N.D. Cent. Code § 10-19.1-86
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10-19.1-86. Actions by shareholders
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10-19.1-86. Actions by shareholders
No action may be brought in this state by a shareholder in the right of a domestic or foreign
corporation unless the plaintiff is a holder of record of shares or voting trust certificates at the
time of the transaction of which the plaintiff complains, or the plaintiff's shares or voting trust
certificates thereafter devolved upon the plaintiff by operation of law from a person who was a
holder of record at such time.
1. In any action thereafter instituted in the right of any domestic or foreign corporation by
the holder or holders of record of shares of the corporation or voting trust certificates,
the court having jurisdiction, upon final judgment and finding that the action was
brought without reasonable cause, may require the plaintiff or plaintiffs to pay the
parties named as defendant the reasonable expenses, including fees of attorneys,
incurred by them in defense of such action.
2. In any action now pending or hereafter instituted or maintained in the right of any
domestic or foreign corporation by the holder or holders of record of less than five
percent of the outstanding shares of any class of the corporation or voting trust
certificates, unless the shares or voting trust certificates so held have a market value
in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, the corporation in whose right such action is
brought is entitled at any time before final judgment to require the plaintiff or plaintiffs
to give security for the reasonable expenses, including fees of attorneys, that may be
incurred by it in connection with such action or may be incurred by other parties
named as defendant for which it may become legally liable.
a. Market value must be determined on the date the plaintiff institutes the action or,
in the case of an intervenor, on the date the intervenor becomes a party to the
action.
b. The amount of the security may from time to time be increased or decreased, in
the discretion of the court, upon showing that the security provided has or may
become inadequate or is excessive.
c. The corporation has recourse to such security in such amount as the court having
jurisdiction determines upon the termination of the action, whether or not the
court finds the action was brought without reasonable cause.
No action may be brought in this state by a shareholder in the right of a domestic or foreign
corporation unless the plaintiff is a holder of record of shares or voting trust certificates at the
time of the transaction of which the plaintiff complains, or the plaintiff's shares or voting trust
certificates thereafter devolved upon the plaintiff by operation of law from a person who was a
holder of record at such time.
1. In any action thereafter instituted in the right of any domestic or foreign corporation by
the holder or holders of record of shares of the corporation or voting trust certificates,
the court having jurisdiction, upon final judgment and finding that the action was
brought without reasonable cause, may require the plaintiff or plaintiffs to pay the
parties named as defendant the reasonable expenses, including fees of attorneys,
incurred by them in defense of such action.
2. In any action now pending or hereafter instituted or maintained in the right of any
domestic or foreign corporation by the holder or holders of record of less than five
percent of the outstanding shares of any class of the corporation or voting trust
certificates, unless the shares or voting trust certificates so held have a market value
in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars, the corporation in whose right such action is
brought is entitled at any time before final judgment to require the plaintiff or plaintiffs
to give security for the reasonable expenses, including fees of attorneys, that may be
incurred by it in connection with such action or may be incurred by other parties
named as defendant for which it may become legally liable.
a. Market value must be determined on the date the plaintiff institutes the action or,
in the case of an intervenor, on the date the intervenor becomes a party to the
action.
b. The amount of the security may from time to time be increased or decreased, in
the discretion of the court, upon showing that the security provided has or may
become inadequate or is excessive.
c. The corporation has recourse to such security in such amount as the court having
jurisdiction determines upon the termination of the action, whether or not the
court finds the action was brought without reasonable cause.
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