The Utah Revised Nonprofit Corporation Act is broken down into the following parts:

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Part 1 - General Provisions

Section Name Section Number
Title. § 101
Definitions. § 102
Notice. § 103
Powers of the division. § 104
Filing requirements. § 105
Forms. § 106
Fees. § 107
Effective time and date of filed documents. § 108
Correcting filed documents. § 109
Filing duty of division. § 110
Appeal from division's refusal to file document. § 111
Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document. § 112
Certificates issued by the division. § 113
Penalty for signing false documents. § 114
Liability to third parties. § 115
Private foundations. § 116
Judicial relief. § 117
Electronic documents. § 118
Execution against a mutual benefit corporation. § 119
 

Part 2 - Incorporation
Section Name Section Number
Incorporators. § 201
Articles of incorporation. § 202
Incorporation. § 203
Liability for preincorporation transactions. § 204
Organization of the nonprofit corporation. § 205
Bylaws. § 206
Incorporation of cooperative association. § 207
 

Part 3 - Purposes And Powers
Section Name Section Number
Purposes. § 301
General powers. § 302
Emergency powers. § 303
Ultra vires. § 304
 

Part 4 - Name
Section Name Section Number
Corporate name. § 401
Reserved name. § 402
Corporate name -- Limited rights. § 403
No requirement of members. § 601
 

Part 6 - Members
Section Name Section Number
Number and classes. § 602
Admission. § 603
Consideration. § 604
Differences in rights and obligations of members. § 605
Transfers. § 606
Creditor's action against member. § 607
Resignation. § 608
Termination, expulsion, or suspension. § 609
Purchase of memberships. § 610
Property rights. § 611
Derivative suits. § 612
Delegates. § 613
 

Part 7 - Member Meetings and Voting
Section Name Section Number
Annual and regular meetings. § 701
Special meetings. § 702
Court-ordered meeting. § 703
Notice of meeting. § 704
Waiver of notice. § 705
Record date -- Determining members entitled to notice and vote. § 706
Action without meeting. § 707
Meetings by telecommunication. § 708
Action by written ballot. § 709
Members' list for meeting and action by written ballot. § 710
Voting entitlement generally. § 711
Proxies. § 712
Nonprofit corporation's acceptance of votes. § 713
Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups. § 714
Action by single and multiple voting groups. § 715
Greater quorum or voting requirements. § 716
Voting for directors -- Cumulative voting. § 717
Voting agreements. § 718
 

Part 8 - Directors and Officers
Section Name Section Number
Requirement for board of directors. § 801
Qualifications of directors. § 802
Number of directors. § 803
Election, appointment, and designation of directors. § 804
Terms of directors generally. § 805
Staggered terms for directors. § 806
Resignation of directors. § 807
Removal of directors. § 808
Removal of directors by judicial proceeding. § 809
Vacancy on board. § 810
Compensation of directors. § 811
Meetings. § 812
Action without meeting. § 813
Notice of meeting. § 814
Waiver of notice. § 815
Quorum and voting. § 816
Committees of the board. § 817
Officers. § 818
Duties of officers. § 819
Resignation and removal of officers. § 820
Contract rights with respect to officers. § 821
General standards of conduct for directors and officers. § 822
Limitation of liability of directors. § 823
Liability of directors for unlawful distributions. § 824
Conflicting interest transaction. § 825
Common members, directors, or officers. § 826
 

Part 9 - Indemnification
Section Name Section Number
Indemnification definitions. § 901
Authority to indemnify directors. § 902
Mandatory indemnification of directors. § 903
Advance of expenses for directors. § 904
Court-ordered indemnification of directors. § 905
Determination and authorization of indemnification of directors. § 906
Indemnification of officers, employees, fiduciaries, and agents. § 907
Insurance. § 908
Limitations on indemnification of directors. § 909
Notice to voting members of indemnification of director. § 910
 

