{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-408.08","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 29-408.08","heading":"Amendment pursuant to reorganization.","body":"(a)\nA nonprofit corporation’s articles of incorporation may be amended without action by the board of directors, a designated body, or the members to carry out a plan of reorganization ordered or decreed by a court of competent jurisdiction under the authority of a law of the United States.\n\n(b)\nAn individual designated by the court shall deliver to the Mayor for filing articles of amendment setting forth:\n(1)\nThe name of the corporation;\n(2)\nThe text of each amendment approved by the court;\n(3)\nThe date of the court’s order or decree approving the articles of amendment;\n(4)\nThe title of the reorganization proceeding in which the order or decree was entered; and\n(5)\nA statement that the court had jurisdiction of the proceeding under federal statute.\n\n(c)\nThis section shall not apply after entry of a final decree in the reorganization proceeding even though the court retains jurisdiction of the proceeding for limited purposes unrelated to consummation of the reorganization plan.","path":["Title 29. Business Organizations. [Enacted title]","Chapter 4. Nonprofit Corporations.","Subchapter VIII. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.","Part A. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/29-408.08","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"0c509ef406809541aaf86f0724061d717e0de48feff76d41279b1b96dc75ff7a","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-408.07","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-29-408.09"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}