Articles of incorporation are effective and corporate existence begins when the articles of incorporation are filed with the secretary of state accompanied by a payment of $135, which includes a $100 incorporation fee in addition to the $35 filing fee required by section 302A.011, subdivision 11 . Articles of amendment are effective when filed with the secretary of state or at another time within 30 days after filing if the articles of amendment so provide. Articles of merger must be accompanied by a fee of $60, which includes a $25 merger fee in addition to the $35 filing fee required by section 302A.011, subdivision 11 .
Minn. Stat. § 302A.153
EFFECTIVE DATE OF ARTICLES.
Known as the Minnesota Business Corporation Act
The act spans §§ 302A.001 to 302A.92 (139 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Almac, Inc. v. JRH Development, Inc. (1986)
Most recently applied in Stone v. Jetmar Properties, LLC (June 2007)
1981 c 270 s 19; 1981 c 356 s 344; 1987 c 404 s 164; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 194; 1993 c 17 s 15
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Minnesota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.