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Section
13.1-601
Short title
Section
13.1-602
Reservation of power to amend or repeal
Section
13.1-603
Definitions
Section
13.1-604
Filing requirements
Section
13.1-604.1
Filings with the Commission pursuant to reorganization
Section
13.1-605
Issuance of certificate by Commission; recordation of documents
Section
13.1-606
Effective time and date of document
Section
13.1-607
Correcting filed articles
Section
13.1-608
Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document
Section
13.1-609
Certificate of good standing
Section
13.1-610
Notices and other communications
Section
13.1-610.1
Householding
Section
13.1-611
Number of shareholders
Section
13.1-612
Penalty for signing false document
Section
13.1-613
Unlawful to transact or offer to transact business as a corporation unless authorized
Section
13.1-614
Hearing and finality of Commission action; injunctions
Section
13.1-614.1
Definitions
Section
13.1-614.2
Defective corporate actions
Section
13.1-614.3
Ratification of defective corporate actions
Section
13.1-614.4
Action of ratification
Section
13.1-614.5
Notice
Section
13.1-614.6
Effect of ratification
Section
13.1-614.7
Filings
Section
13.1-614.8
Commission proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions
Section
13.1-615
Fees to be collected by Commission; application of payment; payment of fees prerequisite to Commission action; exceptions
Section
13.1-615.1
Charter and entrance fees for corporations
Section
13.1-616
Fees for filing documents or issuing certificates
Section
13.1-617
Repealed
Section
13.1-618
Incorporators
Section
13.1-619
Articles of incorporation
Section
13.1-620
Special kinds of business
Section
13.1-621
Issuance of certificate of incorporation
Section
13.1-622
Liability for preincorporation transactions
Section
13.1-623
Organization of corporation
Section
13.1-624
Bylaws
Section
13.1-625
Emergency bylaws
Section
13.1-626
Purposes
Section
13.1-627
General powers
Section
13.1-628
Emergency powers
Section
13.1-629
Lack of power to act
Section
13.1-630
Corporate name
Section
13.1-631
Reserved name
Section
13.1-632
Registered name
Section
13.1-633
Repealed
Section
13.1-634
Registered office and registered agent
Section
13.1-635
Change of registered office or registered agent
Section
13.1-636
Resignation of registered agent
Section
13.1-637
Service on corporation
Section
13.1-638
Authorized shares
Section
13.1-639
Terms of class or series determined by board of directors
Section
13.1-640
Issued and outstanding shares
Section
13.1-641
Fractional shares
Section
13.1-642
Subscription for shares before incorporation
Section
13.1-643
Issuance of shares
Section
13.1-644
Liability of shareholders and others
Section
13.1-645
Share dividends
Section
13.1-646
Share rights, options, warrants, and other awards
Section
13.1-647
Form and content of certificates evidencing shares
Section
13.1-648
Shares without certificates
Section
13.1-649
Restriction on transfer of shares and other securities
Section
13.1-650
Expense of issue
Section
13.1-651
Shareholders' preemptive rights
Section
13.1-652
Corporation's acquisition of its own shares
Section
13.1-653
Distributions to shareholders
Section
13.1-654
Annual meeting
Section
13.1-655
Special meeting
Section
13.1-656
Court-ordered meeting
Section
13.1-657
Action without meeting
Section
13.1-658
Notice of meeting
Section
13.1-659
Waiver of notice
Section
13.1-660
Record date for meeting
Section
13.1-660.1
Conduct of the meeting
Section
13.1-660.2
Remote participation in shareholders' meetings
Section
13.1-661
Shareholders' list for meeting
Section
13.1-662
Voting entitlement of shares
Section
13.1-663
Proxies
Section
13.1-664
Shares held by intermediaries and nominees
Section
13.1-664.1
Inspectors of election
Section
13.1-665
Corporation's acceptance of votes
Section
13.1-666
Quorum and voting requirements for voting groups
Section
13.1-667
Action by single and multiple voting groups
Section
13.1-668
Modifying quorum or voting requirements
Section
13.1-669
Voting for directors; cumulative voting
Section
13.1-669.1
Judicial determination of corporate offices and review of elections and shareholder votes
Section
13.1-670
Voting trusts
Section
13.1-671
Voting agreements
Section
13.1-671.1
Shareholder agreements
Section
13.1-672
Repealed
Section
13.1-672.1
Standing; condition precedent; stay of proceedings
Section
13.1-672.2
Discontinuance or settlement
Section
13.1-672.3
Foreign corporations
Section
13.1-672.4
Dismissal
Section
13.1-672.5
Payment of and security for expenses
Section
13.1-672.6
Shareholder action to appoint a custodian or receiver for a public corporation
