Arizona Laws 10-304. Validity of actions
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, the validity of corporate action may not be challenged on the ground that the corporation lacks or lacked power to act.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 10-304
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- 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.
- Court: means the superior court of this state. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Dissolved: means the status of a corporation on either:
(a) Effectiveness of articles of dissolution pursuant to section 10-1403, subsection B or section 10-1421, subsection B. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Person: includes an individual and entity. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- Proceeding: includes a civil suit and a criminal, administrative and investigatory action. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- Shareholder: means the person in whose name shares are registered in the records of a corporation or the beneficial owner of shares to the extent of the rights granted by a nominee certificate on file with a corporation. See Arizona Laws 10-140
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
B. A corporation’s power to act may be challenged either:
1. In a proceeding by a shareholder against the corporation to enjoin the act.
2. In a proceeding by the corporation, directly, derivatively or through any receiver, trustee or other legal representative, against an incumbent or former director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation.
3. In a proceeding by the attorney general as provided in chapters 1 through 17 of this title to dissolve the corporation or in a proceeding by the attorney general to enjoin the corporation from the transaction of unauthorized business.
C. In a shareholder’s proceeding under subsection B, paragraph 1 of this section to enjoin an unauthorized corporate act, the court may enjoin or set aside the act, if equitable and if all affected persons are parties to the proceeding, and may award damages for loss, other than anticipated profits, suffered by the corporation or another party because of enjoining the unauthorized act.
D. Except as provided in sections 10-831 and 10-845, any person who purports to act on behalf of a corporation as an officer or a director and who knew or should have known that the person did not have authority to act is liable for all debts and liabilities incurred by the act. This subsection does not apply to a person who acts on behalf of a corporation that has been administratively dissolved unless the person has actual knowledge of the dissolution.