{"data":{"id":"us-ca/corp-301","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CORP § 301","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as provided in Section 301.5, at each annual meeting of shareholders, directors shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting. However, to effectuate a voting shift (Section 194.7) the articles may provide that directors hold office for a shorter term. The articles may provide for the election of one or more directors by the holders of the shares of any class or series voting as a class or series.\n(b) Each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until a successor has been elected and qualified.","path":["Corporations Code - CORP","TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS [100. - 14707.]","DIVISION 1. GENERAL CORPORATION LAW [100. - 2319.]","CHAPTER 3. Directors and Management [300. - 318.]"],"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":"9e6b19457b173b4fbf7ad2418f60e61f447a20ead169122e73ecfd93763cd8c0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/corp-300","next":"us-ca/corp-301.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}