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<section article="gca" article_name="Corporations and Associations" number="2-705" title_number="2" title_name="Corporations in General -- Formation, Organization, and Operation" subtitle_number="7" subtitle_name="Ratification of Defective Corporate Acts">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a defective corporate act ratified under this subtitle would have required the filing of a charter document with the Department under any provision of this article, the corporation shall file articles of validation in accordance with this section.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a charter document that was required to be filed with respect to the defective corporate act was not filed, the articles of validation required by this section shall be filed in lieu of the charter document that was not filed.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Articles of validation required by this section shall include:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The title and date of filing of any charter document previously filed with respect to the defective corporate act and any charter document that amended, supplemented, or corrected that charter document;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A statement describing the defective corporate act;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The date of the defective corporate act;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A statement that the defective corporate act was ratified in accordance with this subtitle and a description of the manner of ratification; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <level label="i">
        <text>If a charter document was previously filed with respect to the defective corporate act and no change to the charter document is required to ratify the defective corporate act under § 2–702 of this subtitle, a statement that no change is made to the charter document;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>If a charter document was previously filed with respect to the defective corporate act and a change to the charter document is required to ratify the defective corporate act under § 2–702 of this subtitle, a statement describing the change and all information required to be included under this title; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>If a charter document was not previously filed with respect to the defective corporate act and the defective corporate act ratified under § 2–702 of this subtitle would have required a charter document to be filed under this title, a statement of the section of this title under which the charter document was required to be filed and any information required to be included in the charter document under that section.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
