Virginia — Title 13.1 · Chapter 10

• § 13.1-801 — Short title
• § 13.1-802 — Reservation of power to amend or repeal
• § 13.1-803 — Definitions
• § 13.1-804 — Filing requirements
• § 13.1-804.1 — Filing with the Commission pursuant to reorganization
• § 13.1-805 — Issuance of certificate by Commission; recordation of documents
• § 13.1-806 — Effective time and date of document
• § 13.1-807 — Correcting filed articles
• § 13.1-808 — Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document
• § 13.1-809 — Certificate of good standing
• § 13.1-810 — Notices and other communications
• § 13.1-810.1 — Number of members
• § 13.1-811 — Penalty for signing false documents
• § 13.1-812 — Unlawful to transact or offer to transact business as a corporation unless authorized
• § 13.1-813 — Hearing and finality of Commission action; injunctions
• § 13.1-814 — Shares of stock and dividends prohibited
• § 13.1-814.1 — Special provisions for community associations
• § 13.1-814.2 — Definitions
• § 13.1-814.3 — Defective corporate actions
• § 13.1-814.4 — Ratification of defective corporate actions
• § 13.1-814.5 — Action of ratification
• § 13.1-814.6 — Notice
• § 13.1-814.7 — Effect of ratification
• § 13.1-814.8 — Filings
• § 13.1-814.9 — Commission proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions
• § 13.1-815 — Fees to be collected by Commission; payment of fees prerequisite to Commission action; exceptions
• § 13.1-815.1 — Charter and entrance fees for corporations
• § 13.1-816 — Fees for filing documents or issuing certificates
• § 13.1-818 — Incorporators
• § 13.1-819 — Articles of incorporation
• § 13.1-820 — Issuance of certificate of incorporation
• § 13.1-821 — Liability for preincorporation transactions
• § 13.1-822 — Organization of corporation
• § 13.1-823 — Bylaws
• § 13.1-824 — Emergency bylaws
• § 13.1-825 — Purposes
• § 13.1-826 — General powers
• § 13.1-827 — Emergency powers
• § 13.1-828 — Ultra vires
• § 13.1-829 — Corporate name
• § 13.1-830 — Reserved name
• § 13.1-831 — Registered name
• § 13.1-833 — Registered office and registered agent
• § 13.1-834 — Change of registered office or registered agent
• § 13.1-835 — Resignation of registered agent
• § 13.1-836 — Service on corporation
• § 13.1-837 — Members
• § 13.1-837.1 — Member's liability for dues, assessments, and fees
• § 13.1-837.2 — Termination and suspension
• § 13.1-838 — Annual meeting
• § 13.1-839 — Special meeting
• § 13.1-840 — Court-ordered meeting
• § 13.1-841 — Corporate action without meeting
• § 13.1-842 — Notice of meeting
• § 13.1-843 — Waiver of notice
• § 13.1-844 — Record date
• § 13.1-844.1 — Conduct of the meeting
• § 13.1-844.2 — Remote participation in annual and special meetings
• § 13.1-845 — Members' list for meeting
• § 13.1-846 — Voting entitlement of members
• § 13.1-847 — Proxies
• § 13.1-847.1 — Voting procedures and inspectors of elections
• § 13.1-848 — Corporation's acceptance of votes
• § 13.1-849 — Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups
• § 13.1-850 — Action by single and multiple voting groups
• § 13.1-851 — Change in quorum or voting requirements
• § 13.1-852 — Voting for directors; cumulative voting
• § 13.1-852.01 — Judicial determination of corporate offices and review of elections and member votes
• § 13.1-852.1 — Member or director agreements
• § 13.1-852.2 — Voting agreements
• § 13.1-852.3 — Standing; condition precedent; stay of proceedings
• § 13.1-852.4 — Discontinuance or settlement
• § 13.1-852.5 — Foreign corporations
• § 13.1-852.6 — Dismissal
• § 13.1-852.7 — Payment of and security for expenses
• § 13.1-853 — Requirement for and duties of board of directors
• § 13.1-854 — Qualification of directors
• § 13.1-855 — Number and election of directors
• § 13.1-856 — Election of directors by certain classes of members
• § 13.1-857 — Terms of directors generally
• § 13.1-858 — Staggered terms of directors
• § 13.1-859 — Resignation of directors
• § 13.1-860 — Removal of directors
• § 13.1-861 — Judicial review of elections
• § 13.1-861.1 — Removal of directors by judicial proceeding
• § 13.1-862 — Vacancy on board of directors
• § 13.1-863 — Compensation of directors
• § 13.1-864 — Meetings of the board of directors
• § 13.1-865 — Action without meeting of board of directors
• § 13.1-866 — Notice of board of directors' meetings
• § 13.1-867 — Waiver of notice by director
• § 13.1-868 — Quorum and voting by directors
• § 13.1-869 — Committees
• § 13.1-870 — General standards of conduct for directors
• § 13.1-870.1 — Limitation on liability of officers and directors; exception
• § 13.1-870.2 — Limitation on liability of officers and directors; additional exception
• § 13.1-871 — Director conflict of interests
• § 13.1-871.1 — Business opportunities
• § 13.1-871.2 — Liability for unlawful distributions
• § 13.1-872 — Required officers
• § 13.1-873 — Duties of officers
• § 13.1-874 — Resignation and removal of officers
• § 13.1-875 — Definitions
• § 13.1-876 — Authority to indemnify
• § 13.1-877 — Mandatory indemnification
• § 13.1-878 — Advance for expenses
• § 13.1-879.1 — Court orders for advances, reimbursement or indemnification
• § 13.1-880 — Determination and authorization of indemnification
• § 13.1-881 — Indemnification of officers
• § 13.1-882 — Insurance
