Oregon Statutes 65.281 – Judicial review of corporate action; persons permitted to seek review
(1)(a) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, a circuit court of this state may:
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 65.281
- 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.
- Corporation: means a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Director: means an individual who acts as a member of the board of directors, who has a right to vote on questions concerning the management and regulation of a corporation's affairs and who is:
(a) An appointed director;
(b) A designated director; or
(c) A director elected by the incorporators, directors or members. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Entity: means a domestic corporation, foreign corporation, business corporation and foreign business corporation, profit and nonprofit unincorporated association, corporation sole, business trust, partnership, two or more persons that have a joint or common economic interest, any state, the United States, a federally recognized Native American or American Indian tribal government and any foreign government. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Member: means a person that is entitled, under a domestic corporation's or foreign corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws, to exercise any of the rights described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Notice: means a notice described in ORS § 65. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Person: means an individual or an entity. See Oregon Statutes 65.001
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
(A) Determine the validity and effectiveness of a corporate action or a defective corporate action;
(B) Determine the validity and effectiveness of a ratification or approval of a defective corporate action;
(C) Order the corporation to conduct a meeting of members for the purposes specified in ORS § 65.266 (3) and 65.269; or
(D) Modify or waive any of the provisions specified in ORS § 65.266 or 65.269.
(b) In connection with an action under paragraph (a) of this subsection, a court may make any findings or orders and consider any matters the court deems proper under the circumstances.
(2)(a) The following persons may bring an action to have a court make a determination or modification or allow a waiver under subsection (1) of this section:
(A) The corporation or a successor entity to the corporation;
(B) A director of the corporation;
(C) A member of the corporation; and
(D) Any other person that claims that a ratification of a defective corporate action substantially and adversely affects the person.
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a) of this subsection, a member of the corporation includes a person that was a member on the date on which the corporation ratified the defective corporate action.
(3) A person may serve process on the corporation in an action under this section in accordance with the manner appropriate for service of process specified under the laws of this state. The court may proceed to adjudicate the action without joining another party, but if the corporation brings the action, the court may require the corporation to provide notice to other persons the court specifies and may permit other persons to intervene in the action.
(4)(a) A person must bring, within 120 days after the later of the effective date of validation or the date of the notice that a corporation gives under ORS § 65.269 or 65.272, as applicable, any action that claims that a ratification of a defective corporate action is not valid or effective or that the defective corporate action is valid or effective only under certain conditions.
(b) A person’s failure to contact a corporation to determine the calendar date by which the person must bring an action under this section does not eliminate or extend the 120-day period specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection. [2019 c.325 § 18]
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