Nevada § 78.015 - Applicability of chapter; effect on corporations existing before April 1, 1925
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 78.015 — Applicability of chapter; effect on corporations existing before April 1, 1925, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 78.015. Applicability of chapter; effect on corporations existing before April 1, 1925
1. The provisions of this chapter apply to: (a) Corporations organized in this State on or after October 1, 1991, except: (1) Where the provisions of chapters 80, 84 and 89 of NRS are inconsistent with the
provisions of this chapter; (2) Corporations expressly excluded by the provisions of this chapter; and (3) Corporations governed by the provisions of NRS 81.170 to 81.540 , inclusive, and chapter 82 of NRS. (b) Corporations whose charters are renewed or revived in the manner provided in NRS 78.730 . (c) Corporations organized and still existing under this chapter before October 1,
1991, or any prior act or any amendment thereto. (d) Close corporations, unless otherwise provided in chapter 78A of NRS. (e) All insurance companies, mutual fire insurance companies, surety companies, express
companies, railroad companies, and public utility companies now existing and formed
before October 1, 1991, under any other act or law of this State, subject to any special
provisions concerning any class of corporations inconsistent with the provisions of
this chapter, in which case the special provisions continue to apply. 2. Neither the existence of corporations formed or existing before April 1, 1925,
nor any liability, cause of action, right, privilege or immunity validly existing
in favor of or against any such corporation on April 1, 1925, are affected, abridged,
taken away or impaired by this chapter, or by any change in the requirements for the
formation of corporations provided by this chapter, nor by the amendment or repeal
of any laws under which such prior existing corporations were formed or created.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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