{"data":{"id":"us-ca/corp-1512","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CORP § 1512","heading":"","body":"(a) For the purposes of Sections 1509, 1510, and 1511, a shareholder includes (1) any person named in a share certificate as a shareholder or (2) any person named as a shareholder on the records of a central depository, bank, or broker-dealer with respect to shares which are subject to the control of the central depository, bank, or broker-dealer.\n(b) A beneficiary of a trust, a beneficiary of the estate of a decedent, or an employee with respect to a pension, retirement, or health care trust or fund is not a shareholder of any shares standing in the name of the trust, the fund, the decedent, or the estate of the decedent.\n(c) A person who is a shareholder by reason of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall provide the corporation with a photocopy of a receipt of a statement from the central depository, bank, or broker-dealer showing the person to be a shareholder and the corporation shall accept the photocopy as sufficient evidence thereof.","path":["Corporations Code - CORP","TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS [100. - 14707.]","DIVISION 1. GENERAL CORPORATION LAW [100. - 2319.]","CHAPTER 15. Records and Reports [1500. - 1512.]"],"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":"6701d3e9aaf69028da890bcbba94f26f18d1c8b20d951a2e6ca5b0001dcfc522","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/corp-1511","next":"us-ca/corp-1600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}