New York Not-For-Profit Corporation Law Article 4 - FORMATION OF CORPORATIONS

• 401 - Incorporators.
  One or more natural persons at least eighteen years of age may act as incorporators of a corporation to be formed under this chapter.
• 402 - Certificate of Incorporation; Contents.
  (a) A certificate, entitled "Certificate of Incorporation of .................... (name of corporation), under section 402 of the Not-for-Profit Corporation Law," shall be signed by each...
• 403 - Certificate of Incorporation; Effect.
  Upon the filing of the certificate of incorporation by the department of state, the corporate existence shall begin, and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence...
• 404 - Approvals, Notices and Consents.
  (a) Every certificate of incorporation which includes among its purposes the formation of a trade or business association shall have endorsed thereon or annexed thereto...
• 405 - Organization Meeting.
  (a) After the corporate existence has begun, an organization meeting of the initial directors, or, if directors are not designated in the certificate of incorporation,...
• 406 - Private Foundation, As Defined in the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1954: Provisions Included in the Certificate of Incorporation.
  (a) The following provisions are hereby included in the certificate of incorporation of every domestic corporation, heretofore or hereafter formed, to which this chapter applies...

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