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title: "Check when a corporation must hold its annual meeting of stockholders"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/check-when-a-public-company-must-hold-its-annual-general-meeting/united-states"
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site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A1-JU20261022-25-US"
practice_area: "Commercial & Corporate Advisory (contracts, company law, governance)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
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# Check when a corporation must hold its annual meeting of stockholders

> From the bylaws and the corporate records the lawyer supplies, record the date the bylaws designate for the annual meeting, or that no date is designated. If a date is designated, record the date 30 days after it.…

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Commercial & Corporate Advisory (contracts, company law, governance)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the bylaws and the corporate records the lawyer supplies, record the date the bylaws designate for the annual meeting, or that no date is designated. If a date is designated, record the date 30 days after it. If no date is designated, record the date 13 months after the latest of organisation, the last annual meeting, or the last written consent electing directors in lieu of an annual meeting. Do not convene the meeting. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer decides the date by which the meeting should be held. Section 211(b) requires an annual meeting for the election of directors on a date designated by or in the manner provided in the bylaws, unless directors are elected by written consent in lieu of that meeting as that subsection permits. Section 211(c) lets the Court of Chancery order a meeting, on the application of any stockholder or director, if the meeting or the consent election has not occurred for 30 days after the designated date, or, if no date was designated, for 13 months after the latest of those three events. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Check when a public company must hold its annual general meeting](https://ailawframework.com/practice/commercial-and-corporate-advisory/check-when-a-public-company-must-hold-its-annual-general-meeting.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the bylaws and the corporate records the lawyer supplies, record the date the bylaws designate for the annual meeting, or that no date is designated. If a date is designated, record the date 30 days after it. If no date is designated, record the date 13 months after the latest of organisation, the last annual meeting, or the last written consent electing directors in lieu of an annual meeting. Do not convene the meeting.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Failure to hold the meeting does not, of itself, undo other corporate acts. The remedy in § 211(c) is a court-ordered meeting.
- A public company may also have exchange and federal proxy rules on the annual meeting. Those rules were not the text used here.

## Sources

- [Delaware General Corporation Law, Subchapter VII, including § 211 Meetings of stockholders](https://delcode.delaware.gov/title8/c001/sc07/index.html) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [ABA Model Rule 1.1, Comment 8](https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_1_1_competence/comment_on_rule_1_1/) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*