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California corporation annual meeting and minutes

California corporations must hold an annual shareholders' meeting and keep minutes. Keeping these records protects your personal liability shield.

Agency
Your corporation
Who has to do it
S and C corporations.
If it's late
Missing records can weaken your limited liability protection in a lawsuit.

Step by step

  1. Hold the meeting (it can be short, even for a one-owner corporation).

  2. Elect or re-elect directors and approve major decisions.

  3. Write and sign the minutes and keep them in your corporate records.

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