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TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS 100-14631›DIVISION 3. CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES 12000-14631›PART 2. COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS 12200-12704›CHAPTER 12. Required Filings by Corporation or Its Agent 12570-12576

§ 12575

California Corporations Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Any officers, directors, employees or agents of a corporation who do any of the following are liable jointly and severally for all the damages resulting therefrom to the corporation or any person injured thereby who relied thereupon or to both:

(a) Make, issue, deliver or publish any prospectus, report, circular, certificate, financial statement, balance sheet, public notice, or document respecting the corporation or its memberships, assets, liabilities, capital, dividends, distributions, patronage distributions, business, earnings, or accounts which is false in any material respect, knowing it to be false, or participate in the making, issuance, delivery, or publication thereof with knowledge that the same is false in a material respect.

(b) Make or cause to be made in the books, minutes, records, or accounts of a corporation any entry which is false in any material particular knowing such entry is false.

(c) Remove, erase, alter, or cancel any entry in any books or records of the corporation, with intent to deceive.

(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1625, Sec. 3. Operative January 1, 1984.)

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