Miss. Code Ann. § 79-11-289: Court-ordered inspection where corporation does not allow member to inspect and copy records.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 79. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
- Chapter 11. Nonprofit, Nonshare Corporations and Religious Societies
- Mississippi Nonprofit Corporation Act
(1) If a corporation does not allow a member who complies with Section 79-11-285(1) to inspect and copy any records required by that subsection to be available for inspection, the chancery court in the county where the corporation’s principal office is located, or the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, if the corporation does not have a principal office in this state, may summarily order inspection and copying of the records demanded at the corporation’s expense upon application of the member.
(2) If a corporation does not within a reasonable time allow a member to inspect and copy any other record, the member who complies with Section 79-11-285(2) and (3) may apply to the chancery court in the county where the corporation’s principal office is located, or the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, if the corporation does not have a principal office in this state, for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis.
(3) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it shall also order the corporation to pay the member’s costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred to obtain the order unless the corporation proves that it refused inspection in good faith because it had a reasonable basis for doubt about the right of the member to inspect the records demanded.
(4) If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of the records by the demanding member.
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