296:28 Penalty. – If any person shall fraudulently vote upon any share of which he is not the bona fide and absolute owner, except in the cases before provided for, or shall fraudulently procure or receive the transfer of a share for the purpose of voting thereon, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor […]
296:29 Inclusions. – The officers and stockholders of corporations whose object is a dividend of profits, except banks, building and loan associations, and corporations organized under or adopting the provisions of RSA 294, shall be individually liable for the debts and contracts of the corporation, in the cases and to the extent specified in […]
296:3 Directors; President. – The directors, to be chosen annually by the stockholders, shall not be less than 3, unless otherwise authorized by the charter, and one of them at least shall be an actual resident of this state, if the corporation has any stockholders residing in the state. They shall hold office for […]
296:30 Stock Not Paid in. – Every stockholder, except stockholders in railroads, and as provided in RSA 369:16, shall be liable for all debts and contracts of the corporation until the whole amount of the capital fixed and limited by the corporation, or in the event that the corporation has voted to issue stock […]
296:31 Payment for Stock. – No note or obligation given by a stockholder, whether secured by pledge or otherwise, shall be considered as payment for any part of the capital stock. Source. 1846, 321:2. CS 147:1. GS 135:9. GL 149:9. PS 150:9. PL 228:4. RL 277:4.
296:32 Railroads. – Stockholders in railroads shall be liable only to the amount of the par value of their stock therein and not otherwise. Source. 1869, 39:1. GL 149:8. 1889, 63:1. PS 150:8. 1915, 80:1. PL 228:3. RL 277:3.
296:33 Lists of Stockholders to be Filed. – The treasurer of every railroad corporation and the clerk of every other dividend paying corporation, except banks, until its capital stock is fully paid in and a certificate thereof filed and recorded, shall annually, on or before March first, cause to be filed and recorded, in […]
296:34 Penalty, Neglect. – If any such treasurer or clerk shall neglect to make such return he shall be guilty of a violation. Source. 1846, 322:4. CS 147:11. 1860, 2353:4. GS 135:18. GL 149:18. PS 150:12. 1911, 159:1. PL 228:6. RL 177:6. RSA 296:34. 1973, 531:99, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
296:35 Penalty, Wilful Fault. – If any treasurer or clerk of the corporation shall wilfully omit or refuse to return the list, or to deliver to any stockholder such certificate, with intent to delay or defraud any stockholder or creditor of the corporation, he shall be guilty of a class B felony. Source. 1846, […]
296:36 Effect of Return. – Any person whose name shall be returned on the list shall be deemed a stockholder in the corporation until he shall cause to be filed and recorded by the town clerk a certificate of the transfer of all his stock, the time of such transfer and the names and […]
296:37 Certificate That Stock is Fully Paid. – The directors and treasurer of every corporation, whose object is a dividend of profits, within 30 days after the whole amount of the capital stock fixed and limited by the corporation shall have been paid in, shall make and subscribe a certificate, under oath, of that […]
296:38 Liability for Failure to File. – If they neglect so to do they shall be liable for all the debts of the corporation contracted after the expiration of said 30 days and before such certificate shall be so made and recorded. Source. RS 141:15-17. CS 149:15-17. GS 135:20. GL 149:20. PS 150:14. PL […]
296:39 Place of Filing. – If any such corporation has no place of business in this state all certificates and other papers required by law to be filed or recorded in the town clerk’s office shall be so filed or recorded in the office of the secretary of state. Source. CS 147:13. GS 135:10. […]
296:4 Amount; Par Value. – If the amount of the capital stock of a corporation is not fixed by its charter it shall be fixed and limited by the corporation at its first meeting, and also the number and par value of the shares thereof; but the par value of the shares shall in […]
296:40 False Certificates, Etc. – If any certificate, return or notice made or given in pursuance of the provisions of this subdivision shall be false in any material representation, all the officers who signed the same, knowing it to be so or without due inquiry, shall be individually liable for all the debts of […]
296:41 Executors, Etc. – No person holding stock as executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, and no person holding stock as collateral security, shall be thereby personally subject to any liabilities as a stockholder; but the person pledging the stock shall be so liable, and the estate and funds in the hands of such executor, […]
296:42 Contribution. – Any stockholder who has voluntarily paid a debt or liability of a corporation, after demand for payment thereof, which he was legally holden to pay, may have contribution by a bill in equity against the other stockholders for such sum as he ought equitably to recover; but no director, officer or […]
296:43 Recovery From Corporation. – Any officer of a corporation, who shall have paid a debt or liability of the corporation for which he is made liable by the provisions of this subdivision, may recover the amount so paid in a bill against the corporation; but he shall have no claim against the stockholders […]
296:5 Vote to Issue. – Any corporation now existing, or which may hereafter be established under the laws of this state, which has a capital stock and has among its objects a division of profits among its stockholders, may vote to issue shares of its capital stock to an amount not less than 50 […]
296:6 Payment; Certificate. – If any such corporation shall so vote, it shall thereupon cause to be filed in the office of the clerk of the town in which its principal place of business is located, and in the office of the secretary of state, a certified copy of the vote and a certificate […]
