Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corp. Law › CHAPTER 10. Mergers [8010 - 8022] › ARTICLE 2. Effect of Merger [8020 - 8022]

California Corporations Code § 8022. Bequests and Gifts to Constituent Corporations

(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 437, Sec. 22. Effective January 1, 2000.)
Text current as of August 17, 2026, per California Legislative Information.

Any bequest, devise, gift, grant, or promise contained in a will or other instrument of donation, subscription, or conveyance, which is made to a constituent corporation and which takes effect or remains payable after the merger, inures to the surviving party to the merger.

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