California Corporations Code
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The California Corporations Code is the body of state law that governs the formation, operation, and regulation of corporations and certain other business entities in California.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| California Corporations Code canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7636586 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Corporations Code Context triple: [California Codes, hasPart, California Corporations Code]
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A.
California Financial Code
The California Financial Code is a body of state statutory law that regulates financial institutions and financial services activities within California.
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B.
California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
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C.
California Business and Professions Code
The California Business and Professions Code is a comprehensive set of state laws that regulate professional licensing, business practices, and the conduct of various occupations in California.
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D.
California Public Resources Code
The California Public Resources Code is a body of state law that governs the conservation, management, and use of California’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources.
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E.
California Probate Code
The California Probate Code is the body of state law that governs the administration of estates, wills, trusts, and related probate proceedings in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: California Corporations Code Target entity description: The California Corporations Code is the body of state law that governs the formation, operation, and regulation of corporations and certain other business entities in California.
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A.
California Financial Code
The California Financial Code is a body of state statutory law that regulates financial institutions and financial services activities within California.
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B.
California Government Code
The California Government Code is a comprehensive collection of state statutes that organizes and regulates the structure, powers, and procedures of California’s state and local government.
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C.
California Business and Professions Code
The California Business and Professions Code is a comprehensive set of state laws that regulate professional licensing, business practices, and the conduct of various occupations in California.
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D.
California Public Resources Code
The California Public Resources Code is a body of state law that governs the conservation, management, and use of California’s natural, cultural, and recreational resources.
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E.
California Probate Code
The California Probate Code is the body of state law that governs the administration of estates, wills, trusts, and related probate proceedings in California.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
body of state statutory law
ⓘ
corporate law code ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation
ⓘ
California Secretary of State ⓘ
linked to:
Secretary of State of California
|
| appliesTo |
LLCs formed under California law
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charitable nonprofit corporations in California ⓘ closely held corporations in California ⓘ cooperative corporations in California ⓘ credit unions in California ⓘ domestic corporations ⓘ foreign corporations ⓘ mutual benefit corporations in California ⓘ publicly held corporations in California ⓘ registered LLPs in California ⓘ religious corporations in California ⓘ |
| codifiedIn | California Codes ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| enactedBy | California State Legislature ⓘ |
| governs |
close corporations in California
ⓘ
corporations formed in California ⓘ foreign corporations qualified to do business in California ⓘ limited liability companies in California ⓘ limited liability partnerships in California ⓘ limited partnerships in California ⓘ nonprofit corporations in California ⓘ partnerships in California ⓘ professional corporations in California ⓘ unincorporated associations in California ⓘ |
| hasPart |
corporate securities law provisions
ⓘ
general corporation law provisions ⓘ limited liability company provisions ⓘ nonprofit corporation law provisions ⓘ partnership and limited partnership provisions ⓘ unincorporated association provisions ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
State of California
ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| purpose |
define fiduciary duties of directors and officers
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protect shareholders and members ⓘ provide procedures for dissolution and winding up of entities ⓘ provide procedures for mergers and reorganizations ⓘ regulate formation of business entities in California ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
corporate finance
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corporate governance ⓘ director duties ⓘ dissolution of business entities ⓘ formation of business entities ⓘ mergers and acquisitions ⓘ nonprofit governance ⓘ officer duties ⓘ securities regulation at state level ⓘ shareholder rights ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: California Corporations Code Description of subject: The California Corporations Code is the body of state law that governs the formation, operation, and regulation of corporations and certain other business entities in California.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.