Va. Code Ann. tit. 13.1, ch. 10

Va. Code Ann. tit. 13.1, ch. 10
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section13.1-801. Short titlesection13.1-802. Reservation of power to amend or repealsection13.1-803. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Definitionssection13.1-804. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Filing requirementssection13.1-804.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Filing with the Commission pursuant to reorganizationsection13.1-805. Issuance of certificate by Commission; recordation of documentssection13.1-806. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Effective time and date of documentsection13.1-807. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Correcting filed articlessection13.1-808. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Evidentiary effect of copy of filed documentsection13.1-809. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Certificate of good standingsection13.1-810. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Notices and other communicationssection13.1-810.1. (Effective January 1, 2027) Number of memberssection13.1-811. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Penalty for signing false documentssection13.1-812. Unlawful to transact or offer to transact business as a corporation unless authorizedsection13.1-813. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Hearing and finality of Commission action; injunctionssection13.1-814. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Shares of stock and dividends prohibitedsection13.1-814.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Special provisions for community associationssection13.1-814.2. (Effective January 1, 2027) Definitionssection13.1-814.3. (Effective January 1, 2027) Defective corporate actionssection13.1-814.4. (Effective January 1, 2027) Ratification of defective corporate actionssection13.1-814.5. (Effective January 1, 2027) Action of ratificationsection13.1-814.6. (Effective January 1, 2027) Noticesection13.1-814.7. (Effective January 1, 2027) Effect of ratificationsection13.1-814.8. (Effective January 1, 2027) Filingssection13.1-814.9. (Effective January 1, 2027) Commission proceedings regarding validity of corporate actionssection13.1-815. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Fees to be collected by Commission; payment of fees prerequisite to Commission action; exceptionssection13.1-815.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Charter and entrance fees for corporationssection13.1-816. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Fees for filing documents or issuing certificatessection13.1-817. Repealedsection13.1-818. Incorporatorssection13.1-819. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Articles of incorporationsection13.1-820. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Issuance of certificate of incorporationsection13.1-821. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Liability for preincorporation transactionssection13.1-822. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Organization of corporationsection13.1-823. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Bylawssection13.1-824. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Emergency bylawssection13.1-825. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Purposessection13.1-826. (Effective until January 1, 2027) General powerssection13.1-827. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Emergency powerssection13.1-828. (Effective January 1, 2027) Lack of power to actsection13.1-829. Corporate namesection13.1-830. Reserved namesection13.1-831. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Registered namesection13.1-832. Repealedsection13.1-833. Registered office and registered agentsection13.1-834. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Change of registered office or registered agentsection13.1-835. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Resignation of registered agentsection13.1-836. Service on corporationsection13.1-837. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Memberssection13.1-837.1. (Effective January 1, 2027) Member's liability for dues, assessments, and feessection13.1-837.2. (Effective January 1, 2027) Termination and suspensionsection13.1-838. (Effective January 1, 2027) Annual meetingsection13.1-839. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Special meetingsection13.1-840. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Court-ordered meetingsection13.1-841. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Corporate action without meetingsection13.1-842. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Notice of meetingsection13.1-843. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Waiver of noticesection13.1-844. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Record datesection13.1-844.1. (Effective January 1, 2027) Conduct of the meetingsection13.1-844.2. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Remote participation in annual and special meetingssection13.1-845. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Members' list for meetingsection13.1-846. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Voting entitlement of memberssection13.1-847. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Proxiessection13.1-847.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Voting procedures and inspectors of electionssection13.1-848. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Corporation's acceptance of votessection13.1-849. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Quorum and voting requirements for voting groupssection13.1-850. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Action by single and multiple voting groupssection13.1-851. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Change in quorum or voting requirementssection13.1-852. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Voting for directors; cumulative votingsection13.1-852.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Member or director agreementssection13.1-852.01. (Effective January 1, 2027) Judicial determination of corporate offices and review of elections and member votessection13.1-852.2. Voting agreementssection13.1-852.3. (Effective January 1, 2027) Standing; condition precedent; stay of proceedingssection13.1-852.4. (Effective January 1, 2027) Discontinuance or settlementsection13.1-852.5. (Effective January 1, 2027) Foreign corporationssection13.1-852.6. (Effective January 1, 2027) Dismissalsection13.1-852.7. (Effective January 1, 2027) Payment of and security for expensessection13.1-853. (Effective January 1, 2027) Requirement for and duties of board of directorssection13.1-854. