Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act

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Section
13.1-801

Short title

Section
13.1-802

Reservation of power to amend or repeal

Section
13.1-803

Definitions

Section
13.1-804

Filing requirements

Section
13.1-804.1

Filing with the Commission pursuant to reorganization

Section
13.1-805

Issuance of certificate by Commission; recordation of documents

Section
13.1-806

Effective time and date of document

Section
13.1-807

Correcting filed articles

Section
13.1-808

Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document

Section
13.1-809

Certificate of good standing

Section
13.1-810

Notices and other communications

Section
13.1-810.1

Number of members

Section
13.1-811

Penalty for signing false documents

Section
13.1-812

Unlawful to transact or offer to transact business as a corporation unless authorized

Section
13.1-813

Hearing and finality of Commission action; injunctions

Section
13.1-814

Shares of stock and dividends prohibited

Section
13.1-814.1

Special provisions for community associations

Section
13.1-815

Fees to be collected by Commission; payment of fees prerequisite to Commission action; exceptions

Section
13.1-815.1

Charter and entrance fees for corporations

Section
13.1-816

Fees for filing documents or issuing certificates

Section
13.1-817

Repealed

Section
13.1-818

Incorporators

Section
13.1-819

Articles of incorporation

Section
13.1-820

Issuance of certificate of incorporation

Section
13.1-821

Liability for preincorporation transactions

Section
13.1-822

Organization of corporation

Section
13.1-823

Bylaws

Section
13.1-824

Emergency bylaws

Section
13.1-825

Purposes

Section
13.1-826

General powers

Section
13.1-827

Emergency powers

Section
13.1-828

Ultra vires

Section
13.1-829

Corporate name

Section
13.1-830

Reserved name

Section
13.1-831

Registered name

Section
13.1-832

Repealed

Section
13.1-833

Registered office and registered agent

Section
13.1-834

Change of registered office or registered agent

Section
13.1-835

Resignation of registered agent

Section
13.1-836

Service on corporation

Section
13.1-837

Members

Section
13.1-838

Annual meeting

Section
13.1-839

Special meeting

Section
13.1-840

Court-ordered meeting

Section
13.1-841

Corporate action without meeting

Section
13.1-842

Notice of meeting

Section
13.1-843

Waiver of notice

Section
13.1-844

Record date

Section
13.1-844.1

Conduct of the meeting

Section
13.1-844.2

Remote participation in annual and special meetings

Section
13.1-845

Members' list for meeting

Section
13.1-846

Voting entitlement of members

Section
13.1-847

Proxies

Section
13.1-847.1

Voting procedures and inspectors of elections

Section
13.1-848

Corporation's acceptance of votes

Section
13.1-849

Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups

Section
13.1-850

Action by single and multiple voting groups

Section
13.1-851

Change in quorum or voting requirements

Section
13.1-852

Voting for directors; cumulative voting

Section
13.1-852.1

Member or director agreements

Section
13.1-852.2

Voting agreements

Section
13.1-853

Requirement for and duties of board of directors

Section
13.1-854

Qualification of directors

Section
13.1-855

Number and election of directors

Section
13.1-856

Election of directors by certain classes of members

Section
13.1-857

Terms of directors generally

Section
13.1-858

Staggered terms of directors

Section
13.1-859

Resignation of directors

Section
13.1-860

Removal of directors

Section
13.1-861

Judicial review of elections

Section
13.1-862

Vacancy on board of directors

Section
13.1-863

Compensation of directors

Section
13.1-864

Meetings of the board of directors

Section
13.1-865

Action without meeting of board of directors

Section
13.1-866

Notice of board of directors' meetings

Section
13.1-867

Waiver of notice by director

Section
13.1-868

Quorum and voting by directors

Section
13.1-869

Committees

Section
13.1-870

General standards of conduct for directors

Section
13.1-870.1

Limitation on liability of officers and directors; exception

Section
13.1-870.2

Limitation on liability of officers and directors; additional exception

Section
13.1-871

Director conflict of interests

Section
13.1-871.1

Business opportunities

Section
13.1-872

Required officers

Section
13.1-873

Duties of officers

Section
13.1-874

Resignation and removal of officers

Section
13.1-875

Definitions

Section
13.1-876

Authority to indemnify

Section
13.1-877

Mandatory indemnification

Section
13.1-878

Advance for expenses

Section
13.1-879

Repealed

Section
13.1-879.1

Court orders for advances, reimbursement or indemnification

Section
13.1-880

Determination and authorization of indemnification

Section
13.1-881

Indemnification of officers

Section
13.1-882

Insurance

Section
13.1-883

Application of article

Section
13.1-884

Authority to amend articles of incorporation

