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TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS 100-14631›DIVISION 2. NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAW 5000-10841›PART 2. NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATIONS 5110-6910›CHAPTER 18. Crimes and Penalties 6810-6815

§ 6811

California Corporations Code · 2020-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

Any director of any corporation who concurs in any vote or act of the directors of the corporation or any of them, knowingly and with dishonest or fraudulent purpose, to make any distribution with the design of defrauding creditors, members, or the corporation, is guilty of a crime. Each such crime is punishable by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code or by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or both that fine and imprisonment.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 40. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)

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