Tennessee Code 48-52-101 – Incorporators
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-52-101
- Charter: includes amended and restated charters and articles of merger. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Person: includes individual and entity. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
- Representative: means a governor, manager, employee or other agent of a foreign LLC. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
- Secretary of state: means the person who holds the office of secretary of state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
One (1) or more persons may act as the incorporator or incorporators of a corporation by delivering a charter to the secretary of state for filing. If any incorporator dies or is for any reason unable to act, the other incorporators, if any, may act. If there is no incorporator able to act, any person for whom an incorporator was acting as agent may act in the incorporator’s stead or, if such other person also dies or is for any reason unable to act, or the incorporator was not acting as an agent, the incorporator’s legal representative may act.