§ 10-31-01 Definitions
§ 10-31-02 Articles of incorporation
§ 10-31-02.1 Articles of organization
§ 10-31-02.2 Registration
§ 10-31-03 Applicability of chapter 10-19.1
§ 10-31-03.1 Applicability of chapter 10-32.1
§ 10-31-03.2 Applicability of chapter 45-22
§ 10-31-04 Purpose for which created – Minority ownership
§ 10-31-05 Name
§ 10-31-06 Executives and owners
§ 10-31-07 Issuance and transfer of shares
§ 10-31-07.1 Retirement plan trust – Voting and nonvoting shares
§ 10-31-07.2 Issuance and transfer of membership interests
§ 10-31-07.3 Issuance and transfer of partnership interests
§ 10-31-07.4 Issuance and transfer of shares, membership interests, and partnership interests – Exception for minority owners
§ 10-31-08 Professional services through officers, managers, employees, agents
§ 10-31-09 Professional relationship preserved – Liability of owners – Professional regulation
§ 10-31-10 Legal disqualification
§ 10-31-11 Disposition of shares, membership interests, or partnership interests on death or disqualification
§ 10-31-12 Death of last or only shareholder – Amendment of articles of incorporation – Involuntary dissolution
§ 10-31-13 Professional organizations – Annual reports – Renewal
§ 10-31-13.1 Foreign professional organizations – Practice in the state
§ 10-31-14 Construction

Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 10-31 - Professional Organizations Act

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Partnership: includes a limited liability partnership registered under chapter 45-22. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.