The 2023 Florida Statutes (including Special Session C)

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS

Chapter 607
FLORIDA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT

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F.S. 607.1601

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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Amendments to 607.1601

Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 607.1601

Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

Current data shows no reason an arrest or criminal charge should have occurred directly under Florida Statute 607.1601.

Annotations, Discussions, Cases:

Cases from cite.case.law:

OPEN MRI CENTER OF PEMBROKE PINES, L. C. a v. NOTH, 969 So. 2d 1116 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

. . . was sued as a limited liability company; the complaint to produce corporate records under sections 607.1601 . . . The trial court’s judgment requires production of items listed in section 607.1601(5). . . .

URFIRER, v. CORNFELD,, 408 F.3d 710 (11th Cir. 2005)

. . . business hours at the corporation’s principal office, any of the records of the corporation described in § 607.1601 . . .

KYKER, v. LOPEZ,, 718 So. 2d 957 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1998)

. . . because New Wave holds 100 percent of the stock in the subsidiaries, he had the right under sections 607.1601 . . .

HANGER ORTHOPEDIC GROUP, INC. v. McMURRAY,, 181 F.R.D. 525 (M.D. Fla. 1998)

. . . . §§ 607.1601, 607.1602, 607.1603, 607.1604. . . .

NU MED HOME HEALTH CARE, INC. K. M. P. v. HOSPITAL STAFFING SERVICES, INC., 664 So. 2d 353 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1995)

. . . requested, and the appellee provided, a list of the shareholders required to be disclosed under section 607.1601 . . . Section 607.1601(3) requires a corporation to maintain a record “of its shareholders in a form that permits . . . Under section 607.1601(3), Fla.Stat. (1993), a corporation is required to maintain “a record of its shareholders . . .