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HomeCorporations CodeCh. 15§ 1500 Corporate Records Maintenance

§ 1500 Corporate Records Maintenance

Corporations Code·California
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§ 1500 Corporate Records Maintenance

This law says companies must keep good records of their money, meetings, and who owns parts of the company. These records can be on paper or digital, but they must be easy to read if printed.

Key Takeaways

  • •Companies must keep records of their money and meetings.
  • •They must also keep a list of all owners and how much of the company they own.
  • •Records can be on paper or digital, but must be easy to read if printed.

Example

A small toy company has a meeting where they decide to make a new action figure.

The company must write down what was talked about in the meeting and keep a list of everyone who owns a piece of the company. If they keep these notes on a computer, they must be able to print them out clearly if needed.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

Official Source
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§ 1500 Corporate Records Maintenance

Each corporation shall keep adequate and correct books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its shareholders, board and committees of the board and shall keep at its principal office, or at the office of its transfer agent or registrar, a record of its shareholders, giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each. Those minutes and other books and records shall be kept either in written form or in another form capable of being converted into clearly legible tangible form or in any combination of the foregoing. When minutes and other books and records are kept in a form capable of being converted into clearly legible paper form, the clearly legible paper form into which those minutes and other books and records are converted shall be admissible in evidence, and accepted for all other purposes, to the same extent as an original paper record of the same information would have been, provided that the paper form accurately portrays the record. (Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 617, Sec. 24. (SB 1202) Effective January 1, 2023.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

books and records of accountminutes of the proceedingsshareholdersboard and committees of the boardclearly legible tangible form

Related Statutes

  • § 1501 Annual Report Requirements
  • § 12590 Corporate Records Maintenance
  • § 8320 Corporate Recordkeeping Requirements
  • § 9510 Corporate Recordkeeping Requirements
  • § 12620 Involuntary Dissolution Complaint

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 1500.
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