{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-305.20","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-305.20","heading":"Shareholders’ list for meeting.","body":"(a)\nAfter fixing a record date for a meeting, a corporation shall prepare an alphabetical list of the names of all its shareholders that are entitled to notice of a shareholders’ meeting. The list shall:\n(1)\nBe arranged by voting group and, within each voting group, by class or series; and\n(2)\nShow the address of and number of shares held by each shareholder.\n\n(b)\nThe shareholders’ list must be available for inspection by any shareholder, beginning 2 business days after notice of the meeting is given for which the list was prepared and continuing through the meeting, at the corporation’s principal office or at a place identified in the meeting notice in the city where the meeting will be held. A shareholder, or the shareholder’s agent or attorney, shall be entitled on demand in record to inspect and, subject to § 29-313.02(c), to copy the list, during regular business hours and at the shareholder’s expense, during the period it is available for inspection.\n\n(c)\nThe corporation shall make the shareholders’ list available at the meeting and any shareholder, or the shareholder’s agent or attorney, shall be entitled to inspect the list at any time during the meeting or any adjournment.\n\n(d)\nIf the corporation refuses to allow a shareholder, or the shareholder’s agent or attorney, to inspect the shareholders’ list before or at the meeting, or copy the list as permitted by subsection (b) of this section, the Superior Court, on application of the shareholder, may summarily order the inspection or copying at the corporation’s expense and may postpone the meeting for which the list was prepared until the inspection or copying is complete.\n\n(e)\nRefusal or failure to prepare or make available the shareholders’ list shall not affect the validity of action taken at the meeting.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 3. Business Corporations.","Subchapter V. Shareholders.","Part B. Voting."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-305.20","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"bd89169bec46933770f4bde9aad98d3ae68189f7eec6e13c370e7cecef39933d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-305.09","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-305.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}