{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55a-8-20","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55A-8-20","heading":"Regular and special meetings.","body":"(a)\tThe board of directors may hold regular or special meetings in or out of this State.\n(b)\tUnless the articles of incorporation or bylaws provide otherwise, the board of directors may permit any or all directors to participate in a regular or special meeting by, or conduct the meeting through the use of, any means of communication by which all directors participating may simultaneously hear and be heard by each other during the meeting. A director participating in a meeting by this means is deemed to be present in person at the meeting. (1955, c. 1230; 1973, c. 314, s. 3; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 801, ss. 24, 25; 1993, c. 398, s. 1; 2021-162, s. 2(p).)","path":["Chapter 55A North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act.","Article 8. Directors and Officers.","Part 2. Meetings and Action of the Board."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_55A/GS_55A-8-20.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:06:02Z","sha256":"0b553703d6f5e5fa231dac2c1d49e234389bf753b234d90aee5c7b0c565db9d2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55a-8-13-through-55a-8-19","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55a-8-21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}