Body corporate - Name

(a) Each school district in the state shall be a body corporate, may contract and be contracted with, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name, which shall be the name it currently has unless changed by the State Board of Education. (b) A school district may acquire and hold real estate and other classes of property. Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 5, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1155,§ 7, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1931, No. 169, § 57; Pope's Dig., § 11490; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-402; Acts 1999, No. 1078, § 25. (a) Each school district in the state shall be a body corporate, may contract and be contracted with, and may sue and be sued in its corporate name, which shall be the name it currently has unless changed by the State Board of Education. (b) A school district may acquire and hold real estate and other classes of property. Amended by Act 2021, No. 544,§ 5, eff. 7/28/2021. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1155,§ 7, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1931, No. 169, § 57; Pope's Dig., § 11490; A.S.A. 1947, § 80-402; Acts 1999, No. 1078, § 25.