| Every corporation is allowed to make amendments to | | | | for filing articles of amendment and therein spell out |
| its articles of incorporation whenever it wants to add | | | | things such as name of the corporation, text of all |
| or change provisions that are required or allowed in the | | | | amendments adopted, and in case the amendment |
| articles of incorporation and to even delete a provision | | | | means exchanging, reclassifying or canceling issued |
| that is not needed in the articles of incorporation. To | | | | shares, then provisions to implement the amendment |
| determine whether any provisions are in fact required | | | | shall also be given, if they are not contained in the |
| or even permitted in the articles of incorporation, the | | | | amendments. In addition, the corporation must provide |
| corporation needs to look at the effective date of | | | | the date on which each amendment was adopted. |
| amendment. | | | | In other cases, the corporation can make amendments |
| The board of directors of a corporation is authorized | | | | to its articles of incorporation without the board of |
| to adopt one or several amendments to the articles of | | | | directors or shareholders taking action, though only |
| incorporation of the corporation, unless otherwise | | | | when the plan is to reorganize the corporation which |
| stated or provided in the articles of incorporation. In | | | | has been ordered or decreed by any court of the land |
| fact, there may, under certain circumstances, be no | | | | under federal statue, though only when the articles of |
| need to have any shareholder action. However, under | | | | incorporation after having been amended contain only |
| certain circumstances, the amendments to the articles | | | | provisions permitted or required by RCW 23B.02.020. |
| of incorporation may be amended by the board of | | | | The effect of making amendments to the articles of |
| directors and also the shareholder. | | | | incorporation is that such amendment(s) won't affect a |
| Sometimes, the corporation may not have issued | | | | cause of action that exists against or even in favor of |
| shares and so its board of directors or incorporators, in | | | | the corporation, or to any proceeding to which the |
| case initial directors have still not been named in the | | | | corporation is a party, or the existing rights of persons |
| articles of incorporation and are not as yet elected, | | | | who are not shareholders of the corporation. Also, |
| can still adopt one or several amendments to the | | | | when an amendment results in a change to the name |
| articles of incorporation. Nevertheless, when a | | | | of the corporation it does not abate a proceeding |
| corporation is making amendments to its articles of | | | | brought by or against the corporation in its previous |
| incorporation, it must deliver to the secretary of state | | | | name. |