Current through Session Law 2024-56
Section 55-8-21 - Action without meeting(a) Unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, action required or permitted by this Chapter to be taken at a board of directors' meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action is taken by all members of the board. The action must be evidenced by one or more unrevoked written consents signed by each director before or after such action, describing the action taken, and included in the minutes or filed with the corporate records. To the extent the corporation has agreed pursuant to G.S. 55-1-50, a director's consent to action taken without meeting or revocation thereof may be in electronic form and delivered by electronic means.(b) Action taken under this section is effective when one or more unrevoked consents signed by all of the directors are delivered to the corporation, unless the consents specify a different effective date. A director's consent to action may be revoked in a writing signed by the director and delivered to the corporation prior to the action becoming effective.(c) A consent signed under this section has the effect of a meeting vote and may be described as such in any document.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-8-21
Amended by 2005 N.C. Sess. Laws 268, s. 9, eff. 10/1/2005.Amended by 2001-387, s. 15, eff. 1/1/2002. 1955,c. 1371, s. 1; 1959, c. 1316, s. 8; 1969, c. 751, s. 12; 1973, c. 469, ss.8 - 10; 1989, c. 265, s. 1.