KRS 273.247: Articles of incorporation.

(1) The articles of incorporation shall set forth:

(a) The name of the corporation that satisfies the requirements of KRS 14A.3 -

010;

(b) The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized;

(c) Any provisions, not inconsistent with law, which the in corporators elect to set

forth in the articles of incorporation for the regulation of the internal affairs of

the corporation, including any provision for distribution of assets or

dissolution or final liquidation;

(d) The corporation's initial registered office and initial registered agent that

satisfy the requirements of KRS 14A.4-010;

(e) The mailing address of the corporation's principal office;

(f) The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors, and the

names and mailing addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial

directors; and

(g) The name and mailing address of each incorporator.

(2) It shall not be necessary to set forth in the articles of incorporation any of the

corporate powers enumerated in KRS 273.163 to 273.387.

(3) Unless its articles of incorporation provide otherwise, every corporation shall be

presumed to have perpetual duration and succession in its corporate name.

(4) Unless the articles of incorporation provide that a change in the number of directors

shall be made only by amendment to the articles of incorporation, a change in the

number of directors made by amendment to the bylaws shall be controlling. In all

other cases, when a provision of the articles of incorporation is inconsistent with a

bylaw, the provision of the articles of incorporation shall be controlling.

(5) Unless the registered agent signs the articles, the corporation shall deliver with the

articles of incorporation the registered agent's written consent to the appointment.