FLORIDA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT
F.S. Ch. 607
in effectContents
section607.0101. Short title; applicability.section607.0102. Reservation of power to amend or repeal.section607.0120. Filing requirements.section607.0121. Forms.section607.0122. Fees for filing documents and issuing certificates.section607.0123. Effective time and date of document.section607.0124. Correcting filed document; withdrawal of filed record before effectiveness.section607.0125. Filing duties of the department.section607.0126. Appeal from department’s refusal to file document.section607.0127. Certificates to be received in evidence; evidentiary effect of certified copy of filed document.section607.0128. Certificate of status.section607.0130. Powers of department.section607.0141. Notice.section607.0143. Qualified director.section607.0145. Definitions.section607.0146. Defective corporate actions.section607.0147. Ratification of defective corporate actions.section607.0148. Action on ratification.section607.0149. Notice requirements.section607.0150. Effects of ratification.section607.0151. Filings.section607.0152. Judicial proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions.section607.193. Supplemental corporate fee.section607.0201. Incorporators.section607.0202. Articles of incorporation; content.section607.0203. Incorporation.section607.0204. Liability for preincorporation transactions.section607.0205. Organizational meeting of directors.section607.0206. Bylaws.section607.0207. Emergency bylaws.section607.0208. Forum selection.section607.0301. Purposes and application.section607.0302. General powers.section607.0303. Emergency powers.section607.0304. Lack of power to act.section607.0401. Corporate name.section607.0403. Registered name; application; renewal; revocation.section607.501. Application and effect of part.section607.0501. Registered office and registered agent.section607.502. Definitions.section607.0502. Change of registered office or registered agent.section607.0503. Resignation of registered agent.section607.503. Incorporation.section607.504. Election of social purpose corporation status.section607.0504. Serving process, giving notice, or making a demand on a corporation.section607.505. Termination of social purpose corporation status.section607.0505. Registered agent; duties.section607.506. Corporate purpose.section607.507. Standard of conduct for directors.section607.508. Benefit director.section607.509. Standard of conduct for officers.section607.510. Benefit officer.section607.511. Right of action.section607.512. Preparation of annual benefit report.section607.513. Availability of annual benefit report.section607.0601. Authorized shares.section607.601. Application and effect of part.section607.0602. Terms of class or series determined by board of directors.section607.602. Definitions.section607.0603. Issued and outstanding shares.section607.603. Incorporation.section607.604. Election of benefit corporation status.section607.0604. Fractional shares.section607.605. Termination of benefit corporation status.section607.606. Corporate purpose.section607.607. Standard of conduct for directors.section607.608. Benefit director.section607.609. Standard of conduct for officers.section607.610. Benefit officer.section607.611. Right of action.section607.612. Preparation of annual benefit report.section607.613. Availability of annual benefit report.section607.0620. Subscriptions for shares.section607.0621. Issuance of shares.section607.0622. Liability for shares issued before payment.section607.0623. Share dividends.section607.0624. Share rights, options, warrants, and awards.section607.0625. Form and content of certificates.section607.0626. Shares without certificates.section607.0627. Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities.section607.0628. Expenses of issue.section607.0630. Shareholders’ preemptive rights.section607.0631. Corporation’s acquisition of its own shares.section607.0701. Annual meeting.section607.0702. Special meeting.section607.0703. Court-ordered meeting.section607.0704. Action by shareholders without a meeting.section607.0705. Notice of meeting.section607.0706. Waiver of notice.section607.0707. Record date.section607.0709. Remote participation in annual and special meetings of shareholders.section607.0720. Shareholders’ list for meeting.section607.0721. Voting entitlement of shares.section607.0722. Proxies.section607.0723. Shares held by intermediaries and nominees.section607.0724. Acceptance of votes and other instruments.section607.0725. Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups.section607.0726. Action by single and multiple voting groups.section607.0728. Voting for directors; cumulative voting.section607.0729. Voting procedures; inspectors of election.section607.0730. Voting trusts.section607.0731. Voting agreements.section607.0732. Shareholder agreements.section607.0741. Standing.section607.0742. Complaint; demand and excuse.section607.0743. Stay of proceedings.section607.0744. Dismissal.section607.0745. Discontinuance or settlement; notice.section607.0746. Proceeds and expenses.section607.0747. Applicability to foreign corporations.section607.0748. Shareholder action to appoint custodians or receivers.section607.0749. Provisional director.section607.0750. Direct action by shareholder.section607.0801. Requirement for and duties of board of directors.section607.0802. Qualifications of directors.section607.0803. Number of directors.section607.0804. Election of directors by certain voting groups; special voting rights of certain directors.section607.0805. Terms of directors generally.section607.0806. Staggered terms for directors.section607.0807. Resignation of directors.section607.0808. Removal of directors by shareholders.section607.0809. Vacancy on board.section607.0820. Meetings.section607.0821. Action by directors without a meeting.section607.0822. Notice of meetings.section607.0823. Waiver of notice.section607.0824. Quorum and voting.section607.0825. Committees.section607.0826. Submission of matters for a shareholder vote.section607.0830. General standards for directors.section607.0831. Liability of directors.section607.0832. Director conflicts of interest.section607.0833. Loans to officers, directors, and employees; guaranty of obligations.section607.0834. Liability for unlawful distributions.section607.0841. Duties of officers.section607.0842. Resignation and removal of officers.section607.0843. Contract rights of officers.section607.0850. Definitions.section607.0851. Permissible indemnification.section607.0852. Mandatory indemnification.section607.0853. Advance for expenses.section607.0854. Court-ordered indemnification and advance for expenses.section607.0855. Determination and authorization of indemnification.section607.0857. Insurance.section607.0858. Variation by corporate action; application of ss. 607.0850-607.0859.section607.0859. Overriding restrictions on indemnification.section607.0901. Affiliated transactions.section607.0902. Control-share acquisitions.section607.1001. Authority to amend the articles of incorporation.section607.1002. Amendment by board of directors.section607.1003. Amendment by board of directors and shareholders.section607.1004. Voting on amendments by voting groups.section607.1005. Amendment before issuance of shares.section607.1006. Articles of amendment.section607.1007. Restated articles of incorporation.section607.1008. Amendment pursuant to reorganization.section607.1009. Effect of amendment.section607.1020. Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders.section607.1021. Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for shareholders.section607.1022. Bylaw increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors.section607.1023. Bylaw provisions relating to the election of directors.section607.1101. Merger.section607.1102. Share exchange.section607.1103. Action on a plan of merger or share exchange.section607.1104. Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries.section607.1105. Articles of merger or share exchange.section607.1106. Effect of merger or share exchange.section607.1107. Abandonment of a merger or share exchange.section607.1201. Disposition of assets not requiring shareholder approval.section607.1202. Shareholder approval of certain dispositions.section607.1301. Appraisal rights; definitions.section607.1302. Right of shareholders to appraisal.section607.1303. Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners.section607.1320. Notice of appraisal rights.section607.1321. Notice of intent to demand payment.section607.1322. Appraisal notice and form.section607.1323. Perfection of rights; right to withdraw.section607.1324. Shareholder’s acceptance of corporation’s offer.section607.1326. Procedure if shareholder is dissatisfied with offer.section607.1330. Court action.section607.1331. Court costs and counsel fees.section607.1332. Disposition of acquired shares.section607.1333. Limitation on corporate payment.section607.1340. Other remedies limited.section607.1401. Dissolution by incorporators or directors.section607.01401. Definitions.section607.1402. Dissolution by board of directors and shareholders; dissolution by written consent of shareholders.section607.1403. Articles of dissolution.section607.1404. Revocation of dissolution.section607.1405. Effect of dissolution.section607.1406. Known claims against dissolved corporation.section607.1407. Other claims against dissolved corporation.section607.1408. Claims against dissolved corporations; enforcement.section607.1409. Court proceedings.section607.1410. Director duties.section607.1420. Administrative dissolution.section607.1422. Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.section607.1423. Judicial review of denial of reinstatement.section607.1430. Grounds for judicial dissolution.section607.1431. Procedure for judicial dissolution.section607.1432. Receivership or custodianship.section607.1433. Judgment of dissolution.section607.1434. Alternative remedies to judicial dissolution.section607.1435. Provisional director.section607.1436. Election to purchase instead of dissolution.section607.1501. Authority of foreign corporation to transact business required; activities not constituting transacting business.section607.1502. Effect of failure to have a certificate of authority.section607.1503. Application for certificate of authority.section607.1504. Amended certificate of authority.section607.1505. Effect of a certificate of authority.section607.1506. Corporate name of foreign corporation.section607.1507. Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.section607.1508. Change of registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation.section607.1509. Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation.section607.1520. Withdrawal and cancellation of certificate of authority for foreign corporation.section607.1521. Withdrawal deemed on conversion to domestic filing entity.section607.1522. Withdrawal on dissolution, merger, or conversion to certain nonfiling entities.section607.1523. Action by Department of Legal Affairs.section607.1530. Revocation of certificate of authority to transact business.section607.1532. Judicial review of denial of reinstatement.section607.1601. Corporate records.section607.1602. Inspection of records by shareholders.section607.1603. Scope of inspection right.section607.1604. Court-ordered inspection.section607.1605. Inspection rights of directors.section607.1620. Financial statements for shareholders.section607.1622. Annual report for department.section607.1701. Application to existing domestic corporation.section607.1702. Application to qualified foreign corporations.section607.1703. Interrogatories by department; other powers of department.section607.1711. Application to foreign and interstate commerce.section607.1805. Procedures for conversion to professional service corporation.section607.1904. Estoppel.section607.1907. Saving provision.section607.1908. Severability clause.section607.04021. Reserved name.section607.05031. Change of name or address by registered agent.section607.05032. Delivery of notice or other communication.section607.06401. Distributions to shareholders.section607.08081. Removal of directors by judicial proceedings.section607.08101. Compensation of directors.section607.08401. Required officers.section607.08411. General standards for officers.section607.10025. Shares; combination or division.section607.11035. Shareholder approval of a merger or share exchange in connection with a tender offer.section607.11045. Holding company formation by merger by certain corporations.section607.11920. Domestication.section607.11921. Action on a plan of domestication.section607.11922. Articles of domestication; effectiveness.section607.11923. Amendment of a plan of domestication; abandonment.section607.11924. Effect of domestication.section607.11930. Conversion.section607.11931. Plan of conversion.section607.11932. Action on a plan of conversion.section607.11933. Articles of conversion; effectiveness.section607.11934. Amendment to a plan of conversion; abandonment.section607.11935. Effect of conversion.section607.14401. Deposit with Department of Financial Services.section607.15015. Governing law.section607.15091. Change of name or address by registered agent.section607.15092. Delivery of notice or other communication.section607.15101. Serving process, giving notice, or making a demand on a foreign corporation.section607.15315. Reinstatement following revocation of certificate of authority.
Source: FL Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2025/Chapter607/AllFetched: 7/8/2026