Section
13.1-885

Amendment of articles of incorporation by directors

Section
13.1-886

Amendment of articles of incorporation by directors and members

Section
13.1-887

Voting on amendments by voting groups

Section
13.1-887.1

Amendment prior to organization

Section
13.1-888

Articles of amendment

Section
13.1-889

Restated articles of incorporation

Section
13.1-890

Repealed

Section
13.1-891

Effect of amendment of articles of incorporation

Section
13.1-892

Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or members

Section
13.1-893

Bylaw provisions increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors

Section
13.1-893.1

Definitions

Section
13.1-894

Merger

Section
13.1-895

Action on plan of merger

Section
13.1-896

Articles of merger

Section
13.1-897

Effect of merger

Section
13.1-897.1

Abandonment of a merger

Section
13.1-898

Repealed

Section
13.1-898.1

1. Definitions

Section
13.1-898.2

Domestication

Section
13.1-898.3

Action on plan of domestication by a domestic corporation

Section
13.1-898.4

Articles of domestication

Section
13.1-898.5

Surrender of articles of incorporation upon domestication

Section
13.1-898.6

Effect of domestication

Section
13.1-898.7

Abandonment of domestication

Section
13.1-899

Sale of assets in regular course of business

Section
13.1-900

Sale of assets other than in regular course of business

Section
13.1-901

Sale of certain real property by incorporated educational institutions

Section
13.1-902

Dissolution by directors and members

Section
13.1-903

Dissolution by directors

Section
13.1-904

Articles of dissolution

Section
13.1-905

Revocation of dissolution

Section
13.1-906

Effect of dissolution

Section
13.1-907

Distribution and plan of distribution of assets

Section
13.1-908

Known claims against dissolved corporation

Section
13.1-908.1

Other claims against dissolved corporation

Section
13.1-908.2

Court proceedings

Section
13.1-908.3

Director duties

Section
13.1-909

Grounds for judicial dissolution

Section
13.1-910

Receivership or custodianship

Section
13.1-911

Decree of dissolution

Section
13.1-912

Articles of termination of corporate existence

Section
13.1-913

Termination of corporate existence by incorporators or initial directors

Section
13.1-914

Automatic termination of corporate existence

Section
13.1-915

Involuntary termination of corporate existence

Section
13.1-916

Reinstatement of a corporation that has ceased to exist

Section
13.1-917

Survival of remedy after termination of corporate existence

Section
13.1-918

Repealed

Section
13.1-919

Authority to transact business required

Section
13.1-920

Consequences of transacting business without authority

Section
13.1-921

Application for certificate of authority

Section
13.1-922

Amended certificate of authority

Section
13.1-923

Effect of certificate of authority

Section
13.1-924

Corporate name of foreign corporation

Section
13.1-925

Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation

Section
13.1-926

Change of registered office or registered agent of a foreign corporation

Section
13.1-927

Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation

Section
13.1-928

Service of process on foreign corporation

Section
13.1-928.1

Merger of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth

Section
13.1-928.2

Entity conversion of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth

Section
13.1-929

Withdrawal of foreign corporation

Section
13.1-930

Automatic revocation of certificate of authority

Section
13.1-931

Involuntary revocation of certificate of authority

Section
13.1-931.1

Reinstatement of foreign corporation whose certificate of authority has been withdrawn or revoked

Section
13.1-932

Corporate records

Section
13.1-933

Inspection of records by members

Section
13.1-934

Scope of inspection right

Section
13.1-935

Court-ordered inspection

Section
13.1-935.1

Inspection of records by directors

Section
13.1-936

Annual report of domestic and foreign corporations

Section
13.1-936.1

Annual registration fees to be paid by domestic and foreign corporations; penalty for failure to pay timely

Section
13.1-936.2

Collection of unpaid bills for registration fees

Section
13.1-937

Application to existing corporations

Section
13.1-938

Application to certain social, patriotic and benevolent societies incorporated before year 1900; reports by such societies

Section
13.1-939

Saving provision

Section
13.1-940

Repealed

Section
13.1-941

Repealed

Section
13.1-941.01

Repealed

Section
13.1-944.1

Definitions

Section
13.1-944.2

Entity conversion

Section
13.1-944.3

Plan of entity conversion

Section
13.1-944.4

Action on plan of entity conversion

Section
13.1-944.5

Articles of entity conversion

Section
13.1-944.6

Effect of entity conversion

Section
13.1-944.7

Abandonment of entity conversion

Section
13.1-945

Property title records

Section
13.1-946

Reserved