Louisiana § RS 12:217 - Classes and qualifications of membership
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§ RS 12:217. Classes and qualifications of membership
A. Membership shall be of the classes, and shall be governed by the rules of admission, retention, suspension and expulsion, which the articles or by-laws prescribe; provided that all rules shall be reasonable, germane to the purpose of the corporation, and equally enforced as to all members of the same class.
B. Unless otherwise provided by the articles or by-laws, there shall be one class of members.
C. If neither the articles nor the by-laws provide for members or shareholders, or if a corporation has, in fact, no shareholders, and no members other than the persons constituting its board of directors, the persons for the time being constituting the board shall, for all intents and purposes, be taken to be the members of the corporation, and shall exercise all of the rights and powers of the members.
Acts 1968, No. 105, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 12:217 ("Classes and qualifications of membership") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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