Section 4-201 - Statement of election. - Maryland Statutes

§ 4-201. Statement of election.
 

(a)  Statement to be contained in charter.- A corporation may elect to be a close corporation under this title by including in its charter a statement that it is a close corporation. 

(b)  Procedure.- The statement that a corporation is a close corporation shall be: 

(1) Contained in the articles of incorporation originally filed with the Department; or 

(2) Added to the charter by an amendment which is approved: 

(i) Under the provisions of § 2-603 of this article, if at the time of the adoption of the amendment no stock of the corporation is either outstanding or subscribed for; or 

(ii) By the affirmative vote of every stockholder and every subscriber for stock of the corporation. 
 

[An. Code 1957, art. 23, § 100; 1975, ch. 311, § 2.]