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Code · Hawaii · Chapter 421

§421-4 Articles of incorporation.

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§421-4 Articles of incorporation.
(a)Articles of incorporation shall be certified and executed by each of the incorporators, if natural persons, and by the president and secretary of the association and shall contain the following:
(1)The name of the association;
(2)The mailing address of the association's principal office, the street address of the association's initial registered office, and the name of its initial registered agent at its initial registered office;
(3)The purposes and powers of the association;
(4)The proposed duration of the association;
(5)The names and addresses of persons who are to act as the initial directors and officers of the association;
(6)The names and addresses of the incorporators, and if organized with capital stock, a statement of the number of shares subscribed by each, which shall not be less than one, and the class of shares for which each subscribed;
(7)Whether organized with or without capital stock, and if organized with capital stock the total authorized number of shares and the par value of each share, if any; and if more than one class of stock is authorized, a description of the classes of shares, the number of shares in each class, the relative rights, preferences, and restrictions granted to or imposed upon the shares of each class, and the dividends to which each class shall be entitled; and
(8)If organized without capital stock, whether the property rights and interest of each member are equal or unequal, and if unequal, the rule by which the rights and interests shall be determined.
(b)The articles may also contain any other provisions consistent with law for regulating the association's business or the conduct of its affairs, the establishment of voting districts, the election of delegates to represent the districts and the members residing therein, for voting by proxy, and the issuance, retirement, and transfer of membership and stock. [L 1949, c 234, pt of §1; am L 1953, c 137, §1(b); RL 1955, §176-5; HRS §421-4; am L 1972, c 103, §2; am L 1973, c 42, §1; am L 1988, c 373, §18; am L 2003, c 124, §43]
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