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N.Y. NPC Law § 803

This is the official text of N.Y. NPC Law § 803, part of New York’s NPC Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "NPC Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Certificate of amendment; contents

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§ 803. Certificate of amendment; contents.\n (a) To accomplish any amendment, a certificate of amendment entitled\n"Certificate of amendment of the certificate of incorporation of\n............................ (name of corporation) under section 803 of\nthe Not-for-Profit Corporation Law" shall be signed and delivered to the\ndepartment of state. It shall set forth:\n (1) The name of the corporation and, if it has been changed, the name\nunder which it was formed.\n (2) The date its certificate of incorporation was filed by the\ndepartment of state and the law under which it was formed.\n (3) That the corporation is a corporation as defined in subparagraph\n(a) (5) of section 102 (Definitions).\n (4) Each amendment effected thereby, setting forth the subject matter\nof each provision of the certificate of incorporation which is to be\namended or eliminated and the full text of the provision or provisions,\nif any, which are to be substituted or added.\n (5) The manner in which the amendment of the certificate of\nincorporation was authorized.\n (6) A designation of the secretary of state as agent of the\ncorporation upon whom process against it may be served and the post\noffice address within or without this state to which the secretary of\nstate shall mail a copy of any process against it served upon the\nsecretary. The corporation may include an email address to which the\nsecretary of state shall email a notice of the fact that process against\nit has been electronically served upon him or her.\n (b) Any number of amendments or changes may be included in one\ncertificate under this section. Such certificate may also include any\namendments or changes permitted by other sections and in that case the\ncertificate shall set forth any additional statement required by any\nother section specifying the contents of a certificate to effect such\namendment or change.\n

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