Part 10 - Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Section Name Section Number
Authority to amend articles of incorporation. § 1001
Amendment of articles of incorporation by board of directors or incorporators. § 1002
Amendment of articles of incorporation by board of directors and members. § 1003
Voting on amendments of articles of incorporation by voting groups. § 1004
Articles of amendment to articles of incorporation. § 1005
Restated articles of incorporation. § 1006
Amendment of articles of incorporation pursuant to reorganization. § 1007
Conversion to a business corporation. § 1008
Conversion to or from a domestic limited liability company. § 1008.7
Effect of amendment of articles of incorporation. § 1009
Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or members. § 1010
Bylaw changing quorum or voting requirement for members. § 1011
Bylaw changing quorum or voting requirement for directors. § 1012
Approval by third persons. § 1013
Amendment terminating members or redeeming or canceling memberships. § 1014
 

Part 11 - Merger
Section Name Section Number
Merger. § 1101
Action on plan of merger. § 1102
Articles of merger. § 1103
Effect of merger. § 1104
Merger with foreign nonprofit corporation. § 1105
 

Part 12 - Sale of Property
Section Name Section Number
Sale of property. § 1201
Sale of property other than in regular course of activities. § 1202
 

Part 13 - Distributions
Section Name Section Number
Distributions prohibited. § 1301
Authorized distributions. § 1302
 

Part 14 - Dissolution
Section Name Section Number
Dissolution by incorporators or directors if no members. § 1401
Dissolution by directors and members. § 1402
Articles of dissolution. § 1403
Revocation of dissolution. § 1404
Effect of dissolution. § 1405
Disposition of known claims by notification. § 1406
Disposition of claims by publication. § 1407
Enforcement of claims against dissolved nonprofit corporation. § 1408
Service on dissolved nonprofit corporation. § 1409
Grounds for administrative dissolution. § 1410
Procedure for and effect of administrative dissolution. § 1411
Reinstatement following administrative dissolution -- Reinstatement after voluntary dissolution. § 1412
Appeal from denial of reinstatement. § 1413
Grounds for judicial dissolution. § 1414
Procedure for judicial dissolution. § 1415
Receivership or custodianship. § 1416
Decree of dissolution. § 1417
Dissolution upon expiration of period of duration. § 1418
Deposit with state treasurer. § 1419
 

Part 15 - Foreign Nonprofit Corporations
Section Name Section Number
Authority to conduct affairs required. § 1501
Consequences of conducting affairs without authority. § 1502
Application for authority to conduct affairs. § 1503
Amended application for authority to conduct affairs. § 1504
Effect of filing an application for authority to conduct affairs. § 1505
Corporate name and assumed corporate name of foreign nonprofit corporation. § 1506
Registered name of foreign nonprofit corporation. § 1507
Resignation of registered agent of foreign nonprofit corporation. § 1510
Service on foreign nonprofit corporation. § 1511
Merger of foreign nonprofit corporations authorized to conduct affairs in this state. § 1512
Withdrawal of foreign nonprofit corporation. § 1513
Service on withdrawn foreign nonprofit corporation. § 1514
Grounds for revocation. § 1515
Procedure for and effect of revocation. § 1516
Appeal from revocation. § 1517
Domestication of foreign nonprofit corporations. § 1518
 

Part 16 - Records, Information, and Reports
Section Name Section Number
Corporate records. § 1601
Inspection of records by directors and members. § 1602
Scope of inspection right. § 1603
Court-ordered inspection of corporate records. § 1604
Limitations on use of membership list. § 1605
Financial statements. § 1606
Annual report for division. § 1607
Statement of person named as director or officer. § 1608
Interrogatories by division. § 1609
Scope of a member's right to inspect or receive copies. § 1610
 

Part 17 - Transitional Provisions and Scope of Chapter
Section Name Section Number
Application to existing domestic nonprofit corporations -- Reports of domestic and foreign nonprofit corporation. § 1701
Application to foreign nonprofit corporations. § 1702
Nonapplicability of chapter. § 1703
Saving provisions. § 1704
Severability clause. § 1705
 

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