{"data":{"id":"us-ca/corp-5056","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"CORP § 5056","heading":"","body":"(a) “Member” means any person who, pursuant to a specific provision of a corporation’s articles or bylaws, has the right to vote for the election of a director or directors or on a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of a corporation or on a merger or on a dissolution unless the provision granting such right to vote is only effective as a result of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 7132. “Member” also means any person who is designated in the articles or bylaws as a member and, pursuant to a specific provision of a corporation’s articles or bylaws, has the right to vote on changes to the articles or bylaws.\n(b) The articles or bylaws may confer some or all of the rights of a member, set forth in this part and in Parts 2 through 5 of this division, upon any person or persons who do not have any of the voting rights referred to in subdivision (a).\n(c) Where a member of a corporation is not a natural person, such member may authorize in writing one or more natural persons to vote on its behalf on any or all matters which may require a vote of the members.\n(d) A person is not a member by virtue of any of the following:\n(1) Any rights such person has as a delegate.\n(2) Any rights such person has to designate or select a director or directors.\n(3) Any rights such person has as a director.","path":["Corporations Code - CORP","TITLE 1. CORPORATIONS [100. - 14707.]","DIVISION 2. NONPROFIT CORPORATION LAW [5000. - 10841.]","PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS GOVERNING PARTS 1 THROUGH 5 [5002. - 5080.]"],"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":"081b71a03a0481b4f7ab782dba0671e5f0e07e7c558cef4083940f68030ec2e9","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/corp-5055","next":"us-ca/corp-5057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}