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2011 Code of Virginia
Title 13.1 CORPORATIONS.
Chapter 9 Virginia Stock Corporation Act (13.1-601 thru 13.1-792)
- 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 documents
- 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
- 13.1-615 Fees to be collected by Commission; application of payment; payment of fees prerequisite to Commiss...
- 13.1-615.1 Charter and entrance fees for corporations
- 13.1-616 Fees for filing documents or issuing certificates
- 13.1-617 Description unavailable
- 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 Ultra vires
- 13.1-630 Corporate name
- 13.1-631 Reserved name
- 13.1-632 Registered name
- 13.1-633 Description unavailable
- 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 for shares issued before payment
- 13.1-645 Share dividends
- 13.1-646 Share options
- 13.1-647 Form and content of certificates evidencing shares and form of bonds
- 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
- 13.1-660.1 Conduct of the meeting
- 13.1-660.2 Remote participation in annual and special 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 nominees
- 13.1-664.1 Voting procedures and inspectors of elections
- 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 Change in quorum or voting requirements
- 13.1-669 Voting for directors; cumulative voting
- 13.1-669.1 Judicial review of elections and other matters
- 13.1-670 Voting trusts
- 13.1-671 Voting agreements
- 13.1-671.1 Shareholder agreements
- 13.1-672 Description unavailable
- 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 custodian or receiver for a public corporation.
- 13.1-673 Requirement for and duties of board of directors
- 13.1-674 Qualification of directors
- 13.1-675 Number and election of directors
- 13.1-676 Election of directors by certain classes of shareholders
- 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 Description unavailable
- 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
- 13.1-690 General standards of conduct for director
- 13.1-690.1 Director of open-end management investment company deemed independent and disinterested.
- 13.1-691 Director conflict of interests
- 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 Description unavailable
- 13.1-700.1 Court orders for advances, reimbursement or indemnification
- 13.1-701 Determination and authorization of indemnification
- 13.1-702 Indemnification of 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 directors
- 13.1-707 Amendment of articles of incorporation by directors and shareholders
- 13.1-708 Voting on amendments by voting groups
- 13.1-709 Amendment before issuance of shares
- 13.1-710 Articles of amendment
- 13.1-711 Restated articles of incorporation
- 13.1-712 Description unavailable
- 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 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 , 13.1-722.1
- 13.1-722.2 Domestication
- 13.1-722.3 Action on plan of domestication by a domestic corporation
- 13.1-722.4 Articles of domestication
- 13.1-722.5 Surrender of articles of incorporation upon domestication
- 13.1-722.6 Effect of domestication
- 13.1-722.7 Abandonment of domestication
- 13.1-722.8 Definitions
- 13.1-722.9 Entity conversion
- 13.1-722.10 Plan of entity conversion
- 13.1-722.11 Action on plan of entity conversion
- 13.1-722.12 Articles of entity conversion
- 13.1-722.13 Effect of entity conversion
- 13.1-722.14 Abandonment of entity 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 Description unavailable
- 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 Description unavailable
- 13.1-735.1 Perfection of rights; right to withdraw
- 13.1-736 Description unavailable
- 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
- 13.1-742 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
- 13.1-756 Description unavailable
- 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 Entity 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 Revocation of certificate of authority by Commission
- 13.1-769.1 Reentry of a foreign corporation whose certificate of authority has been surrendered or revoke...
- 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 pa...
- 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
- 13.1-780 Description unavailable
- 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.
- 13.1-792 through 13.1-800
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