623.03 – Charter; Submission to and Approval by Circuit Court; Recordation.
623.03 Charter; submission to and approval by circuit court; recordation.— (1) The proposed charter shall be acknowledged by one of the subscribing incorporators before an officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, which said subscribing incorporator shall also take and subscribe to an oath, to be endorsed on the proposed charter, that it is intended in good […]
621.09 – Limitation on Issuance and Transfer of Ownership.
621.09 Limitation on issuance and transfer of ownership.— (1) No corporation organized under the provisions of this act may issue any of its capital stock to anyone other than a professional corporation, a professional limited liability company, or an individual who is duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same specific professional services as those […]
623.04 – Charter; Amendment.
623.04 Charter; amendment.—The charter of any corporation incorporated under this act may be amended as follows: When the members of the corporation at a regular or special meeting held in accordance with its bylaws shall approve a resolution providing an amendment to the charter, a copy of such resolution certified by the president and secretary shall […]
621.10 – Disqualification of Member, Shareholder, Officer, Agent, or Employee; Administrative Dissolution.
621.10 Disqualification of member, shareholder, officer, agent, or employee; administrative dissolution.—If any member, officer, shareholder, agent, or employee of a corporation or limited liability company organized under this chapter who has been rendering professional service to the public becomes legally disqualified to render such professional services or accepts employment that, pursuant to existing law, places restrictions […]
621.11 – Alienation of Shares and Ownership Interests; Restrictions.
621.11 Alienation of shares and ownership interests; restrictions.— (1) No shareholder of a corporation organized under this act may sell or transfer her or his shares in such corporation except to another professional corporation, professional limited liability company, or individual, each of which must be eligible to be a shareholder of such corporation. (2) No member of a […]
621.12 – Identification With Individual Shareholders or Individual Members.
621.12 Identification with individual shareholders or individual members.— (1) The name of a corporation or limited liability company organized under this act may contain the last names of some or all of the individual shareholders or individual members and may contain the last names of retired or deceased former individual shareholders or individual members of the corporation, […]
621.13 – Applicability of Chapters 605 and 607.
621.13 Applicability of chapters 605 and 607.— (1) Chapter 607 is applicable to a corporation organized pursuant to this act except to the extent that any of the provisions of this act are interpreted to be in conflict with the provisions of chapter 607. In such event, the provisions and sections of this act shall take precedence […]
621.14 – Construction of Law.
621.14 Construction of law.—The provisions of this act shall not be construed as repealing, modifying, or restricting the applicable provisions of law relating to incorporations, organization of limited liability companies, sales of securities, or regulating the several professions enumerated in this act except insofar as such laws conflict with the provisions of this act. History.—s. 15, […]
622.01 – Qualification Permissive.
622.01 Qualification permissive.—Qualification in compliance with this chapter is not and shall not be mandatory, and is and shall be optional, as a permissive alternative to compliance with any other law or laws with respect to the trade, business, or fictitious name or style, and the recording, registration, or publication thereof, under which business may be […]
622.02 – Definitions.
622.02 Definitions.— (1) The term “foreign association” as used in this chapter shall mean and include any unincorporated joint stock association for profit, created and existing under the laws of any state other than this state, or of the District of Columbia, or of any territory or possession of the United States, engaged in any business or […]