Virginia — Title 13.1 · Chapter 9

• § 13.1-601 — Short title
• § 13.1-602 — Reservation of power to amend or repeal
• § 13.1-603 — Definitions
• § 13.1-604 — Filing requirements
• § 13.1-604.1 — Filings with the Commission pursuant to reorganization
• § 13.1-605 — Issuance of certificate by Commission; recordation of documents
• § 13.1-606 — Effective time and date of document
• § 13.1-607 — Correcting filed articles
• § 13.1-608 — Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document
• § 13.1-609 — Certificate of good standing
• § 13.1-610 — Notices and other communications
• § 13.1-610.1 — Householding
• § 13.1-611 — Number of shareholders
• § 13.1-612 — Penalty for signing false document
• § 13.1-613 — Unlawful to transact or offer to transact business as a corporation unless authorized
• § 13.1-614 — Hearing and finality of Commission action; injunctions
• § 13.1-614.1 — Definitions
• § 13.1-614.2 — Defective corporate actions
• § 13.1-614.3 — Ratification of defective corporate actions
• § 13.1-614.4 — Action of ratification
• § 13.1-614.5 — Notice
• § 13.1-614.6 — Effect of ratification
• § 13.1-614.7 — Filings
• § 13.1-614.8 — Commission proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions
• § 13.1-615 — Fees to be collected by Commission; application of payment; payment of fees prerequisite to Commission action; exceptions
• § 13.1-615.1 — Charter and entrance fees for corporations
• § 13.1-616 — Fees for filing documents or issuing certificates
• § 13.1-618 — Incorporators
• § 13.1-619 — Articles of incorporation
• § 13.1-620 — Special kinds of business
• § 13.1-621 — Issuance of certificate of incorporation
• § 13.1-622 — Liability for preincorporation transactions
• § 13.1-623 — Organization of corporation
• § 13.1-624 — Bylaws
• § 13.1-625 — Emergency bylaws
• § 13.1-626 — Purposes
• § 13.1-627 — General powers
• § 13.1-628 — Emergency powers
• § 13.1-629 — Lack of power to act
• § 13.1-630 — Corporate name
• § 13.1-631 — Reserved name
• § 13.1-632 — Registered name
• § 13.1-634 — Registered office and registered agent
• § 13.1-635 — Change of registered office or registered agent
• § 13.1-636 — Resignation of registered agent
• § 13.1-637 — Service on corporation
• § 13.1-638 — Authorized shares
• § 13.1-639 — Terms of class or series determined by board of directors
• § 13.1-640 — Issued and outstanding shares
• § 13.1-641 — Fractional shares
• § 13.1-642 — Subscription for shares before incorporation
• § 13.1-643 — Issuance of shares
• § 13.1-644 — Liability of shareholders and others
• § 13.1-645 — Share dividends
• § 13.1-646 — Share rights, options, warrants, and other awards
• § 13.1-647 — Form and content of certificates evidencing shares
• § 13.1-648 — Shares without certificates
• § 13.1-649 — Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities
• § 13.1-650 — Expense of issue
• § 13.1-651 — Shareholders' preemptive rights
• § 13.1-652 — Corporation's acquisition of its own shares
• § 13.1-653 — Distributions to shareholders
• § 13.1-654 — Annual meeting
• § 13.1-655 — Special meeting
• § 13.1-656 — Court-ordered meeting
• § 13.1-657 — Action without meeting
• § 13.1-658 — Notice of meeting
• § 13.1-659 — Waiver of notice
• § 13.1-660 — Record date for meeting
• § 13.1-660.1 — Conduct of the meeting
• § 13.1-660.2 — Remote participation in shareholders' meetings
• § 13.1-661 — Shareholders' list for meeting
• § 13.1-662 — Voting entitlement of shares
• § 13.1-663 — Proxies
• § 13.1-664 — Shares held by intermediaries and nominees
• § 13.1-664.1 — Inspectors of election
• § 13.1-665 — Corporation's acceptance of votes
• § 13.1-666 — Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups
• § 13.1-667 — Action by single and multiple voting groups
• § 13.1-668 — Modifying quorum or voting requirements
• § 13.1-669 — Voting for directors; cumulative voting
• § 13.1-669.1 — Judicial determination of corporate offices and review of elections and shareholder votes
• § 13.1-670 — Voting trusts
• § 13.1-671 — Voting agreements
• § 13.1-671.1 — Shareholder agreements
• § 13.1-672.1 — Standing; condition precedent; stay of proceedings
• § 13.1-672.2 — Discontinuance or settlement
• § 13.1-672.3 — Foreign corporations
