Chapter 1a. Business Corporation Act

Part I. General Provisions

• Subpart A. Short Title and Reservation of Power
• Subpart B. Filing Documents
• Subpart C. Secretary of State

Part II. Incorporation

• La. R.S. § 12:1-201 Incorporators
• La. R.S. § 12:1-202 Articles of Incorporation and Signed Consent By Agent to Appointment
• La. R.S. § 12:1-203 Incorporation
• La. R.S. § 12:1-204 Liability For Preincorporation Transactions [Reserved]
• La. R.S. § 12:1-205 Organization of Corporation
• La. R.S. § 12:1-206 Bylaws
• La. R.S. § 12:1-207 Emergency Bylaws

Part III. Purposes and Powers

• La. R.S. § 12:1-301 Purposes
• La. R.S. § 12:1-302 General Powers
• La. R.S. § 12:1-303 Emergency Powers
• La. R.S. § 12:1-304 Ultra Vires

Part IV. Name

• La. R.S. § 12:1-401 Corporate Name
• La. R.S. § 12:1-402 Reserved Name
• La. R.S. § 12:1-403 Registered Name

Part V. Office and Agent

• La. R.S. § 12:1-501 Registered Office and Registered Agent
• La. R.S. § 12:1-502 Change of Registered Office Or Registered Agent
• La. R.S. § 12:1-503 Resignation of Registered Agent
• La. R.S. § 12:1-504 Service On Corporation

Part VI. Shares and Distributions

• Subpart A. Shares
• Subpart B. Issuance of Shares
• Subpart C. Subsequent Acquisition of Shares By Shareholders and Corporation
• Subpart D. Distributions

Part VII. Shareholders

• Subpart A. Meetings
• Subpart B. Voting
• Subpart C. Voting Trusts and Agreements
• Subpart D. Derivative Proceedings
• Subpart E. Proceeding to Appoint Receiver

Part VIII. Directors and Officers

• Subpart A. Board of Directors
• Subpart B. Meetings and Action of the Board
• Subpart C. Directors
• Subpart D. Officers
• Subpart E. Indemnification and Advance For Expenses
• Subpart F. Directors' Conflicting Interest Transactions
• Subpart G. Business Opportunities

Part IX. Domestication and Conversion

• Subpart A. Preliminary Provisions
• Subpart B. Domestication
• Subpart C. Nonprofit Conversion
• Subpart D. Foreign Nonprofit Domestication and Conversion
• Subpart E. Entity Conversion

Part X. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

• Subpart A. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation
• Subpart B. Amendment of Bylaws

Part XI. Mergers and Share Exchanges

• La. R.S. § 12:1-1101 Definitions
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1102 Merger
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1103 Share Exchange
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1104 Action On a Plan of Merger Or Share Exchange
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1105 Merger Between Parent and Subsidiary Or Between Subsidiaries
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1106 Articles of Merger Or Share Exchange
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1107 Effect of Merger Or Share Exchange
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1108 Abandonment of a Merger Or Share Exchange

Part XII. Disposition of Assets

• La. R.S. § 12:1-1201 Disposition of Assets Not Requiring Shareholder Approval
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1202 Shareholder Approval of Certain Dispositions

Part XIII. Appraisal Rights

• Subpart A. Right to Appraisal and Payment For Shares
• Subpart B. Procedure For Exercise of Appraisal Rights
• Subpart C. Judicial Appraisal of Shares
• Subpart D. Other Remedies

Part XIV. Dissolution

• Subpart A. Voluntary Dissolution
• Subpart B. Administrative Dissolution [Reserved]
• Subpart C. Judicial Dissolution
• Subpart D. Termination and Reinstatement

Part XV. Foreign Corporations [Reserved]

• La. R.S. § 12:1-1446- 12:1-1600 Reserved

Part XVI. Records and Reports

• Subpart A. Records
• Subpart B. Reports

Part XVII. Transition Provisions

• La. R.S. § 12:1-1701 Application to Existing Domestic Corporations
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1702 Limited Applicability to Foreign Corporations
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1703 Saving Provisions
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1704 Reserved
• La. R.S. § 12:1-1705 Transition Rule For Reinstatement of a Corporation With a Revoked Charter