Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corp. Law › CHAPTER 17. General Provisions Relating to Dissolution [8710 - 8724]
California Corporations Code § 8712. Court Appointment When Directors Unavailable
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 567.)
Text current as of August 17, 2026, per California Legislative Information.
Text current as of August 17, 2026, per California Legislative Information.
When the identity of the directors or their right to hold office is in doubt, or if they are dead or unable to act, or they fail or refuse to act or their whereabouts cannot be ascertained, any interested person, including the Attorney General in the case of corporations holding assets in charitable trust, may petition the superior court of the proper county to determine the identity of the directors or, if there are no directors, to appoint directors to wind up the affairs of the corporation, after hearing upon such notice to such persons as the court may direct.
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