{"data":{"id":"us-ca/corp-12000","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CORP § 12000","heading":"","body":"Every corporation organized or existing under Part 1 (commencing with Section 12000) in effect on December 31, 1979, is subject to and deemed to be organized under:\n(a) The General Corporation Law (Division 1 (commencing with Section 100) of this title), if the corporation is organized with capital stock.\n(b) The Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation Law (Part 3 (commencing with Section 7110) of Division 2 of this title) if the corporation is organized without capital stock.","path":["Corporations Code - CORP","TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS [100. - 14707.]","DIVISION 3. CORPORATIONS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES [12000. - 14707.]","PART 1. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, BOARDS OF TRADE, MECHANICS' INSTITUTES, ETC. [12000. - 12000.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"af7356d48523586c4b2b9745cbbb707cbe622c7e8d149982ce202c0e3b7edcdc","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/corp-10841","next":"us-ca/corp-12200"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}