{"data":{"id":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-2530","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"15 Pa.C.S. § 2530","heading":"Qualifications of directors.","body":"(a) General rule.--The bylaws of a registered corporation may not impose a qualification of directors that is based on a past, present or future action by a nominee or director in the discharge of the director's powers or duties as a governor of an association.\n(b) Certain permitted qualifications.--This section does not prohibit qualifications relating to:\n(1) not having entered a guilty plea, or not being or having been subject to a criminal conviction, civil judgment or regulatory sanction or penalty; or\n(2) not having been removed as a governor of an association by judicial action or for cause.\n(c) Relationship to nomination procedures.--This section applies to a qualification included in a nomination procedure adopted under section 1758(e) (relating to voting rights of shareholders) but does not prohibit the corporation from excluding a nomination that does not comply with such a procedure.","path":["Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS","PART II CORPORATIONS","SUBPART B BUSINESS CORPORATIONS","ARTICLE C DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION ANCILLARIES","CHAPTER 25 REGISTERED CORPORATIONS","SUBCHAPTER C DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=15\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=25\u0026sctn=30\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-07-28 (Statute Update stamp, 15 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:13Z","sha256":"27d287852f93f1b4aeac2bc0ce38fdb0051ad707bedf8a742823aa1c343d6505","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-2529","next":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-2535"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}