Florida Code — 617
Browse 177 sections in division 617 of the Florida code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 617.01011. Short title.
- § 617.0102. Reservation of power to amend or repeal.
- § 617.01201. Filing requirements.
- § 617.0121. Forms.
- § 617.0122. Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.
- § 617.0123. Effective time and date of document.
- § 617.0124. Correcting filed document; withdrawal of filed record before effectiveness.
- § 617.0125. Filing duties of the department.
- § 617.0126. Appeal from department’s refusal to file document.
- § 617.0127. Certificates to be received in evidence; effect of certified copy of filed document.
- § 617.0128. Certificate of status.
- § 617.01301. Powers of department.
- § 617.01401. Definitions.
- § 617.0141. Notice.
- § 617.0143. Qualified director.
- § 617.02011. Incorporators.
- § 617.0202. Articles of incorporation; content.
- § 617.0203. Incorporation.
- § 617.0204. Liability for preincorporation transactions.
- § 617.0205. Organizational meeting of directors.
- § 617.0206. Bylaws.
- § 617.0207. Emergency bylaws.
- § 617.0301. Purposes and application.
- § 617.0302. Corporate powers.
- § 617.0303. Emergency powers.
- § 617.0304. Lack of power to act.
- § 617.0401. Corporate name.
- § 617.0403. Registered name; application; renewal; revocation.
- § 617.0501. Registered office and registered agent.
- § 617.05015. Reserved name.
- § 617.0502. Change of registered office or registered agent.
- § 617.05021. Resignation of a registered agent.
- § 617.05022. Change of name or address by a registered agent.
- § 617.0503. Failure to maintain registered agent; subpoena by the Department of Legal Affairs.
- § 617.0504. Serving process, giving notice, or making a demand on a corporation.
- § 617.0505. Distributions and dividends prohibited; exceptions.
- § 617.0601. Members, generally.
- § 617.0603. Compensation and benefits.
- § 617.0604. Liability of members.
- § 617.0605. Transfer of membership interests.
- § 617.0606. Resignation of members.
- § 617.0607. Termination, expulsion, and suspension.
- § 617.0608. Purchase of memberships.
- § 617.0701. Meetings of members, generally; failure to hold annual meeting; special meeting; consent to corporate actions without meetings; waiver of notice of meetings.
- § 617.0721. Voting by members.
- § 617.0725. Quorum.
- § 617.0741. Standing.
- § 617.0742. Complaint; demand and excuse.
- § 617.0743. Stay of proceedings.
- § 617.0744. Dismissal.
- § 617.0745. Discontinuance or settlement; notice.
- § 617.0746. Proceeds and expenses.
- § 617.0747. Applicability to foreign corporations.
- § 617.0801. Duties of board of directors.
- § 617.0802. Qualifications of directors.
- § 617.0803. Number of directors.
- § 617.0804. Selection of directors.
- § 617.0805. Terms of directors, generally.
- § 617.0806. Staggered terms for directors.
- § 617.0807. Resignation of directors.
- § 617.0808. Removal of directors.
- § 617.0809. Board vacancy.
- § 617.08091. Removal of directors by judicial proceedings.
- § 617.08101. Compensation of directors.
- § 617.0820. Board meetings.
- § 617.0821. Action by directors without a meeting.
- § 617.0823. Waiver of notice.
- § 617.0824. Quorum and voting.
- § 617.0825. Board committees and advisory committees.
- § 617.0830. General standards for directors.
- § 617.0831. Indemnification and liability of officers, directors, employees, and agents.
- § 617.0832. Conflict of interest standards for directors.
- § 617.0833. Loans to directors or officers.
- § 617.0834. Liability of directors and officers.
- § 617.0835. Prohibited activities by private foundations.
- § 617.0840. Required officers.
- § 617.0841. Duties of officers.
- § 617.0842. Resignation and removal of officers.
- § 617.0843. Contract rights of officers.
- § 617.0844. Standards of conduct for officers.
- § 617.0901. Reincorporation.
- § 617.1001. Authority to amend the articles of incorporation.
- § 617.1002. Procedure for amending articles of incorporation.
- § 617.1006. Contents of articles of amendment.
- § 617.1007. Restated articles of incorporation.
- § 617.1008. Amendment pursuant to reorganization.
- § 617.1009. Effect of amendment.
- § 617.1101. Plan of merger.
- § 617.1102. Limitation on merger.
- § 617.1103. Approval of plan of merger; abandonment of plan thereafter.
- § 617.1104. Short-form merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries.
- § 617.1105. Articles of merger.
- § 617.1106. Effect of merger.
- § 617.1107. Merger of domestic and foreign corporations.
- § 617.1201. Secured transactions and other dispositions of corporate property and assets not requiring member approval.
