§ 607.1601, Fla. Stat. · Part I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Corporate records.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) A corporation shall maintain the following records:
(a) Its articles of incorporation, as currently in effect;
(b) Any notices to shareholders referred to in s. 607.0120(11)(d) specifying facts on which a filed document is dependent, if such facts are not included in the articles of incorporation or otherwise available as specified in s. 607.0120(11)(d);
(c) Its bylaws, as currently in effect;
(d) All written communications within the past 3 years to shareholders generally or to shareholders of a class or series;
(e) Minutes of all meetings of, and records of all actions taken without a meeting by, its shareholders, its board of directors, and any board committees established under s. 607.0825;
(f) A list of the names and business street addresses of its current directors and officers; and
(g) Its most recent annual report delivered to the department under s. 607.1622.
(2) A corporation shall maintain all annual financial statements prepared for the corporation for its last 3 fiscal years, or such shorter period of existence, and any audit or other reports with respect to such financial statements.
(3) A corporation shall maintain accounting records in a form that permits preparation of its financial statements.
(4) A corporation shall maintain a record of its current shareholders in alphabetical order by class or series of shares showing the address of, and the number and class or series of shares held by, each shareholder. This subsection does not require the corporation to include the electronic mail address or other electronic contact information of a shareholder in such record.
(5) A corporation shall maintain the records specified in this section in a manner so that they may be available for inspection within a reasonable time.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 150, ch. 89-154; s. 218, ch. 2019-90.
Source of truth
- Edition
- 2026 Florida Statutes
- Official file
- https://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0600-0699/0607/0607.html
- Text hash
- sha256 f8c9446ca99aecc38e70e9011bfd9587244a893d5e39dac06f554d93c7da4cec
- Composed by
- compose_v2.py 2026-10-04: the Legislature's structured HTML read in document order; verify_v2.py's independent reading agrees character for character
- composed from the Legislature's structured HTML (one source of text; no PDF extraction); a second, independent reading of the same bytes agrees character for character
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites § 607.1601, Fla. Stat.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 559.931, Fla. Stat.Vacation certificate recordkeeping.Printed as s. 607.1601
- § 607.0705, Fla. Stat.Notice of meeting.Printed as s. 607.1601(4)
- § 607.08401, Fla. Stat.Required officers.Printed as s. 607.1601(1)
- § 607.1602, Fla. Stat.Inspection of records by shareholders.Printed as s. 607.1601(1); s. 607.1601(2); s. 607.1601(4)
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.