{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-301.03","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-301.03","heading":"Notice and other communications.","body":"(a)\nNotice under this chapter must be in writing unless oral notice is reasonable under the circumstances. Unless otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, words in a notice or other communication under this chapter must be in English.\n\n(b)\nA notice or other communication may be given or sent by any method of delivery, except that electronic transmissions must be sent in accordance with this section. If these methods of communication are impracticable, a notice or other communication may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published, or by radio, television, or other form of public broadcast communication.\n\n(c)\nNotice or other communication to a domestic or a registered foreign corporation may be delivered to its registered agent at its registered office or to the secretary of the corporation at its principal office shown in its most recent annual report or, in the case of a foreign corporation that has not yet delivered an annual report, in its application for a certificate of registration.\n\n(d)\nNotice or other communications may be delivered by electronic transmission if:\n(1)\nThe recipient consents or if authorized by subsection (k) of this section;\n(2)\nThe electronic transmission contains or is accompanied by information from which the recipient can determine the date of the transmission; and\n(3)\nThe transmission was authorized by the sender.\n\n(e)\nConsent under subsection (d) of this section may be revoked by giving written or electronic notice to the original recipient of the consent. Any such consent is deemed revoked if:\n(1)\nTwo consecutive electronic transmissions are undeliverable; and\n(2)\nThe secretary, assistant secretary, transfer agent, or other person responsible for the provision of notice or other communications knows of the delivery failure. Any inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.\n\n(f)\nUnless otherwise agreed between sender and recipient, an electronic transmission is considered received when:\n(1)\nIt enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purposes of receiving electronic transmissions or information of the type sent, and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic transmission; and\n(2)\nIt is in a form capable of being processed by that system.\n\n(g)\nReceipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in subsection (f )(1) of this section establishes that an electronic transmission was received but, by itself, does not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.\n\n(h)\nAn electronic transmission is considered received under this section even if no individual is aware of its receipt.\n\n(i)\nNotice or other communication, if in a comprehensible form or manner, is effective at the earliest of the following:\n(1)\nIf in physical form, when it is left at:\n(A)\nA shareholder’s address shown on the corporation’s record of shareholders maintained by the corporation under § 29-313.01(c);\n(B)\nA director’s residence or usual place of business; or\n(C)\nThe corporation’s principal place of business;\n(2)\nIf mailed postage prepaid and correctly addressed to a shareholder upon deposit in the United States mail;\n(3)\nIf mailed by United States mail postage prepaid and correctly addressed to a recipient other than a shareholder, the earliest of the following:\n(A)\nIf sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, the date the return receipt is signed by or on behalf of the addressee; or\n(B)\n5 days after it is deposited in the United States mail;\n(4)\nIf an electronic transmission, when it is received as provided in subsection (f) of this section; and\n(5)\nIf oral, when communicated.\n\n(j)\nA notice or other communication may be in the form of an electronic transmission that cannot be directly reproduced in paper form by the recipient through an automated process used in conventional commercial practice only if:\n(1)\nThe electronic transmission is otherwise retrievable in perceivable form; and\n(2)\nThe sender and the recipient have consented in writing to the use of such form of electronic transmission.\n\n(k)\nIf this title prescribes requirements for notices or other communications in particular circumstances, those requirements govern. If articles of incorporation or bylaws prescribe requirements for notices or other communications, not inconsistent with this section or other provisions of this title, those requirements govern. The articles of incorporation or bylaws may authorize or require delivery of notices of meetings of directors by electronic transmission.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 3. Business Corporations.","Subchapter I. General Provisions.","Part A. Short Title, Definitions, and Notice."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-301.03","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"071bc4e8e5613a74e49a195aa3446409005c2442cdf7e8798a170d2364c5e0b8","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-301.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-301.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}