{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-306.40","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-306.40","heading":"Officers.","body":"(a)\nA corporation shall have the officers described in its bylaws or appointed by the board of directors in accordance with the bylaws.\n\n(b)\nThe board of directors may elect individuals to fill one or more offices of the corporation. An officer may appoint one or more officers if authorized by the bylaws or the board of directors.\n\n(c)\nThe bylaws or the board of directors shall assign to one of the officers responsibility for preparing the minutes of the directors’ and shareholders’ meetings and for maintaining and authenticating the records of the corporation required to be kept under § 29-313.01(a) and (e).\n\n(d)\nThe same individual may simultaneously hold more than one office in a corporation.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 3. Business Corporations.","Subchapter VI. Directors and Officers.","Part D. Officers."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-306.40","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"ca807f44dd53c9d05c92a16771c899ea7b7679ee7c54a9a0b7090bb09b29c329","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-306.32","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-306.41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}