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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="2-114" title_number="2" title_name="Corporations in General -- Formation, Organization, and Operation" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Formation and Powers">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to any books or records maintained by or on behalf of a corporation, including:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Bylaws;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Annual statements of affairs;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>Stock ledgers;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>Records of issuances, transfers, and cancellations of shares of stock; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>Voting trust agreements.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The records of a corporation may be maintained by means of any information storage device, method, or electronic network or database, including a distributed electronic network or database, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The records can be converted within a reasonable time into clearly legible written form for visual inspection; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>With respect to records maintained on an electronic ledger or distributed electronic ledger, the records can be used for the purpose of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Making a proper determination with respect to stockholders under § 2–511(a) of this title; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Preparing a list of stockholders in accordance with § 2–513(b)(2) of this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A corporation shall convert a record maintained in accordance with subsection (b) of this section into a clearly legible written form on request of any person who is entitled to inspect the record under this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This subsection applies to records of a corporation that are maintained in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a written form accurately portrays a record, a clearly legible written form prepared from or by means of the information storage device, method, or electronic network or database used to maintain the record shall be admissible as evidence and accepted for all other purposes to the same extent that an original written record of the same information would have been.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
