N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-16-01
Corporate records
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Current — April 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
(1) A corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its incorporators, shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation.
(2) A corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.
(3) A corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each.
(4) A corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.
(1) A corporation shall maintain the following records: Its articles of incorporation as currently in effect.
(6) Its bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;
(7) Resolutions adopted by its board of directors creating one or more classes or series of shares, and fixing their relative rights, preferences, and limitations, if shares issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;
(8) The minutes of all shareholders' meetings, and records of all action taken by shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;
(2) Its bylaws as currently in effect.
(3) All written communications within the past three years to shareholders generally.
(4) Minutes of all meetings of, and records of all actions taken without a meeting by, its shareholders, its board of directors, and board committees established under section G.S. 55-8-25.
(5) A list of the names and business addresses of its current directors and officers.
(6) Its most recent annual report delivered as required by G.S. 55-16-22.
History
(7) A corporation shall maintain all annual financial statements prepared for the corporation for its last three fiscal years, or each year of its existence if shorter than three years, and any audit or other reports with respect to the financial statements.
(8) A corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its current shareholders, in alphabetical order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each shareholder.
(9) A corporation shall maintain accounting records in a form that permits preparation of its financial statements.
(10) A corporation shall maintain the records specified in this section in a manner so that they may be made available for inspection within a reasonable time.
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.