• § 13.1-883 — Application of article
• § 13.1-884 — Authority to amend articles of incorporation
• § 13.1-885 — Amendment of articles of incorporation by directors
• § 13.1-886 — Amendment of articles of incorporation by directors and members
• § 13.1-887 — Voting on amendments by voting groups
• § 13.1-887.1 — Amendment prior to organization
• § 13.1-888 — Articles of amendment
• § 13.1-889 — Restated articles of incorporation
• § 13.1-889.1 — Abandonment of amendment or restatement of articles of incorporation
• § 13.1-891 — Effect of amendment of articles of incorporation
• § 13.1-892 — Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or members
• § 13.1-893 — Bylaw provisions increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors
• § 13.1-893.1 — Definitions
• § 13.1-894 — Merger
• § 13.1-894.1 — Interest exchange
• § 13.1-895 — Action on plan of merger
• § 13.1-895.1 — Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries
• § 13.1-896 — Articles of merger
• § 13.1-897 — Effect of merger
• § 13.1-897.1 — Abandonment of a merger
• § 13.1-898.1:1 — Definitions
• § 13.1-898.2 — Domestication
• § 13.1-898.3 — Action on plan of domestication by a domestic corporation
• § 13.1-898.4 — Articles of domestication
• § 13.1-898.5 — Surrender of articles of incorporation upon domestication
• § 13.1-898.5:1 — Effect of domestication
• § 13.1-898.6 — Effect of domestication
• § 13.1-898.7 — Abandonment of domestication
• § 13.1-898.8 — Definitions
• § 13.1-898.9 — Conversion
• § 13.1-898.10 — Plan of conversion
• § 13.1-898.11 — Action on plan of conversion
• § 13.1-898.12 — Articles of conversion; effectiveness
• § 13.1-898.13 — Amendment of plan of conversion; abandonment
• § 13.1-898.14 — Effect of conversion
• § 13.1-899 — Sale of assets in regular course of business
• § 13.1-900 — Sale of assets other than in regular course of business
• § 13.1-901 — Sale of certain real property by incorporated educational institutions
• § 13.1-901.1 — Dissolution; generally
• § 13.1-902 — Dissolution by directors and members
• § 13.1-903 — Dissolution by directors
• § 13.1-904 — Articles of dissolution
• § 13.1-905 — Revocation of dissolution
• § 13.1-906 — Effect of dissolution
• § 13.1-907 — Distribution and plan of distribution of assets
• § 13.1-908 — Known claims against dissolved corporation
• § 13.1-908.1 — Other claims against dissolved corporation
• § 13.1-908.2 — Court proceedings
• § 13.1-908.3 — Director duties
• § 13.1-909 — Grounds for judicial dissolution
• § 13.1-910 — Receivership or custodianship
• § 13.1-911 — Decree of dissolution
• § 13.1-912 — Articles of termination of corporate existence
• § 13.1-913 — Termination of corporate existence by incorporators or initial directors
• § 13.1-914 — Automatic termination of corporate existence
• § 13.1-915 — Involuntary termination of corporate existence
• § 13.1-916 — Reinstatement of a corporation that has ceased to exist
• § 13.1-917 — Survival of remedy after termination of corporate existence
• § 13.1-918.1 — Effect of any fundamental transaction
• § 13.1-918.2 — Authority of the Attorney General
• § 13.1-919 — Authority to transact business required
• § 13.1-920 — Consequences of transacting business without authority
• § 13.1-921 — Application for certificate of authority
• § 13.1-922 — Amended certificate of authority
• § 13.1-923 — Effect of certificate of authority
• § 13.1-924 — Corporate name of foreign corporation
• § 13.1-925 — Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation
• § 13.1-926 — Change of registered office or registered agent of a foreign corporation
• § 13.1-927 — Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation
• § 13.1-928 — Service of process on foreign corporation
• § 13.1-928.1 — Merger of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth
• § 13.1-928.2 — Entity conversion of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth
• § 13.1-929 — Withdrawal of foreign corporation
• § 13.1-930 — Automatic revocation of certificate of authority
• § 13.1-931 — Involuntary revocation of certificate of authority
• § 13.1-931.1 — Reinstatement of foreign corporation whose certificate of authority has been withdrawn or revoked
• § 13.1-932 — Corporate records
• § 13.1-933 — Inspection of records by members
• § 13.1-934 — Scope of inspection right
• § 13.1-935 — Court-ordered inspection
• § 13.1-935.1 — Inspection of records by directors
• § 13.1-935.2 — Financial statements for members
• § 13.1-936 — Annual report of domestic and foreign corporations
• § 13.1-936.1 — Annual registration fees to be paid by domestic and foreign corporations; penalty for failure to pay timely
• § 13.1-936.2 — Collection of unpaid bills for registration fees
• § 13.1-937 — Application to existing corporations
• § 13.1-938 — Application to certain social, patriotic and benevolent societies incorporated before year 1900; reports by such societies
• § 13.1-939 — Saving provision
• § 13.1-944.1 — Definitions
• § 13.1-944.2 — Entity conversion
• § 13.1-944.3 — Plan of entity conversion
• § 13.1-944.4 — Action on plan of entity conversion
• § 13.1-944.5 — Articles of entity conversion
• § 13.1-944.6 — Effect of entity conversion
• § 13.1-944.7 — Abandonment of entity conversion
• § 13.1-945 — Property title records