{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-10-09","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-10-09","heading":"Effect of amendment.","body":"An amendment to articles of incorporation does not affect a cause of action existing against or in favor of the corporation, a proceeding to which the corporation is a party, or the existing rights of persons other than shareholders of the corporation. An amendment changing a corporation's name does not abate a proceeding brought by or against the corporation in its former name. (1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1989, c. 265, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 55. North Carolina Business Corporation Act.","Article 10. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.","Part 1. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_55/GS_55-10-09.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:05:57Z","sha256":"ae8b28cd834c4ba3bf6ca38455c2f0ca14a937373e51cc16d13c4daf167c97c9","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-10-08","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-10-10-through-55-10-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}