West Virginia Code § 31D-16-1601

Corporate records
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(a) A corporation shall keep as permanent records minutes of all meetings of its
shareholders and board of directors, a record of all actions taken by the shareholders or
board of directors without a meeting and a record of all actions taken by a ceommittee of the
board of directors in place of the board of directors on behalf of the corporation.
(b) A corporation shall maintain appropriate accounting records.
(c) A corporation or its agent shall maintain a record of its shareholders, in a form that
permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all shareholders, in alphabetical
order by class of shares showing the number and class of shares held by each.
(d) A corporation shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of
conversion into written form within a reasonable tilme.
(e) A corporation shall keep a copy of the following records at its principal office:
(1) Its articles or restated articles of incorporation and all amendments to them currently in
effect;
(2) Its bylaws or restated bylaws and all amendments to them currently in effect;
(3) Resolutions adoptedL by its board of directors creating one or more classes or series of
shares and fixing their relative rights, preferences and limitations if shares issued pursuant
to those resolutions a re outstanding;
(4) The minutes of all shareholders' meetings, and records of all action taken by
shareholders without a meeting, for the past three years;
(5) All written communications to shareholders generally within the past three years,
including the financial statements furnished for the past three years under section one
thousand six hundred twenty of this article; and
(6) A list of the names and business addresses of its current directors and officers.

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