Sec. 2. (a) Subject to section 3(c) of this chapter, a shareholder of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the corporation’s principal office, any of the records of the corporation described in section 1(e) of this chapter if the shareholder gives the corporation written notice of the shareholder’s demand at least five (5) business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 23-1-52-2

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
     (b) A shareholder of a corporation is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the corporation, any of the following records of the corporation if the shareholder meets the requirements of subsection (c) and gives the corporation written notice of the shareholder’s demand at least five (5) business days before the date on which the shareholder wishes to inspect and copy:

(1) Excerpts from minutes of any meeting of the board of directors, records of any action of a committee of the board of directors while acting in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation, minutes of any meeting of the shareholders, and records of action taken by the shareholders or board of directors without a meeting, to the extent not subject to inspection under subsection (a).

(2) Accounting records of the corporation.

(3) The record of shareholders.

     (c) A shareholder may inspect and copy the records identified in subsection (b) only if:

(1) the shareholder’s demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose;

(2) the shareholder describes with reasonable particularity the shareholder’s purpose and the records the shareholder desires to inspect; and

(3) the records are directly connected with the shareholder’s purpose.

     (d) The right of inspection granted by this section may not be abolished or limited by a corporation’s articles of incorporation or bylaws.

     (e) This section does not affect:

(1) the right of a shareholder to inspect records under IC 23-1-30-1 or, if the shareholder is in litigation with the corporation, to the same extent as any other litigant; or

(2) the power of a court, independently of this article, to compel the production of corporate records for examination.

As added by P.L.149-1986, SEC.36.

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