{"data":{"id":"us-de/8-del.-c.-111","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"8 Del. C. § 111","heading":"Jurisdiction to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of corporate instruments and provisions of this title. [For application of this section, see 80 Del. Laws, c. 265, § 17].","body":"(a) Any civil action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of the provisions of:\n(1) The certificate of incorporation or the bylaws of a corporation;\n(2) Any instrument, document or agreement (i) by which a corporation creates or sells, or offers to create or sell, any of its stock, or any rights or options respecting its stock, or (ii) to which a corporation and 1 or more holders of its stock are parties, and pursuant to which any such holder or holders sell or offer to sell any of such stock, or (iii) by which a corporation agrees to sell, lease or exchange any of its property or assets, and which by its terms provides that 1 or more holders of its stock approve of or consent to such sale, lease or exchange;\n(3) Any written restrictions on the transfer, registration of transfer or ownership of securities under § 202 of this title;\n(4) Any proxy under § 212 or § 215 of this title;\n(5) Any voting trust or other voting agreement under § 218 of this title;\n(6) Any agreement, certificate of merger or consolidation, or certificate of ownership and merger governed by §§ 251-253, §§ 255-258, §§ 263-264, or § 267 of this title;\n(7) Any certificate of conversion under § 265 or § 266 of this title;\n(8) Any certificate of domestication, transfer or continuance under § 388, § 389 or § 390 of this title; or\n(9) Any other instrument, document, agreement, or certificate required by any provision of this title;\nmay be brought in the Court of Chancery, except to the extent that a statute confers exclusive jurisdiction on a court, agency or tribunal other than the Court of Chancery.\n(b) Any civil action to interpret, apply or enforce any provision of this title may be brought in the Court of Chancery.","path":["Title 8. Corporations","CHAPTER 1. General Corporation Law","Subchapter I. Formation"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc01/index.html#111","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:10Z","sha256":"6b197aa3e1efa6e2506a3fa3b9cf39bb8d6b8a380b0aac81de9b5fb7394712d0","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/8-del.-c.-110","next":"us-de/8-del.-c.-112"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}