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‘I have a right to know!’ Well, maybe. Inspection rights in nonprofit corporations

Editor’s Note: Adam M. Beaudoin is a member of the Business and Community Associations Practice Groups of Ward and Smith, P.A. Although a nonprofit corporation does not have to file an annual report, its members do have statutory inspection rights similar to those of the shareholders of a business corporation. Rarely, however, do members or the board of directors understand exactly what corporate documents the members are entitled to inspect or the limitations accompanying such inspection rights. Unqualified Inspection Rights for Members of Nonprofit Corporations The North Carolina Nonprofit Corporation Act (“Act”) requires nonprofit corporations to make certain documents...

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