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Qualification of directorssection13.1-855. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Number and election of directorssection13.1-856. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Election of directors by certain classes of memberssection13.1-857. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Terms of directors generallysection13.1-858. (Effective January 1, 2027) Staggered terms of directorssection13.1-859. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Resignation of directorssection13.1-860. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Removal of directorssection13.1-861. Judicial review of electionssection13.1-861.1. (Effective January 1, 2027) Removal of directors by judicial proceedingsection13.1-862. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Vacancy on board of directorssection13.1-863. Compensation of directorssection13.1-864. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Meetings of the board of directorssection13.1-865. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Action without meeting of board of directorssection13.1-866. Notice of board of directors' meetingssection13.1-867. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Waiver of notice by directorsection13.1-868. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Quorum and voting by directorssection13.1-869. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Committeessection13.1-870. (Effective until January 1, 2027) General standards of conduct for directorssection13.1-870.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Limitation on liability of officers and directors; exceptionsection13.1-870.2. Limitation on liability of officers and directors; additional exceptionsection13.1-871. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Director conflict of interestssection13.1-871.1. Business opportunitiessection13.1-871.2. (Effective January 1, 2027) Liability for unlawful distributionssection13.1-872. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Required officerssection13.1-873. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Duties of officerssection13.1-874. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Resignation and removal of officerssection13.1-875. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Definitionssection13.1-876. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Authority to indemnifysection13.1-877. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Mandatory indemnificationsection13.1-878. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Advance for expensessection13.1-879. Repealedsection13.1-879.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Court orders for advances, reimbursement or indemnificationsection13.1-880. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Determination and authorization of indemnificationsection13.1-881. (Effective January 1, 2027) Advances for expenses and indemnification of officerssection13.1-882. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Insurancesection13.1-883. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Application of articlesection13.1-884. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Authority to amend articles of incorporationsection13.1-885. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Amendment of articles of incorporation by directorssection13.1-886. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Amendment of articles of incorporation by directors and memberssection13.1-887. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Voting on amendments by voting groupssection13.1-887.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Amendment prior to organizationsection13.1-888. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Articles of amendmentsection13.1-889. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Restated articles of incorporationsection13.1-889.1. (Effective January 1, 2027) Abandonment of amendment or restatement of articles of incorporationsection13.1-890. Repealedsection13.1-891. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Effect of amendment of articles of incorporationsection13.1-892. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or memberssection13.1-893. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Bylaw provisions increasing quorum or voting requirements for directorssection13.1-893.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Definitionssection13.1-894. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Mergersection13.1-894.1. (Effective January 1, 2027) Interest exchangesection13.1-895. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Action on plan of mergersection13.1-895.1. (Effective January 1, 2027) Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiariessection13.1-896. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Articles of mergersection13.1-897. (Effective January 1, 2027) Effect of merger or interest exchangesection13.1-897.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Abandonment of a mergersection13.1-898. Repealedsection13.1-898.1:1. Definitionssection13.1-898.2. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Domesticationsection13.1-898.3. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Action on plan of domestication by a domestic corporationsection13.1-898.4. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Articles of domesticationsection13.1-898.5. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Surrender of articles of incorporation upon domesticationsection13.1-898.5:1. (Effective January 1, 2027) Effect of domesticationsection13.1-898.6. (Repealed effective January 1, 2027) Effect of domesticationsection13.1-898.7. (Repealed effective January 1, 2027) Abandonment of domesticationsection13.1-898.8. (Effective January 1, 2027) Definitionssection13.1-898.9. (Effective January 1, 2027) Conversionsection13.1-898.10. (Effective January 1, 2027) Plan of conversionsection13.1-898.11. (Effective January 1, 2027) Action on plan of conversionsection13.1-898.12. (Effective January 1, 2027) Articles of conversion; effectivenesssection13.1-898.13. (Effective January 1, 2027) Amendment of plan of conversion; abandonmentsection13.1-898.14. (Effective January 1, 2027) Effect of conversionsection13.1-899. