2018 Florida Statutes
The Florida Statutes are updated annually after the conclusion of a regular legislative session, typically published in July/August.
149 Sections found
Chapter | Title |
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617.01011 | Short title. |
617.0102 | Reservation of power to amend or repeal. |
617.01201 | Filing requirements. |
617.0121 | Forms. |
617.0122 | Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates. |
617.0123 | Effective date of document. |
617.0124 | Correcting filed document. |
617.0125 | Filing duties of Department of State. |
617.0126 | Appeal from Department of State’s refusal to file document. |
617.0127 | Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. |
617.0128 | Certificate of status. |
617.01301 | Powers of Department of State. |
617.01401 | Definitions. |
617.0141 | Notice. |
617.02011 | Incorporators. |
617.0202 | Articles of incorporation; content. |
617.0203 | Incorporation. |
617.0204 | Liability for preincorporation transactions. |
617.0205 | Organizational meeting of directors. |
617.0206 | Bylaws. |
617.0207 | Emergency bylaws. |
617.0301 | Purposes and application. |
617.0302 | Corporate powers. |
617.0303 | Emergency powers. |
617.0304 | Ultra vires. |
617.0401 | Corporate name. |
617.0403 | Registered name; application; renewal; revocation. |
617.0501 | Registered office and registered agent. |
617.0502 | Change of registered office or registered agent; resignation of registered agent. |
617.0503 | Registered agent; duties; confidentiality of investigation records. |
617.0504 | Service of process, notice, or demand on a corporation. |
617.0505 | Distributions; exceptions. |
617.0601 | Members, generally. |
617.0604 | Liability of members. |
617.0605 | Transfer of membership interests. |
617.0606 | Resignation of members. |
617.0607 | Termination, expulsion, and suspension. |
617.0608 | Purchase of memberships. |
617.0701 | Meetings of members, generally; failure to hold annual meeting; special meeting; consent to corporate actions without meetings; waiver of notice of meetings. |
617.0721 | Voting by members. |
617.0725 | Quorum. |
617.07401 | Members’ derivative actions. |
617.0801 | Duties of board of directors. |
617.0802 | Qualifications of directors. |
617.0803 | Number of directors. |
617.0806 | Staggered terms for directors. |
617.0807 | Resignation of directors. |
617.0808 | Removal of directors. |
617.0809 | Board vacancy. |
617.08101 | Compensation of directors. |
617.0820 | Meetings. |
617.0821 | Action by directors without a meeting. |
617.0822 | Notice of meetings. |
617.0823 | Waiver of notice. |
617.0824 | Quorum and voting. |
617.0825 | Committees. |
617.0830 | General standards for directors. |
617.0831 | Indemnification and liability of officers, directors, employees, and agents. |
617.0832 | Director conflicts of interest. |
617.0833 | Loans to directors or officers. |
617.0834 | Officers and directors of certain corporations and associations not for profit; immunity from civil liability. |
617.0835 | Prohibited activities by private foundations. |
617.0840 | Required officers. |
617.0841 | Duties of officers. |
617.0842 | Resignation and removal of officers. |
617.0843 | Contract rights of officers. |
617.0901 | Reincorporation. |
617.1001 | Authority to amend the articles of incorporation. |
617.1002 | Procedure for amending articles of incorporation. |
617.1006 | Contents of articles of amendment. |
617.1007 | Restated articles of incorporation. |
617.1008 | Amendment pursuant to reorganization. |
617.1009 | Effect of amendment. |
617.1101 | Plan of merger. |
617.1102 | Limitation on merger. |
617.1103 | Approval of plan of merger; abandonment of plan thereafter. |
617.1105 | Articles of merger. |
617.1106 | Effect of merger. |
617.1107 | Merger of domestic and foreign corporations. |
617.1108 | Merger of domestic corporation and other business entities. |
617.1201 | Secured transactions and other dispositions of corporate property and assets not requiring member approval. |
617.1202 | Sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of corporate property and assets requiring member approval. |
617.1301 | Prohibited distributions. |
617.1302 | Authorized distributions. |
617.1401 | Voluntary dissolution of corporation prior to conducting its affairs. |
617.1402 | Dissolution of corporation. |
617.1403 | Articles of dissolution. |
617.1404 | Revocation of dissolution. |
617.1405 | Effect of dissolution. |
617.1406 | Plan of distribution of assets. |
617.1407 | Unknown claims against dissolved corporation. |
617.1408 | Known claims against dissolved corporation. |
617.1420 | Grounds for administrative dissolution. |
617.1421 | Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution. |
617.1422 | Reinstatement following administrative dissolution. |
617.1423 | Appeal from denial of reinstatement. |
617.1430 | Grounds for judicial dissolution. |
617.1431 | Procedure for judicial dissolution. |
617.1432 | Receivership or custodianship. |
617.1433 | Judgment of dissolution. |
617.1440 | Deposit with Department of Financial Services. |
617.1501 | Authority of foreign corporation to conduct affairs required. |
617.1502 | Consequences of conducting affairs without authority. |
617.1503 | Application for certificate of authority. |
617.1504 | Amended certificate of authority. |
617.1505 | Effect of certificate of authority. |
617.1506 | Corporate name of foreign corporation. |
617.1507 | Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. |
617.1508 | Change of registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation. |
617.1509 | Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation. |
617.1510 | Service of process, notice, or demand on a foreign corporation. |
617.1520 | Withdrawal of foreign corporation. |
617.1530 | Grounds for revocation of authority to conduct affairs. |
617.1531 | Procedure for and effect of revocation. |
617.1532 | Appeal from revocation. |
617.1533 | Reinstatement following revocation. |
617.1601 | Corporate records. |
617.1602 | Inspection of records by members. |
617.1603 | Scope of inspection right. |
617.1604 | Court-ordered inspection. |
617.1605 | Financial reports for members. |
617.1606 | Access to records. |
617.1622 | Annual report for Department of State. |
617.1623 | Corporate information available to the public; application to corporations incorporated by circuit courts and by special act of the Legislature. |
617.1701 | Application to existing domestic corporation. |
617.1702 | Application to qualified foreign corporations. |
617.1703 | Application of chapter. |
617.1711 | Application to foreign and interstate commerce. |
617.1803 | Domestication of foreign not-for-profit corporations. |
617.1805 | Corporations for profit; when may become corporations not for profit. |
617.1806 | Conversion to corporation not for profit; petition and contents. |
617.1807 | Conversion to corporation not for profit; authority of circuit judge. |
617.1808 | Application of act to corporation converted to corporation not for profit. |
617.1809 | Limited agricultural association; conversion to a domestic corporation not for profit. |
617.1904 | Estoppel. |
617.1907 | Effect of repeal or amendment of prior acts. |
617.1908 | Applicability of Florida Business Corporation Act. |
617.2001 | Corporations which may be incorporated hereunder; incorporation of certain medical services corporations. |
617.2002 | Corporation not for profit organized pursuant to s. 2, ch. 87-296; requirements. |
617.2003 | Proceedings to revoke articles of incorporation or charter or prevent its use. |
617.2004 | Extinct churches and religious societies; property. |
617.2005 | Extinct churches and religious societies; dissolution. |
617.2006 | Incorporation of labor unions or bodies. |
617.2007 | Sponge packing and marketing corporations. |
617.2101 | Corporation authorized to act as trustee. |
617.2102 | Fines and penalties against members. |
617.2104 | Florida Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act. |
617.2105 | Corporation issued a deed to real property. |
617.221 | Membership associations. |
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