Corporate minutes are used to record actual happenings during directors' or shareholders' meetings, such as decisions on tax, legal, and financial matters. The forms constitute the bulk of those necessary for the day to day keeping of the corporate formalities in a California corporation.California corporate law requires an annual meeting of the shareholders, but there is no requirement for an annual directors meeting. In California, all corporations must hold valid corporate meetings and keep corporate minutes in a minute book as a record of those meetings. (Corp. Code § 7215.) Minutes are the property of the corporation. Associations must keep minutes of board and membership meetings and some committee meetings. Minutes are the property of the corporation. Associations must keep minutes of board and membership meetings and some committee meetings. Some states, such as California, require a corporation to have a minimum of one annual meeting each year. Process. Director Elections: The directors of the corporation are elected.