Nonprofit Corporation Member Books and Records Inspection in Illinois
At a glance
| Eligible member and corporation | Voting member for ordinary account/minutes inspection; specified residential cooperative transfer list available to any member (§ 107.75(a)–(b)) |
|---|---|
| Routine records | Single voting-member proper-purpose route for account books and minutes (§ 107.75(a)) |
| Purpose-conditioned records | Account books/records and member, board, authorized-committee minutes; proper purpose required (§ 107.75(a)) |
| Demand form and notice | Written demand stating particular records and purpose; inspection at a reasonable time (§ 107.75(a)) |
| Purpose, tenure, and connection | Proper purpose required; member proves it for accounts, corporation disproves it for minutes in court (§ 107.75(a)) |
| Place, representatives, and delivery | Inspection personally or by agent at reasonable times; voting-member record kept at registered/principal office (§ 107.75(a)) |
| Copies, conversion, and cost | Inspection right includes making extracts from accounts and minutes (§ 107.75(a)) |
| Member list and confidentiality | Voting-member names/address record maintained; special residential cooperative transfer list open to any member (§ 107.75(a)–(b)) |
| Financial statements | Account books and records available to voting member through proper-purpose demand (§ 107.75(a)) |
| Court remedy and special rules | Refusal permits circuit court mandamus or other proper order; purpose burden differs for accounts and minutes (§ 107.75(a)) |
Requirements one by one
Records and demand
Section 107.75(a) requires the corporation to keep account books and member, board, and board-authorized committee minutes, plus a voting-member names and addresses record. A voting member may examine the account books and minutes, personally or by agent, at reasonable times and make extracts, but only for a proper purpose. The member's written demand must identify the records and purpose with particularity.
What trips people up
If the corporation refuses examination, the voting member may sue in circuit court in the county of the registered agent or principal office to compel an appropriate examination. The proper-purpose burden flips with the record: the member must establish proper purpose for account books, while the corporation must establish lack of proper purpose for minutes (§ 107.75(a)).
Subsection (b) adds a narrow residential-cooperative rule: a qualifying corporation with 50 or more single-family units in a county with population between 780,000 and 3,000,000 must maintain and quarterly record membership transfers, and any member may inspect the transfer list. That route has its own entity and geography conditions.
Common questions
May a nonvoting member make the ordinary account-book demand?
The express account-book and minutes right in § 107.75(a) names a voting member. The separate qualifying residential-cooperative transfer-list right in subsection (b) names any member.
Does the statute give the same burden for account books and minutes?
No. The purpose burden differs as described above in § 107.75(a), which matters if the refusal reaches court.
Statutes and sources
- 805 ILCS 105/107.75(a)–(b): records, voting-member demand, court remedy, and special cooperative rule. Official section, accessed 2026-10-02.
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