{"data":{"id":"us-de/8-del.-c.-327","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"8 Del. C. § 327","heading":"Stockholder’s derivative action; allegation of stock ownership.","body":"In any derivative suit instituted by a stockholder of a corporation, it shall be averred in the complaint that the plaintiff was a stockholder of the corporation at the time of the transaction of which such stockholder complains or that such stockholder’s stock thereafter devolved upon such stockholder by operation of law.","path":["Title 8. Corporations","CHAPTER 1. General Corporation Law","Subchapter XIII. Suits Against Corporations, Directors, Officers or Stockholders"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc13/index.html#327","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:10Z","sha256":"71e335bc7e2a688c103fa9b65fd3b3d1c80f1639111eed59de8ef3e821d79771","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/8-del.-c.-326","next":"us-de/8-del.-c.-328"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}