- § 617.1202. Sale, lease, exchange, or other disposition of corporate property and assets requiring member approval.
- § 617.1401. Voluntary dissolution of corporation prior to conducting its affairs.
- § 617.1402. Dissolution of corporation subsequent to conducting its affairs.
- § 617.1403. Articles of dissolution.
- § 617.1404. Revocation of dissolution.
- § 617.1405. Effect of dissolution.
- § 617.1406. Plan of distribution of assets.
- § 617.1407. Unknown claims against dissolved corporation.
- § 617.1408. Known claims against dissolved corporation.
- § 617.1409. Court proceedings.
- § 617.14091. Limitation on director liability for a dissolved corporation; claims against dissolved corporation; enforcement.
- § 617.1420. Grounds for administrative dissolution.
- § 617.1421. Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution.
- § 617.1422. Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.
- § 617.1423. Appeal from denial of reinstatement.
- § 617.1430. Grounds for judicial dissolution.
- § 617.1431. Procedure for judicial dissolution.
- § 617.1432. Receivership or custodianship.
- § 617.1433. Judgment of dissolution.
- § 617.1434. Alternative remedies to judicial dissolution.
- § 617.1435. Provisional director.
- § 617.1440. Deposit with Department of Financial Services.
- § 617.1501. Authority of foreign corporation to conduct affairs required.
- § 617.15015. Foreign corporation governing law.
- § 617.1502. Consequences of conducting affairs without authority.
- § 617.1503. Application for certificate of authority.
- § 617.1504. Amended certificate of authority.
- § 617.1505. Effect of certificate of authority.
- § 617.1506. Corporate name of foreign corporation.
- § 617.1507. Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.
- § 617.1508. Change of registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.
- § 617.1509. Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.
- § 617.15091. Delivery of notice or other communication.
- § 617.1510. Serving process, giving notice, or making a demand on a foreign corporation.
- § 617.1520. Withdrawal and cancellation of certificate of authority for foreign corporation.
- § 617.1521. Withdrawal of certificate of authority deemed on conversion to domestic filing entity.
- § 617.1522. Withdrawal on dissolution, merger, or conversion to certain non-filing entities.
- § 617.1523. Action against foreign corporation by Department of Legal Affairs.
- § 617.1530. Revocation of certificate of authority to transact business.
- § 617.15315. Reinstatement following revocation.
- § 617.1532. Judicial review of denial of reinstatement.
- § 617.1601. Corporate records.
- § 617.1602. Inspection of records by members.
- § 617.1603. Scope of inspection right.
- § 617.1604. Court-ordered inspection.
- § 617.1605. Financial reports for members.
- § 617.16051. Inspection rights of directors.
- § 617.1606. Access to records.
- § 617.1622. Annual report for department.
- § 617.1623. Corporate information available to the public; application to corporations incorporated by circuit courts and by special act of the Legislature.
- § 617.1701. Application to existing domestic corporation.
- § 617.1702. Application to qualified foreign corporations.
- § 617.1703. Application of chapter.
- § 617.1711. Application to foreign and interstate commerce.
- § 617.180301. Domestication.
- § 617.18031. Action on a plan of domestication.
- § 617.18032. Articles of domestication; effectiveness.
- § 617.18033. Amendment of a plan of domestication; abandonment.
- § 617.18034. Effect of domestication.
- § 617.1804. Conversion.
- § 617.18041. Limitation on conversion.
- § 617.18042. Plan of conversion.
- § 617.18043. Action on a plan of conversion.
- § 617.18044. Articles of conversion; effectiveness.
- § 617.18045. Amendment to a plan of conversion; abandonment.
- § 617.18046. Effect of conversion.
- § 617.1808. Application of chapter to corporation converted to nonprofit corporation.
- § 617.1809. Limited agricultural association; conversion to a domestic corporation.
- § 617.1904. Estoppel.
- § 617.1907. Effect of repeal or amendment of prior acts.
- § 617.1908. Applicability of Florida Business Corporation Act.
- § 617.2001. Corporations which may be incorporated hereunder; incorporation of certain medical services corporations.
- § 617.2002. Nonprofit corporation organized pursuant to s. 2, ch. 87-296; requirements.
- § 617.2003. Proceedings to revoke articles of incorporation or charter or prevent its use.
- § 617.2004. Extinct churches and religious societies; property.
- § 617.2005. Extinct churches and religious societies; dissolution.
- § 617.2006. Incorporation of labor unions or bodies.
- § 617.2007. Sponge packing and marketing corporations.
- § 617.2101. Corporation authorized to act as trustee.
- § 617.2104. Florida Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act.
- § 617.2105. Corporation issued a deed to real property.
- § 617.221. Membership associations.