{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55a-2-03","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-2-03","heading":"Incorporation.","body":"(a)\tUnless a delayed effective date is specified, the corporate existence begins when the articles of incorporation are filed.\n(b)\tThe Secretary of State's filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof that the incorporators satisfied all conditions precedent to incorporation except in a proceeding by the State to cancel or revoke the incorporation or involuntarily dissolve the corporation. (1955, c. 1230; 1967, c. 13, s. 4; 1993, c. 398, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 55A North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act.","Article 2. Organization."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_55A/GS_55A-2-03.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:06:02Z","sha256":"f3bc88a1b52a1f0920d40750e1689aa5237a9799d3faacf1009e14b6baa23635","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55a-2-02","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55a-2-04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}