• § 13.1-672.4 — Dismissal
• § 13.1-672.5 — Payment of and security for expenses
• § 13.1-672.6 — Shareholder action to appoint a custodian or receiver for a public corporation
• § 13.1-672.7 — Shareholder defined
• § 13.1-673 — Requirement for and duties of board of directors
• § 13.1-674 — Qualifications for directors or for nominees for director
• § 13.1-675 — Number and election of directors
• § 13.1-676 — Election of directors by certain classes or series of shares
• § 13.1-677 — Terms of directors generally
• § 13.1-678 — Staggered terms for directors
• § 13.1-679 — Resignation of directors
• § 13.1-680 — Removal of directors by shareholders
• § 13.1-681.1 — Removal of directors by judicial proceeding
• § 13.1-682 — Vacancy on board of directors
• § 13.1-683 — Compensation of directors
• § 13.1-684 — Meetings of the board of directors
• § 13.1-685 — Action without meeting of board of directors
• § 13.1-686 — Notice of board of directors' meetings
• § 13.1-687 — Waiver of notice by director
• § 13.1-688 — Quorum and voting by directors
• § 13.1-689 — Committees
• § 13.1-689.1 — Submission of matters for a shareholder vote
• § 13.1-690 — General standards of conduct for director
• § 13.1-690.1 — Director of open-end management investment company deemed disinterested
• § 13.1-691 — Interested directors and officers
• § 13.1-691.1 — Business opportunities
• § 13.1-692 — Liability for unlawful distributions
• § 13.1-692.1 — Limitation on liability of officers and directors; exception
• § 13.1-693 — Required officers
• § 13.1-694 — Duties of officers
• § 13.1-695 — Resignation and removal of officers
• § 13.1-696 — Definitions
• § 13.1-697 — Authority to indemnify
• § 13.1-698 — Mandatory indemnification
• § 13.1-699 — Advance for expenses
• § 13.1-700.1 — Court orders for advance, reimbursement, or indemnification
• § 13.1-701 — Determination and authorization of indemnification
• § 13.1-702 — Advance for expenses and indemnification for officers
• § 13.1-703 — Insurance
• § 13.1-704 — Application of article
• § 13.1-705 — Authority to amend articles of incorporation
• § 13.1-706 — Amendment of articles of incorporation by the board of directors
• § 13.1-707 — Amendment of articles of incorporation by the board of directors and shareholders
• § 13.1-708 — Voting on amendments by voting groups
• § 13.1-709 — Amendment of articles of incorporation by incorporators
• § 13.1-710 — Articles of amendment
• § 13.1-711 — Restated articles of incorporation
• § 13.1-712.1 — Abandonment of amendment or restatement of articles of incorporation
• § 13.1-713 — Effect of amendment of articles of incorporation
• § 13.1-714 — Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders
• § 13.1-715 — Bylaw provisions increasing quorum or voting requirements for the board of directors
• § 13.1-715.1 — Definitions
• § 13.1-716 — Merger
• § 13.1-717 — Share exchange
• § 13.1-718 — Action on a plan of merger or share exchange
• § 13.1-719 — Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries
• § 13.1-719.1 — Formation of a holding company
• § 13.1-720 — Articles of merger or share exchange
• § 13.1-721 — Effect of merger or share exchange
• § 13.1-721.1 — Abandonment of a merger or share exchange
• § 13.1-722.1:1 — Definitions
• § 13.1-722.2 — Domestication
• § 13.1-722.3 — Action on a plan of domestication of a domestic corporation
• § 13.1-722.5 — Articles of domestication; effectiveness
• § 13.1-722.6 — Amendment of plan of domestication; abandonment
• § 13.1-722.7:1 — Effect of domestication
• § 13.1-722.8 — Definitions
• § 13.1-722.9 — Conversion
• § 13.1-722.10 — Plan of conversion
• § 13.1-722.11 — Action on plan of conversion
• § 13.1-722.12 — Articles of conversion; effectiveness
• § 13.1-722.12:1 — Amendment of plan of conversion; abandonment
• § 13.1-722.13 — Effect of conversion
• § 13.1-723 — Disposition of assets not requiring shareholder approval
• § 13.1-724 — Shareholder approval of certain dispositions
• § 13.1-725 — Definitions
• § 13.1-725.1 — Affiliated transactions
• § 13.1-726 — Voting requirements for affiliated transactions
• § 13.1-726.1 — Determination by disinterested directors
• § 13.1-727 — Exceptions
