Indiana § 28-13-9-2 - Qualifications of directors; articles and bylaws prescribing; waiver of citizenship requirement
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§ 28-13-9-2. Qualifications of directors; articles and bylaws prescribing; waiver of citizenship requirement
Sec. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), every director must, during the director's whole term of service, be a citizen of the United States. A director must be at least eighteen (18) years of age. At least one-half (1/2) of the directors must reside in Indiana or within a distance of not to exceed fifty (50) miles of any office of the corporation of which the director is a director.
(b) The articles of incorporation or bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors. A director need not be a shareholder of the corporation unless the articles of incorporation or bylaws so prescribe.
(c) The director of the department may waive the United States citizenship requirement set forth in subsection (a) for a particular corporation if the waiver would affect only a minority of the total number of directors of the corporation.
As added by P.L.14-1992, SEC.163. Amended by P.L.192-2003, SEC.7; P.L.213-2007, SEC.104; P.L.217-2007, SEC.102.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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