Florida Statute 607.1601 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 607
FLORIDA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

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607.1601 Corporate records.—

(1) A corporation shall maintain the following records:

(a) Its articles of incorporation, as currently in effect;

(b) Any notices to shareholders referred to in s. 607.0120(11)(d) specifying facts on which a filed document is dependent, if such facts are not included in the articles of incorporation or otherwise available as specified in s. 607.0120(11)(d);

(d) All written communications within the past 3 years to shareholders generally or to shareholders of a class or series;

(e) Minutes of all meetings of, and records of all actions taken without a meeting by, its shareholders, its board of directors, and any board committees established under s. 607.0825;

(f) A list of the names and business street addresses of its current directors and officers; and

(g) Its most recent annual report delivered to the department under s. 607.1622.

(2) A corporation shall maintain all annual financial statements prepared for the corporation for its last 3 fiscal years, or such shorter period of existence, and any audit or other reports with respect to such financial statements.

(3) A corporation shall maintain accounting records in a form that permits preparation of its financial statements.

(4) A corporation shall maintain a record of its current shareholders in alphabetical order by class or series of shares showing the address of, and the number and class or series of shares held by, each shareholder. This subsection does not require the corporation to include the electronic mail address or other electronic contact information of a shareholder in such record.

(5) A corporation shall maintain the records specified in this section in a manner so that they may be available for inspection within a reasonable time.

History.—s. 150, ch. 89-154; s. 218, ch. 2019-90.

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Michael Urfirer v. Robert Cornfeld, 408 F.3d 710 (11th Cir. 2005).

Cited 7 times | Published | Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 7778, 2005 WL 1039101

...Stat. §§ 607.1602(1) (“A shareholder of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the corporation’s principal office, any of the 32 records of the corporation described in s. 607.1601(5) ....

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Open MRI Ctr. of Pembroke Pines, L.C. v. Noth, 969 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007).

Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 2007 Fla. App. LEXIS 17749, 2007 WL 3274704

...We reverse-the judgment in fa *1117 vor of James Michael Noth, since he does not appear to have been listed as an owner of any stock. We do not address the problem with the pleadings. Appellant was sued as a limited liability company; the complaint to produce corporate records under sections 607.1601 and 607.1602, Florida Statutes (2006), alleged that appellant was “a Florida corporation with a principal place of business in Broward County, Florida.” Appellant’s answer admitted this allegation. The trial court’s judgment requires production of items listed in section 607.1601(5)....

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Nu Med Home Health Care, Inc. v. Hosp. Staffing Servs. Inc., 664 So. 2d 353 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).

Published | Florida 2nd District Court of Appeal | 1995 Fla. App. LEXIS 13021, 1995 WL 749618

be disclosed under section 607.1601(3), Florida Statutes (1993). Section 607.1601(3) requires a corporation

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