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TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS 100-14707›DIVISION 2. NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAW 5000-10841›PART 2. NONPROFIT PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATIONS 5110-6910›CHAPTER 2. Directors and Management 5210-5260›ARTICLE 2. Selection, Removal and Resignation of Directors 5220-5227

§ 5221

California Corporations Code · 2026-10 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 been found by a final order or judgment of any court to have breached any duty under Article 3 (commencing with Section 5230), 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 5151, the articles or bylaws may prescribe the qualifications of directors. 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. 7. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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