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Current through October 23, 2012
(a) Notice under this chapter shall be in the form of a record unless oral notice is authorized by this chapter or is reasonable under the circumstances.
(b) Notice may be communicated in person or by delivery. If these forms of communication are impracticable, notice may be communicated by a newspaper of general circulation in the area where published, or by radio, television, or other form of public broadcast communication, including the Internet.
(c) Notice in the form of a record by a domestic or qualified foreign corporation to a shareholder shall be effective:
(1) Upon deposit in the United States mail or with a commercial delivery service, if the postage or delivery charge is paid and the notice is correctly addressed to the shareholder's address shown in the corporation's current record of shareholders; or
(2) When given if the notice is delivered in any other manner that the member has authorized.
(d) Notice to a domestic or qualified foreign corporation may be delivered to its registered agent or to the corporation or its secretary at its principal office shown in its most recent biennial report or, in the case of a foreign corporation that has not yet delivered a biennial report, in its application for a certificate of registration.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, notice shall be effective at the earliest of the following:
(1) When received;
(2) When left at the recipient's residence or usual place of business;
(3) Five days after its deposit in the United States mail or with a commercial delivery service, if the postage or delivery charge is paid and the notice is correctly addressed; or
(4) On the date shown on the return receipt, if sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or by commercial delivery service.
(f) Oral notice shall be effective when communicated, if communicated in a comprehensible manner.
(g) If this chapter prescribes notice requirements for particular circumstances, those requirements shall govern. If bylaws prescribe notice requirements not inconsistent with this section or other provisions of this chapter, those requirements shall govern.
(h) With respect to electronic communications:
(1) Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, or otherwise agreed between the sender and the recipient, an electronic communication is received when:
(A) It enters an information processing system that the recipient has designated or uses for the purpose of receiving electronic records or information of the type sent and from which the recipient is able to retrieve the electronic record; and
(B) It is in a form capable of being processed by that system.
(2) An electronic communication is received under paragraph (1) of this subsection even if no individual is aware of its receipt.
(3) Receipt of an electronic acknowledgment from an information processing system described in paragraph (1) of this subsection shall establish that a record was received but, by itself, shall not establish that the content sent corresponds to the content received.
(i) An authorization by a member of delivery of notices or communications by email or similar electronic means may be revoked by the member by notice to the corporation in the form of a record. The authorization shall be deemed revoked if:
(A) The corporation is unable to deliver 2 consecutive notices or other communications to the member in the manner authorized; and
(B) The inability becomes known to the secretary or other person responsible for giving the notice or other communication, but the failure to treat the inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.
(July 2, 2011, D.C. Law 18-378, § 2, 58 DCR 1720.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Legislative History of Laws
For history of Law 18-378, see notes under § 29-101.01.
Editor's Notes
Former § 29-301.03 has been recodified as § 29A-301.03.
