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317A.163 CORPORATE SEAL.
    Subdivision 1. Seal not required. A corporation may, but need not, have a corporate seal.
The use or nonuse of a corporate seal does not affect the validity, recordability, or enforceability
of a document or act. If a corporation has a corporate seal, the use of the seal by the corporation
on a document is not necessary.
    Subd. 2. Required words; use. If a corporation has a corporate seal, the seal may consist
of a mechanical imprinting device, or a rubber stamp with a facsimile of the seal affixed on it,
or a facsimile or reproduction of either. The seal may include a part or all of the name of the
corporation and a combination, derivation, or abbreviation of either or both of the phrases "a
Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation" and "Corporate Seal." If a corporation has a corporate seal, it
or a facsimile of it may be affixed, engraved, printed, placed, stamped with indelible ink, or in any
other manner reproduced on any document.
History: 1989 c 304 s 23

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