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HomeCorporations CodeCh. 13Art. 2§ 6320 Corporate Recordkeeping Requirements

§ 6320 Corporate Recordkeeping Requirements

Corporations Code·California
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§ 6320 Corporate Recordkeeping Requirements

Key Takeaways

  • •Companies must keep good records of their money, meetings, and who their members are.
  • •These records can be on paper or digital, but they must be easy to read if printed.
  • •If a company shows a printed version of their digital records, it’s just as valid as the original.

Example

A small business keeps track of its meetings on a computer instead of in a notebook.

If they ever need to show these meeting notes in court or to someone else, they can print them out, and it will be treated the same as if they had written them by hand in a notebook.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 6320 Corporate Recordkeeping Requirements

(a) Each corporation shall keep: (1) Adequate and correct books and records of account; (2) Minutes of the proceedings of its members, board and committees of the board; and (3) A record of its members giving their names and addresses and the class of membership held by each. (b) Those minutes and other books and records shall be kept either in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into clearly legible tangible form or in any combination of the foregoing. When minutes and other books and records are kept in a form capable of being converted into clearly legible paper form, the clearly legible paper form into which those minutes and other books and records are converted shall be admissible in evidence, and accepted for all other purposes, to the same extent as an original paper record of the same information would have been, provided that the paper form accurately portrays the record. (Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 254, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2005.)

Last verified: January 23, 2026

Key Terms

adequate and correct books and records of accountclearly legible tangible form

Related Statutes

  • § 12590 Corporate Records Maintenance
  • § 8320 Corporate Recordkeeping Requirements
  • § 12591 Annual Report Member Rights
  • § 12592 Annual Member Disclosure Statement
  • § 12593 Court Enforcement Of Member Rights

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Corporations Code. Section 6320.
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