{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-6-27","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55-6-27","heading":"Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities.","body":"(a)\tThe articles of incorporation, bylaws, an agreement among shareholders, or an agreement between shareholders and the corporation may impose restrictions on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of the corporation. A restriction does not affect shares issued before the restriction was adopted unless the holders of the shares are parties to the restriction agreement or voted in favor of the restriction.\n(b)\tA restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is valid and enforceable against the holder or a transferee of the holder if the restriction is authorized by this section, it is not unconscionable under the circumstances, and its existence is noted conspicuously on the front or back of the certificate or is contained in the information statement required by G.S. 55-6-26(b). Unless so noted, a restriction is not enforceable except against a person who receives actual written notice of the restrictions.\n(c)\tA restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares is authorized:\n(1)\tTo maintain the corporation's status when it is dependent on the number or identity of its shareholders;\n(2)\tTo preserve exemptions under federal or state securities law;\n(3)\tFor any other reasonable purpose.\n(d)\tA restriction authorized by G.S. 55-6-27(c) may:\n(1)\tObligate the shareholder first to offer the corporation or other persons (separately, consecutively, or simultaneously) an opportunity to acquire the restricted shares;\n(2)\tObligate the corporation or other persons (separately, consecutively, or simultaneously) to acquire the restricted shares;\n(3)\tRequire the corporation, the holders of any class of its shares, or another person to approve the transfer of the restricted shares, if the requirement is not manifestly unreasonable;\n(4)\tProhibit the transfer of the restricted shares to designated persons or classes of persons, if the prohibition is not manifestly unreasonable;\n(5)\tContain any other provision reasonably related to an authorized purpose.\n(e)\tFor purposes of this section, \"shares\" includes a security convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe for or acquire shares. (1989, c. 265, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 55. North Carolina Business Corporation Act.","Article 6. Shares and Distribution.","Part 2. Issuance of Shares."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_55/GS_55-6-27.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:05:57Z","sha256":"91a0ec2449020477c566c7d52a2814d82db0e05316e58c83a1628d4b719c9776","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-6-26","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55-6-28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}