§ 6712 Director Identity Or Appointment

Corporations Code·California

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•If a company's leaders are missing, dead, or won't do their job, someone can ask a court to help.
•The court can decide who the real leaders are or pick new ones to close down the company.
•Even the Attorney General (a government lawyer) can ask the court to fix this problem.

Example

A small local store's owners disappear, and no one knows who is in charge. Bills aren't being paid, and employees aren't getting their paychecks.

A worker or even the government lawyer can go to court and ask a judge to pick new leaders to shut down the store the right way.

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§ 6712 Director Identity Or Appointment

When the identity of the directors or their right to hold office is in doubt, or if they are dead or unable to act, or they fail or refuse to act or their whereabouts cannot be ascertained, any interested person, including the Attorney General, may petition the superior court of the proper county to determine the identity of the directors or, if there are no directors, to appoint directors to wind up the affairs of the corporation, after hearing upon such notice to such persons as the court may direct. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 567.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

directors petition superior court wind up the affairs of the corporation

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 6712.

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