§415B-34 Articles of incorporation. (a) One or more individuals may organize a corporation by signing and delivering articles of incorporation to the director pursuant to section 415B-10, which shall set forth:

(1) The name of the corporation;

(2) The period of the corporation's duration, which may be perpetual;

(3) The purpose or purposes for which the corporation is organized;

(4) Any provisions, not inconsistent with law, which the incorporators elect to set forth in the articles of incorporation for the regulation of the internal affairs of the corporation, including any provision for the distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation;

(5) The mailing address of the corporation's initial or principal office and, if the corporation is required at the time of incorporation to have a registered office and registered agent in this State, the street address of the corporation's initial registered office and the name of its initial registered agent at that office; provided that where no specific street address is available for the corporation's initial or principal office or for the corporation's registered office, the rural route post office or post office box designated or made available by the United States Postal Service may be listed;

(6) The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors and the names and residence addresses of the individuals who are to serve as the initial directors and initial officers; and

(7) If a corporation has no members, that fact shall be set forth.

(b) It shall not be necessary to set forth in the articles of incorporation any of the corporate powers enumerated in this chapter. [L 1985, c 270, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 135, §147; am L 1999, c 249, §18]