Chapter 10. Virginia Nonstock Corporation ActRead Chapter
- Article 1. General ProvisionsRead all
- § 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
- Article 2. FeesRead all
- § 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
- § 13.1-817
- Repealed
- Article 3. Formation of CorporationsRead all
- § 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
- Article 4. Purposes and PowersRead all
- § 13.1-825
- Purposes
- § 13.1-826
- General powers
- § 13.1-827
- Emergency powers
- § 13.1-828
- Ultra vires
- Article 5. NameRead all
- § 13.1-829
- Corporate name
- § 13.1-830
- Reserved name
- § 13.1-831
- Registered name
- § 13.1-832
- Repealed
- Article 6. Office and AgentRead all
- § 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
- Article 7. Members and MeetingsRead all
- § 13.1-837
- Members
- § 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
- Article 7.1. Member or Director AgreementsRead all
- § 13.1-852.1
- Member or director agreements
- § 13.1-852.2
- Voting agreements
- Article 8. Directors and OfficersRead all
- § 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
- § 13.1-862
- 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
- § 13.1-872
- Required officers
- § 13.1-873
- Duties of officers
- § 13.1-874
- Resignation and removal of officers
- Article 9. IndemnificationRead all
- § 13.1-875
- Definitions
- § 13.1-876
- Authority to indemnify
- § 13.1-877
- Mandatory indemnification
- § 13.1-878
- Advance for expenses
- § 13.1-879
- Repealed
- § 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
- Article 10. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and BylawsRead all
- § 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
- § 13.1-890
- Repealed
- § 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
- Article 11. MergerRead all
- § 13.1-893.1
- Definitions
- § 13.1-894
- Merger
- § 13.1-895
- Action on plan of merger
- § 13.1-896
- Articles of merger
- § 13.1-897
- Effect of merger
- § 13.1-897.1
- Abandonment of a merger
- § 13.1-898
- Repealed
- Article 11.1. DomesticationRead all
- § 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
- § 13.1-898.6
- Effect of domestication
- § 13.1-898.7
- Abandonment of domestication
- Article 12. Sale of AssetsRead all
- § 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
- Article 13. DissolutionRead all
- § 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
- Repealed
- Article 14. Foreign CorporationsRead all
- § 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
- Article 15. Records and ReportsRead all
- § 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
- § 13.1-936
- 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
- Article 16. Transition ProvisionsRead all
- § 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
- § 13.1-940
- Repealed
- § 13.1-941
- Repealed
- Article 17. Conversion to a Stock CorporationRead all
- § 13.1-941.01
- Repealed
- Article 17.1. Conversion to a Limited Liability CompanyRead all
- § 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
- Article 18. Miscellaneous ProvisionsRead all
- § 13.1-945
- Property title records
- § 13.1-946
- Reserved