TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS 100-14631›DIVISION 2. NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAW 5000-10841›PART 4. NONPROFIT RELIGIOUS CORPORATIONS 9110-9690›CHAPTER 2. Directors and Management 9210-9260›ARTICLE 2. Selection, Removal and Resignation of Directors 9220-9226
§ 9221
California Corporations Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) The board may declare vacant the office of a director who has been declared of unsound mind by a final order of court, or convicted of a felony, or, if at the time a director is elected, the bylaws provide that a director may be removed for missing a specified number of board meetings, fails to attend the specified number of meetings.
(b) As provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 9151, the articles or bylaws may prescribe the qualifications of the directors. Unless otherwise provided by the articles or bylaws, the board, by a majority vote of the directors who meet all of the required qualifications to be a director, may declare vacant the office of any director who fails or ceases to meet any required qualification that was in effect at the beginning of that director’s current term of office.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 589, Sec. 42. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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