Mergers, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 31 to 2006 c 250 art 1 s 41

Articles of merger, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 16

Constituent organizations, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 9 to 2018 c 103 s 13

Effect on organization, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 17

Foreign surviving organizations, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 18

Plan of merger, contents, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 21

Plans of merger, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 15

Remedies, lack of performance, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 21

Subsidiaries, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 14 to 2018 c 103 s 16

Name certificates, expiration, Minn. Law 2013 c 110 s 8

Names, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 17 to 2006 c 250 art 1 s 19, 2014 c 157 art 2 s 9

Nonprofit corporations, conversion to, Minn. Law 2017 c 17 s 11 to 2017 c 17 s 15

Officers, Minn. Law 2010 c 250 art 1 s 1 to 2010 c 250 art 1 s 4

Definition, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 3

Delegation, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 9

Emergency powers, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 11

Liability, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 10

Standard of conduct, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 17

officers, indemnification and advances

insurance holding companies, Minn. Law 2005 c 74 s 7

Organizational documents, Minn. Law 2014 c 157 art 2 s 7

Ownership, beneficial ownership, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 1

Proxies (persons), termination, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 7

Public benefit corporations, Minn. Law 2014 c 172

Receiverships, Minn. Law 2012 c 143 art 3 s 1 to 2012 c 143 art 3 s 5

Records and record keeping, location of records, Minn. Law 2010 c 250 art 1 s 9

Records and record keeping, right to inspect, violations, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 18

Registered agents, Minn. Law 2010 c 250 art 2 s 5, 8, 9

Registered agents, business corporations acting as, housing cooperatives, Minn. Law 2024 c 96 art 1 s 8

Registered offices, Minn. Law 2010 c 250 art 2 s 5, 8, 9

Registration

Failure to file, Minn. Law 2004 c 251 s 4

Form, Minn. Law 2004 c 251 s 3

Postcard reminders, secretary of state, Minn. Law 2004 c 251 s 2

Registration, failure to file, Minn. Law 2007 c 148 art 2 s 50

Remedies, defective corporate acts, discretion of court, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 13

Securities

Beneficial ownership, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 1

Payment for, dissenters' rights, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 20

Securities, restrictions on transfers, validity, Minn. Law 2010 c 250 art 1 s 7

Service of process on, revisor's corrections, Minn. Law 2015 c 21 art 1 s 1

Share dividends, effected by board, Minn. Law 2010 c 250 art 1 s 5, 6

Shareholder control agreements, Minn. Law 2008 c 233 art 1 s 3 to 2008 c 233 art 1 s 5

Shareholder control agreements, modifying statutory provisions, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 10

Shareholder meetings, notices about, Minn. Law 2010 c 250 art 1 s 8

Shareholders

Actions at meetings, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 24

Defective corporate acts, ratification process, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Exchanges, remedies, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 21

Matters submitted to, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 23

Mergers, remedies, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 21

Notice given, defective corporate acts, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Notice received, defective corporate acts, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Records, right to inspect, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 18

Votes and voting

Defective corporate acts, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 12

Emergency powers, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 11

Shareholders, dissenters' rights, procedures for asserting, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 14

Shareholders, mergers, constituent corporation, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 13

Shares

Beneficial ownership, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 1

Issuance, overissue, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 5

Other corporations, shares held by, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 25

Overissue, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 5

Payment for, dissenting shareholders, rights, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 20

Putative shares, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 6

Uncertificated, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 22

Valid shares, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 9

Shares, fractional shares, Minn. Law 2014 c 170 s 11

Shares, issuance, specific terms, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 6

Shares, market value, Minn. Law 2008 c 233 art 1 s 2

Standard of conduct, officers, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 17

Statutes of limitations, defective corporate acts, Minn. Law 2025 c 11 s 13

Subcommittees, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 15, 20

Subsidiaries, mergers, Minn. Law 2018 c 103 s 14 to 2018 c 103 s 16

Successor corporations, Minn. Law 2006 c 250 art 1 s 18

Technical amendments, Minn. Law 2008 c 233 art 1

Uniform Limited Partnership Act amendments, Minn. Law 2004 c 199 art 14 s 1 to 2004 c 199 art 14 s 22