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Louisiana Voting Rules for Boards and Members

What Louisiana's statutes say about board votes, emergencies, meetings, and member ballots, as Qwibie summarizes them, with the citation for each.

Can the Board Vote without a Meeting?

Companies

A Louisiana business corporation's board may act without a meeting if every director signs a written consent, unless the articles or bylaws require a meeting.

Qwibie counts the vote as: Every director consents in writing.

  • File consent with minutes
  • Consent revocable until last delivered
Citation
La. R.S. 12:1-821 · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-11-12

What about an Emergency between Meetings?

Companies

A Louisiana business corporation's board may act without a meeting if every director signs a written consent, unless the articles or bylaws require a meeting.

Qwibie counts the vote as: Every director consents in writing.

  • File consent with minutes
  • Consent revocable until last delivered
Citation
La. R.S. 12:1-821 · Read the source
Review
ReviewedSummary recorded as reviewed against the statute text, 2026-11-12

Not legal advice

These are Qwibie's own summaries, not the law, and they don't say what the law is today. Open the source to read the text, and ask your attorney how it applies to your organization. Your articles and bylaws may set a different rule where the statute allows it.

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