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Tenn. Code Ann. § 48-58-401

Required officers

Acts 1987, ch. 242, § 8.40; 1989, ch. 445, § 7.

(1) A corporation has the officers described in its bylaws or designated by its board of directors in accordance with the bylaws; provided, that every corporation shall have a president and a secretary. Unless the charter or bylaws provide otherwise, officers shall be elected or appointed by the board of directors.

(2) A duly appointed officer may appoint one (1) or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors.

(3) The bylaws or the board of directors shall delegate to one (1) of the officers responsibility for preparing minutes of the directors' and members' meetings and for authenticating records of the corporation.

(4) The same individual may simultaneously hold more than one (1) office in a corporation, except the offices of president and secretary.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.