CAPITAL, STOCK, AND STOCKHOLDERS

United States Code

U.S. Code most recently checked for updates: Jun 09, 2025

§ 51. Repealed.

§ 51a. Preferred stock; issuance authorized

§ 51b. Dividends, voting, and retirement of preferred stock; individual liability

§ 51b-1. Consideration of preferred stock in determining impairment of capital; dividends; retirement

§ 51c. “Common stock”, “capital”, and “capital stock” defined

§§ 51d to 51f. Repealed.

§ 52. Par value and incidents of stock; transfer of shares

§ 53. When capital stock paid in

§ 54. Repealed.

§ 55. Enforcing payment of deficiency in capital stock; assessments; liquidation; receivership

§ 56. Prohibition on withdrawal of capital; unearned dividends

§ 57. Increase of capital by provision in articles of association

§ 58. Repealed.

§ 59. Reduction of capital

§ 60. National bank dividends

§ 61. Shareholders’ voting rights; cumulative and distributive voting; preferred stock; trust shares; proxies, liability restrictions; percentage requirement exclusion of trust shares

§ 62. List of shareholders

§§ 63, 64. Repealed.

§ 64a. Individual liability of shareholders; limitation on liability

§ 65. Repealed.

§ 66. Personal liability of representatives of stockholders

§ 67. Individual liability of shareholders; compromises; authority of receiver