Right of beneficial owners to inspect and copy ledger; denial of inspection.
1. A person who has been a beneficial owner of record of a business trust for at least 6 months immediately preceding his demand, or a person holding, or authorized in writing by the holders of, at least 5 percent of its beneficial ownership, is entitled, upon at least 5 days’ written demand, to inspect in person or by agent or attorney, during usual business hours, the ledger or duplicate ledger, whether kept in the registered office of the business trust or elsewhere, and to make copies therefrom.
2. An inspection authorized by subsection 1 may be denied to a beneficial owner or other person upon his refusal to furnish to the business trust an affidavit that the inspection is not desired for a purpose which is in the interest of a business or object other than the business of the business trust and that he has not at any time sold or offered for sale any list of beneficial owners of a domestic or foreign business trust, stockholders of a domestic or foreign corporation or members of a domestic or foreign limited-liability company, or aided or abetted any person in procuring such a list for such a purpose.
Last modified: February 26, 2006