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TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS 100-14707›DIVISION 3. CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES 12000-14707›PART 2. COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS 12200-12704›CHAPTER 9. Sales of Assets 12520-12522

§ 12521

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

(a) A corporation may sell, lease, convey, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets when the principal terms are:

(1) Approved by the board; and

(2) Unless the transaction is in the usual and regular course of its activities approved by the members (Section 12224) either before or after approval by the board and before or after the transaction.

(b) Notwithstanding approval by the members (Section 12224), the board may abandon the proposed transaction without further action by the members, subject to the contractual rights, if any, of third parties.

(c) Such sale, lease, conveyance, exchange, transfer or other disposition may be made upon such terms and conditions and for such consideration as the board may deem in the best interests of the corporation.

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

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