§ 7527 Director Election Challenges

Corporations Code·California

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•If you want to argue that a director was picked or removed unfairly, you have to start the fight within 9 months.
•If no one complains within 9 months, the decision is final and can't be changed later.
•This rule doesn't apply if someone lied or cheated to get the director picked or removed.

Example

A company picks a new director, but some people think it wasn't fair.

If those people don't say anything within 9 months, the new director stays for good. But if someone cheated to get that director picked, the 9-month rule doesn't matter.

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§ 7527 Director Election Challenges

An action challenging the validity of any election, appointment or removal of a director or directors must be commenced within nine months after the election, appointment or removal. If no such action is commenced, in the absence of fraud, any election, appointment or removal of a director is conclusively presumed valid nine months thereafter. (Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 587, Sec. 35.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

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election appointment removal director nine months fraud conclusively presumed valid

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 7527.

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