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Cal. Corporations Code § 5000 (2026)
Nonprofit Corporation Law
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This division shall be known and may be cited as the Nonprofit Corporation Law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1970–2025 · leading case: Wells v. One2One Learning Found., 141 P.3d 225 (Cal. 2006).
Wells v. One2One Learning Found., 141 P.3d 225 (Cal. 2006). “The sole relationship between a charter school operator and the chartering district is through the charter governing the school's operation. Except in specified respects, charter schools and their operators are "exempt from the laws governing school districts.”
Gantman v. United Pac. Ins. Co., 232 Cal. App. 3d 1560 (Cal. Ct. App. 1991). “4 Under the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Corp. Code, § 5000 et seq.) there are three principal types of nonprofit corporations: a public benefit corporation (Corp.”
Kurz v. Fed'n of Pétanque U.S.A., 52 Cal. Rptr. 3d 776 (Cal. Ct. App. 2006). “) Under this part, a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation may, by its articles or bylaws, provide for the admission of persons to membership.”
Zinn v. Bright, 9 Cal. App. 3d 188 (Cal. Ct. App. 1970). “” (Corp. Code, § 5000.) Section 5001, Corporations Code, affords two methods, not necessarily exclusive, by which a debt or liability may be adequately provided for; section 5010 affords another means.”
Oak View Little League, Inc. v. Ojai Valley Baseball League CA2/5 (Cal. Ct. App. 2021). “2 “Under the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Corp. Code, § 5000 et seq.) there are three principal types of nonprofit corporations: a public benefit corporation (Corp.”
Turner v. Pacifica Found. CA2/7 (Cal. Ct. App. 2023). “), provides with respect to a nonprofit public benefit corporation such as Pacifica, “No action may be instituted or maintained in the right of any corporation by any member of such corporation unless both of the following conditions exist: [¶] (1) The plaintiff alleges in the…”
California Dental Assn. v. Delta Dental of California (Cal. Ct. App. 2025). “” As we have recited, Delta is a nonprofit mutual benefit corporation and, as such, its corporate operating structure, including the duties of its officers and directors, is governed by the Nonprofit Corporation Law (Corp. Code, § 5000 et seq.). Enacted in 1978, the Nonprofit…”
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