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HomeCorporations CodeCh. 5Art. 2§ 5524 Nominee Election Mailing Rights

§ 5524 Nominee Election Mailing Rights

Corporations Code·California
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§ 5524 Nominee Election Mailing Rights

Key Takeaways

  • •Big companies with 500 or more members must help people running for the board.
  • •If someone running for the board asks in writing and pays for mailing, the company must send their campaign stuff to members within 10 days.
  • •The company can choose to give the person running for the board other rights instead of mailing their stuff.

Example

Imagine you want to be on the board of a big company with lots of members.

If you ask the company in writing and pay for the mailing costs, they have to send your campaign flyers to all the members. But the company can also choose to give you different rights, like letting you speak at a meeting, instead of mailing your flyers.

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§ 5524 Nominee Election Mailing Rights

A corporation with 500 or more members may provide that upon written request by any nominee for election to the board and the payment with such request of the reasonable costs of mailing (including postage) the corporation shall within 10 business days after such request (provided payment has been made) mail to all members, or such portion of them as the nominee may reasonably specify, any material, which the nominee may furnish and which is reasonably related to the election, unless the corporation within five business days after the request allows the nominee, at the corporation’s option, the rights set forth in either paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 6330. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 589, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1997.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

corporation500 or more membersnominee for election to the boardreasonable costs of mailing10 business daysSection 6330(a)(1) or (2)

Related Statutes

  • § 7524 Nominee Election Mailing Rights
  • § 5523 Corporate Director Election Materials
  • § 100 Member Director Nomination Rules
  • § 12473 Corporate Director Nomination Fairness
  • § 12474 Nominee Election Mailing Rights

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 5524.
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