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2019 Code of Virginia
Title 13.1 - Corporations
Chapter 10 - Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act
§ 13.1-812. Unlawful to transact or offer to transact business as a corporation unless authorized

Universal Citation:
VA Code § 13.1-812 (2019)
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It shall be unlawful for any person to transact business in the Commonwealth as a corporation or to offer or advertise to transact business in the Commonwealth as a corporation unless the alleged corporation is either a domestic corporation or a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Code 1950, ยง 13.1-296; 1958, c. 565; 1981, c. 320; 1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.

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