15A:5-24. Books and records; right of inspection

a. Each corporation shall keep books and records of account and minutes of the proceedings of its members and board and executive committee, if any. Unless otherwise provided in the bylaws, the books, records and minutes may be kept outside this State. The corporation shall make available for inspection at its registered office, in this State, or at its principal office if it is in this State, records containing the names and addresses of all members, the number, class and series of memberships held by each and the dates when they respectively became members of record thereof, within 10 days after demand by a member entitled to inspect them, as defined in subsection c. of this section. The foregoing books, minutes or records may be in written form or in any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. A corporation shall convert into written form without charge any records not in that form, upon the written request of any person entitled to inspect them.

b. Upon the written request of any member, the corporation shall mail to that member its balance sheet as at the end of the preceding fiscal year, and its statement of income and expenses for that fiscal year.

c. Any person who shall have been a member of record of a corporation for at least 6 months immediately preceding that person's demand, or any person holding, or so authorized in writing by the members holding, at least 5% of the memberships of any class or series, upon at least 5 days' written demand, shall have the right for any proper purpose to examine in person or by agent or attorney, during usual business hours, its minutes of the proceedings of its members and record of members and to make extracts therefrom, at the places where the same are kept pursuant to subsection a. of this section.

d. This section shall not impair the right of any court, upon proof of a member of proper purpose, irrespective of the period of time during which the member shall have been a member of record, and irrespective of the total number of memberships held by that person, to compel the production for examination by the member of the books and records of account, minutes and record of members of a corporation.

L.1983, c. 127, s. 15A:5-24, eff. Oct. 1, 1983.