{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-1-20","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-1-20","heading":"Filing requirements.","body":"(a)\tA document required or permitted by this Chapter to be filed by the Secretary of State must be filed under Chapter 55D of the General Statutes.\n(b)\tA document submitted on behalf of a domestic or foreign corporation must be executed:\n(1)\tBy the chair of its board of directors, by its president, or by another of its officers;\n(2)\tIf directors have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed, by an incorporator; or\n(3)\tIf the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.\n(c)\t through (i). Reserved.\n(j)\tRepealed by Session Laws 2002-159, s. 15 effective October 11, 2002. (1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1967, c. 13, s. 1; c. 823, s. 16; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1024, s. 12.1(a); 1991, c. 645, s. 15; 1999-369, s. 1.1; 2001-358, ss. 3(a), 6(a); 2001-387, ss. 1, 155, 173; 2001-413, s. 6; 2002-159, s. 15.)","path":["Chapter 55. North Carolina Business Corporation Act.","Article 1. General Provisions.","Part 2. Filing Documents."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_55/GS_55-1-20.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:05:57Z","sha256":"7d5a474eda1696e08916c9a5914574609e89b6aa7c263b248cd637df33e177a7","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-1-03-through-55-1-19","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-1-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}