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Sale of assets in regular course of businesssection13.1-900. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Sale of assets other than in regular course of businesssection13.1-901. Sale of certain real property by incorporated educational institutionssection13.1-901.1. (Effective January 1, 2027) Dissolution; generallysection13.1-902. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Dissolution by directors and memberssection13.1-903. Dissolution by directorssection13.1-904. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Articles of dissolutionsection13.1-905. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Revocation of dissolutionsection13.1-906. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Effect of dissolutionsection13.1-907. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Distribution and plan of distribution of assetssection13.1-908. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Known claims against dissolved corporationsection13.1-908.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Other claims against dissolved corporationsection13.1-908.2. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Court proceedingssection13.1-908.3. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Director dutiessection13.1-909. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Grounds for judicial dissolutionsection13.1-910. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Receivership or custodianshipsection13.1-911. Decree of dissolutionsection13.1-912. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Articles of termination of corporate existencesection13.1-913. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Termination of corporate existence by incorporators or initial directorssection13.1-914. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Automatic termination of corporate existencesection13.1-915. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Involuntary termination of corporate existencesection13.1-916. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Reinstatement of a corporation that has ceased to existsection13.1-917. (Effective January 1, 2027) Survival of remedy after termination of corporate existencesection13.1-918. Repealedsection13.1-918.1. (Effective January 1, 2027) Effect of any fundamental transactionsection13.1-918.2. (Effective January 1, 2027) Authority of the Attorney Generalsection13.1-919. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Authority to transact business requiredsection13.1-920. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Consequences of transacting business without authoritysection13.1-921. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Application for certificate of authoritysection13.1-922. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Amended certificate of authoritysection13.1-923. (Effective January 1, 2027) Effect of certificate of authoritysection13.1-924. Corporate name of foreign corporationsection13.1-925. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporationsection13.1-926. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Change of registered office or registered agent of a foreign corporationsection13.1-927. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporationsection13.1-928. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Service of process on foreign corporationsection13.1-928.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Merger of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealthsection13.1-928.2. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Entity conversion of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealthsection13.1-929. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Withdrawal of foreign corporationsection13.1-930. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Automatic revocation of certificate of authoritysection13.1-931. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Involuntary revocation of certificate of authoritysection13.1-931.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Reinstatement of foreign corporation whose certificate of authority has been withdrawn or revokedsection13.1-932. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Corporate recordssection13.1-933. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Inspection of records by memberssection13.1-934. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Scope of inspection rightsection13.1-935. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Court-ordered inspectionsection13.1-935.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Inspection of records by directorssection13.1-935.2. (Effective January 1, 2027) Financial statements for memberssection13.1-936. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Annual report of domestic and foreign corporationssection13.1-936.1. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Annual registration fees to be paid by domestic and foreign corporations; penalty for failure to pay timelysection13.1-936.2. Collection of unpaid bills for registration feessection13.1-937. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Application to existing corporationssection13.1-938. Application to certain social, patriotic and benevolent societies incorporated before year 1900; reports by such societiessection13.1-939. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Saving provisionsection13.1-940. Repealedsection13.1-941. Repealedsection13.1-941.01. Repealedsection13.1-944.1. (Repealed effective January 1, 2027) Definitionssection13.1-944.2. (Repealed effective January 1, 2027) Entity conversionsection13.1-944.3. (Repealed effective January 1, 2027) Plan of entity conversionsection13.1-944.4. (Repealed effective January 1, 2027) Action on plan of entity conversionsection13.1-944.5. (Repealed effective January 1, 2027) Articles of entity conversionsection13.1-944.6. (Repealed effective January 1, 2027) Effect of entity conversionsection13.1-944.7. (Repealed effective January 1, 2027) Abandonment of entity conversionsection13.1-945. (Effective until January 1, 2027) Property title records
Source: Open US Law by Vaquill AI (CC BY 4.0)URL: https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title13.1/chapter10/Fetched: 10/16/2026

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