Delaware General Corporation Law: Difference between revisions

The '''Delaware General Corporation Law''' (Title 8, Chapter 1 of the Delaware Code) is the [[statute]] governing [[corporate law]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Delaware General Corporation Law |url=http://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/ |website=Delaware Code Online |access-date=21 December 2018}}</ref> Adopted in 1899, the statute has since made Delaware the most important jurisdiction in [[United States corporate law]]. Over half of [[Public company|publicly traded]] corporations listed in the [[New York Stock Exchange]] (including its owner, [[Intercontinental Exchange]]) and 66% of the [[Fortune 500|''Fortune'' 500]] are [[Incorporation (business)|incorporated]] (and therefore [[domicile (law)|domiciled]]) in the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.corp.delaware.gov/aboutagency.shtml |title=About the Division of Corporations |publisher=Delaware Division of Corporations |access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref>