Corp. Code, § 12538 · Article 1. Merger
Corp. Code, § 12538
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A copy of an agreement of merger certified on or after the effective date by an official having custody thereof has the same force in evidence as the original and, except as against the state, is conclusive evidence of the performance of all conditions precedent to the merger, the existence on the effective date of the surviving corporation, and the performance of the conditions necessary to the adoption of any amendment to the articles contained in the agreement of merger.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1625, Sec. 3. Operative January 1, 1984.
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