§ 398. Short title.
§ 398. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be identified and referred to as the “General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.” 8 Del. C. 1953, § 398; 56 Del. Laws, c. 50; 79 Del. Laws, c. 122, § 11;
§ 379. Banking powers denied.
§ 379. Banking powers denied. (a) No foreign corporation shall, within the limits of this State, by any implication or construction, be deemed to possess the power of discounting bills, notes or other evidence of debt, of receiving deposits, of buying and selling bills of exchange, or of issuing bills, notes or other evidences of […]
§ 501. Corporations subject to and exempt from franchise tax.
§ 501. Corporations subject to and exempt from franchise tax. (a) Every telegraph, telephone or cable company, every electric company organized for the production and/or distribution of light, heat or power, every company organized for the purpose of producing and/or distributing steam, heat or power, every company organized for the purpose of the production and/or […]
§ 380. Foreign corporation as fiduciary in this State.
§ 380. Foreign corporation as fiduciary in this State. A corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the District of Columbia or of any state of the United States other than Delaware, duly authorized by its certificate of incorporation or bylaws so to act, may be appointed by any last will and testament […]
§ 502. Annual franchise tax report; contents; failure to file and pay tax; duties of Secretary of State.
§ 502. Annual franchise tax report; contents; failure to file and pay tax; duties of Secretary of State. (a) Annually on or before March 1, every corporation now existing or hereafter incorporated under Chapter 1 of this title or which has accepted the Constitution of this State, shall make an annual franchise tax report to […]
§ 381. Withdrawal of foreign corporation from State; procedure; service of process on Secretary of State.
§ 381. Withdrawal of foreign corporation from State; procedure; service of process on Secretary of State. (a) Any foreign corporation which shall have qualified to do business in this State under § 371 of this title, may surrender its authority to do business in this State and may withdraw therefrom by filing with the Secretary […]
§ 503. Rates and computation of franchise tax.
§ 503. Rates and computation of franchise tax. (a) All corporations accepting the provisions of the Constitution of this State and coming under Chapter 1 of this title, and all corporations which have heretofore filed or may hereafter file a certificate of incorporation under said chapter, shall pay to the Secretary of State as an […]
§ 382. Service of process on nonqualifying foreign corporations.
§ 382. Service of process on nonqualifying foreign corporations. (a) Any foreign corporation which shall transact business in this State without having qualified to do business under § 371 of this title shall be deemed to have thereby appointed and constituted the Secretary of State of this State its agent for the acceptance of legal […]
§ 504. Collection and disposition of tax; tentative return and tax; penalty interest; investigation of annual franchise tax report; notice of additional tax due.
§ 504. Collection and disposition of tax; tentative return and tax; penalty interest; investigation of annual franchise tax report; notice of additional tax due. (a) The franchise tax shall be due and payable on March 1 following the close of the calendar year, except that with respect to a corporation whose franchise tax liability for […]
§ 383. Actions by and against unqualified foreign corporations.
§ 383. Actions by and against unqualified foreign corporations. (a) A foreign corporation which is required to comply with §§ 371 and 372 of this title and which has done business in this State without authority shall not maintain any action or special proceeding in this State unless and until such corporation has been authorized […]