A. A purchaser from a corporation of its own shares is not liable to the corporation or its creditors with respect to the shares except to pay the full consideration for which the shares were authorized to be issued pursuant to section 10-621 or specified in the subscription agreement pursuant to section 10-620.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 10-622

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Shares: means the units into which the proprietary interests in a corporation are divided. See Arizona Laws 10-140
  • subscription: includes a mark, if a person cannot write, with the person's name written near it and witnessed by a person who writes the person's own name as witness. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. A shareholder of a corporation is not personally liable for the acts or debts of the corporation.