(1) After the conversion of a domestic nonprofit corporation to a domestic or foreign unincorporated entity has been adopted and approved as required under RCW 24.03A.755 through 24.03A.880, articles of entity conversion must be executed on behalf of the converting corporation by an officer of the corporation. The articles must:

(a) Set forth the name of the corporation immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the name to which the name of the corporation is to be changed, which must be a name that satisfies the organic law of the surviving entity if the surviving entity is a domestic entity;

(b) State whether the corporation is holding assets for charitable purposes;

(c) If the corporation is holding assets for charitable purposes, state that the attorney general has approved, or is deemed to have approved, the entity conversion pursuant to RCW 24.03A.770(4);

(d) State the type of unincorporated entity that the surviving entity will be and its jurisdiction of organization;

(e) State that the plan of entity conversion was approved in the manner required by this chapter; and

(f) If the surviving entity is a domestic filing entity, either contain all of the provisions required to be set forth in its public organic record and any other desired provisions that are permitted, or have attached a public organic record.

(2) After the conversion of a domestic unincorporated entity to a domestic nonprofit corporation has been adopted and approved as required by the organic law of the unincorporated entity, articles of entity conversion must be executed on behalf of the unincorporated entity by an officer or other authorized representative. The articles must:

(a) Set forth the name of the unincorporated entity immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the name to which the name of the unincorporated entity is to be changed, which must be a name that satisfies the requirements of RCW 24.03A.095;

(b) Set forth a statement that the plan of entity conversion was approved in accordance with the organic law of the unincorporated entity; and

(c) Either contain all of the provisions that RCW 24.03A.100(1) requires to be set forth in articles of incorporation and any other desired provisions that RCW 24.03A.100 (2) and (3) permit to be included in articles of incorporation, or have attached articles of incorporation that comply with chapter 176, Laws of 2021.

(3) After the conversion of a foreign unincorporated entity to a domestic nonprofit corporation has been authorized as required by the laws of the foreign jurisdiction, articles of entity conversion must be executed on behalf of the foreign unincorporated entity by an officer or other authorized representative. The articles must:

(a) Set forth the name of the unincorporated entity immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the name to which the name of the unincorporated entity is to be changed, which must be a name that satisfies the requirements of RCW 24.03A.095;

(b) Set forth the jurisdiction under the laws of which the unincorporated entity was organized immediately before the filing of the articles of entity conversion and the date on which the unincorporated entity was organized in that jurisdiction;

(c) Set forth a statement that the conversion of the unincorporated entity was approved in the manner required by the law of the foreign jurisdiction; and

(d) Either contain all of the provisions that RCW 24.03A.100(1) requires to be set forth in articles of incorporation and any other desired provisions that RCW 24.03A.100 (2) and (3) permit to be included in articles of incorporation, or have attached articles of incorporation that comply with chapter 176, Laws of 2021; except that, in either case, provisions that would not be required to be included in restated articles of incorporation of a domestic nonprofit corporation may be omitted.

(4) The articles of entity conversion and articles of incorporation must be simultaneously delivered to the secretary of state for filing. The articles of entity conversion and articles of incorporation take effect at the effective time provided in RCW 23.95.210. Articles of entity conversion filed under subsection (1) or (2) of this section may be combined with any required conversion filing under the organic law of the domestic unincorporated entity if the combined filing satisfies the requirements of both this section and the other organic law.

(5) If the converting entity is a foreign unincorporated entity that is registered to do business in this state under chapter 23.95 RCW, then its registration statement is canceled automatically on the effective date of its conversion.

Effective date—2021 c 176: See note following RCW 24.03A.005.