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Minnesota Statutes Business, Social, and Charitable Organizations (Ch. 300-323A) § 302A.163. Corporate seal

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Subdivision 1. Seal not required.  A corporation may, but need not, have a corporate seal, and the use or nonuse of a corporate seal does not affect the validity, recordability, or enforceability of a document or act.  If a corporation has a corporate seal, the use of the seal by the corporation on a document is not necessary.

Subd. 2. Required words;  use.  If a corporation has a corporate seal, the seal may consist of a mechanical imprinting device, or a rubber stamp with a facsimile of the seal affixed thereon, or a facsimile or reproduction of either.  The seal need include only the word “Seal,” but it may also include a part or all of the name of the corporation and a combination, derivation, or abbreviation of either or both of the phrases “a Minnesota Corporation” and “Corporate Seal.”  If a corporate seal is used, it or a facsimile of it may be affixed, engraved, printed, placed, stamped with indelible ink, or in any other manner reproduced on any document.

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