• § 13.1-727.1 — Nonexclusivity
• § 13.1-728.1 — Definitions
• § 13.1-728.2 — Application
• § 13.1-728.3 — Voting rights
• § 13.1-728.4 — Control share acquisition statement
• § 13.1-728.5 — Meeting of shareholders
• § 13.1-728.6 — Notice to shareholders
• § 13.1-728.7 — Redemption
• § 13.1-728.8 — Appraisal rights
• § 13.1-728.9 — Nonexclusivity
• § 13.1-729 — Definitions
• § 13.1-730 — Right to appraisal
• § 13.1-731 — Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners
• § 13.1-732 — Notice of appraisal rights
• § 13.1-733 — Notice of intent to demand payment
• § 13.1-734 — Appraisal notice and form
• § 13.1-735.1 — Perfection of rights; right to withdraw
• § 13.1-737 — Payment
• § 13.1-738 — After-acquired shares
• § 13.1-739 — Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer
• § 13.1-740 — Court action
• § 13.1-741 — Court costs and counsel fees
• § 13.1-741.1 — Limitations on other remedies for fundamental transactions
• § 13.1-741.2 — Dissolution; generally
• § 13.1-742 — Dissolution by directors and shareholders
• § 13.1-743 — Articles of dissolution
• § 13.1-744 — Revocation of dissolution
• § 13.1-745 — Effect of dissolution
• § 13.1-746 — Known claims against dissolved corporation
• § 13.1-746.1 — Other claims against dissolved corporation
• § 13.1-746.2 — Court proceedings
• § 13.1-746.3 — Director duties
• § 13.1-747 — Grounds for judicial dissolution
• § 13.1-748 — Receivership or custodianship
• § 13.1-749 — Decree of dissolution
• § 13.1-749.1 — Election to purchase in lieu of dissolution
• § 13.1-750 — Articles of termination of corporate existence
• § 13.1-751 — Termination of corporate existence by incorporators or initial directors
• § 13.1-752 — Automatic termination of corporate existence
• § 13.1-753 — Involuntary termination of corporate existence
• § 13.1-754 — Reinstatement of a corporation that has ceased to exist
• § 13.1-755 — Survival of remedy after termination of corporate existence
• § 13.1-757 — Authority to transact business required
• § 13.1-758 — Consequences of transacting business without authority
• § 13.1-759 — Application for certificate of authority
• § 13.1-760 — Amended certificate of authority
• § 13.1-761 — Effect of certificate of authority
• § 13.1-762 — Corporate name of foreign corporation
• § 13.1-763 — Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation
• § 13.1-764 — Change of registered office or registered agent of a foreign corporation
• § 13.1-765 — Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation
• § 13.1-766 — Service of process on foreign corporation
• § 13.1-766.1 — Merger of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth
• § 13.1-766.2 — Conversion of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth
• § 13.1-767 — Withdrawal of foreign corporation
• § 13.1-768 — Automatic revocation of certificate of authority
• § 13.1-769 — Involuntary revocation of certificate of authority
• § 13.1-769.1 — Reinstatement of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority that has been withdrawn or revoked
• § 13.1-770 — Corporate records
• § 13.1-771 — Inspection of records by shareholders
• § 13.1-772 — Scope of inspection right
• § 13.1-773 — Court-ordered inspection
• § 13.1-773.1 — Inspection of records by directors
• § 13.1-774 — Financial statements for shareholders
• § 13.1-775 — Annual report of domestic and foreign corporations
• § 13.1-775.1 — Annual registration fees to be paid by domestic and foreign corporations; penalty for failure to pay timely
• § 13.1-775.2 — Collection of unpaid bills for registration fees
• § 13.1-776 — Definitions
• § 13.1-777 — Institution of proceeding to determine shareholders
• § 13.1-778 — Application to existing corporations
• § 13.1-779 — Savings provision
• § 13.1-781 — Property title records
• § 13.1-782 — Definitions
• § 13.1-783 — Application and effect of article
• § 13.1-784 — Formation of benefit corporations
• § 13.1-785 — Election of status after formation
• § 13.1-786 — Termination of status
• § 13.1-787 — Corporate purposes
• § 13.1-788 — Standard of conduct for directors
• § 13.1-789 — Limitation upon liability of officers
• § 13.1-790 — Right of action
• § 13.1-791 — Annual benefit report