Delaware Statutes
§ 1520 — Commencement of corporate existence
Delaware § 1520
JurisdictionDelaware
Title5
PartBanks and Trust Companies
Ch. 15CREDIT CARD INSTITUTIONS
Subch.Formation
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Bluebook
Del. Code tit. 5, § 1520 (2026).
Text
Upon the issuance of the certificate of incorporation by the Secretary of State and the recording of the certificate and articles of organization as provided in § 1519 of this title, the incorporator(s) named in the certificate, any successors, and assigns shall from the date of the certificate be and constitute a body corporate, for the purposes and by the name set forth in the certificate, subject to dissolution or the revocation or forfeiture of the franchise under this chapter or under this Code or any other statute of this State relating to the dissolution of or to the revocation or forfeiture of the charter or franchise of banks or trust companies; but the corporation shall not have the right to do any business until it has secured from the State Bank Commissioner of this State the c
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Legislative History
70 Del. Laws, c. 112, § 77 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1
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Bluebook (online)
Delaware § 1520, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/de/5/1520.