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California Corporations Code Section 1601

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(a) The accounting books and records and minutes of
proceedings of the shareholders and the board and committees of the
board of any domestic corporation, and of any foreign corporation
keeping any such records in this state or having its principal
executive office in this state, shall be open to inspection upon the
written demand on the corporation of any shareholder or holder of a
voting trust certificate at any reasonable time during usual business
hours, for a purpose reasonably related to such holder's interests
as a shareholder or as the holder of such voting trust certificate.
The right of inspection created by this subdivision shall extend to
the records of each subsidiary of a corporation subject to this
subdivision.
   (b) Such inspection by a shareholder or holder of a voting trust
certificate may be made in person or by agent or attorney, and the
right of inspection includes the right to copy and make extracts.
The right of the shareholders to inspect the corporate records may
not be limited by the articles or bylaws.

Last modified: January 12, 2009