{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-405.07","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-405.07","heading":"Record date.","body":"(a)\nThe articles of incorporation or bylaws may fix or provide the manner of fixing the record date to determine the members entitled to notice of a meeting of the members, to demand a special meeting, to vote, or to take any other action. If the articles or bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing a record date, the board of directors of the membership corporation may fix a future date as the record date.\n\n(b)\nA record date fixed under this section shall not be more than 70 days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of members.\n\n(c)\nA determination of members entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the members shall be effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date, which it shall do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting.\n\n(d)\nIf a court orders a meeting adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting, it may provide that the original record date continues in effect or it may fix a new record date.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 4. Nonprofit Corporations.","Subchapter V. Member Meetings.","Part A. Procedures."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-405.07","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e6f5976a311ae029af37f473d51b4da2aada38ff809c0526544b8d1c5d0d294c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-405.06","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-405.08"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}