Section
13.1-672.7
Shareholder defined
Section
13.1-673
Requirement for and duties of board of directors
Section
13.1-674
Qualifications for directors or for nominees for director
Section
13.1-675
Number and election of directors
Section
13.1-676
Election of directors by certain classes or series of shares
Section
13.1-677
Terms of directors generally
Section
13.1-678
Staggered terms for directors
Section
13.1-679
Resignation of directors
Section
13.1-680
Removal of directors by shareholders
Section
13.1-681
Repealed
Section
13.1-681.1
Removal of directors by judicial proceeding
Section
13.1-682
Vacancy on board of directors
Section
13.1-683
Compensation of directors
Section
13.1-684
Meetings of the board of directors
Section
13.1-685
Action without meeting of board of directors
Section
13.1-686
Notice of board of directors' meetings
Section
13.1-687
Waiver of notice by director
Section
13.1-688
Quorum and voting by directors
Section
13.1-689
Committees
Section
13.1-690
General standards of conduct for director
Section
13.1-690.1
Director of open-end management investment company deemed disinterested
Section
13.1-691
Director conflict of interests
Section
13.1-691.1
Business opportunities
Section
13.1-692
Liability for unlawful distributions
Section
13.1-692.1
Limitation on liability of officers and directors; exception
Section
13.1-693
Required officers
Section
13.1-694
Duties of officers
Section
13.1-695
Resignation and removal of officers
Section
13.1-696
Definitions
Section
13.1-697
Authority to indemnify
Section
13.1-698
Mandatory indemnification
Section
13.1-699
Advance for expenses
Section
13.1-700
Repealed
Section
13.1-700.1
Court orders for advance, reimbursement, or indemnification
Section
13.1-701
Determination and authorization of indemnification
Section
13.1-702
Advance for expenses and indemnification for officers
Section
13.1-703
Insurance
Section
13.1-704
Application of article
Section
13.1-705
Authority to amend articles of incorporation
Section
13.1-706
Amendment of articles of incorporation by the board of directors
Section
13.1-707
Amendment of articles of incorporation by the board of directors and shareholders
Section
13.1-708
Voting on amendments by voting groups
Section
13.1-709
Amendment of articles of incorporation by incorporators
Section
13.1-710
Articles of amendment
Section
13.1-711
Restated articles of incorporation
Section
13.1-712
Repealed
Section
13.1-712.1
Abandonment of amendment or restatement of articles of incorporation
Section
13.1-713
Effect of amendment of articles of incorporation
Section
13.1-714
Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders
Section
13.1-715
Bylaw provisions increasing quorum or voting requirements for the board of directors
Section
13.1-715.1
Definitions
Section
13.1-716
Merger
Section
13.1-717
Share exchange
Section
13.1-718
Action on a plan of merger or share exchange
Section
13.1-719
Merger between parent and subsidiary or between subsidiaries
Section
13.1-719.1
Formation of a holding company
Section
13.1-720
Articles of merger or share exchange
Section
13.1-721
Effect of merger or share exchange
Section
13.1-721.1
Abandonment of a merger or share exchange
Section
13.1-722
Repealed
Section
13.1-722.1
1. Definitions
Section
13.1-722.2
Domestication
Section
13.1-722.3
Action on a plan of domestication of a domestic corporation
Section
13.1-722.4
Repealed
Section
13.1-722.5
Articles of domestication; effectiveness
Section
13.1-722.6
Amendment of plan of domestication; abandonment
Section
13.1-722.7
Repealed
Section
13.1-722.7
1. Effect of domestication
Section
13.1-722.8
Definitions
Section
13.1-722.9
Conversion
Section
13.1-722.10
Plan of conversion
Section
13.1-722.11
Action on plan of conversion
Section
13.1-722.12
Articles of conversion; effectiveness
Section
13.1-722.12
1. Amendment of plan of conversion; abandonment
Section
13.1-722.13
Effect of conversion
Section
13.1-722.14
Repealed
Section
13.1-723
Disposition of assets not requiring shareholder approval
Section
13.1-724
Shareholder approval of certain dispositions
Section
13.1-725
Definitions
Section
13.1-725.1
Affiliated transactions
Section
13.1-726
Voting requirements for affiliated transactions
Section
13.1-726.1
Determination by disinterested directors
Section
13.1-727
Exceptions
Section
13.1-727.1
Nonexclusivity
Section
13.1-728
Repealed
Section
13.1-728.1
Definitions
Section
13.1-728.2
Application
Section
13.1-728.3
Voting rights
Section
13.1-728.4
Control share acquisition statement
Section
13.1-728.5
Meeting of shareholders
Section
13.1-728.6
Notice to shareholders
Section
13.1-728.7
Redemption
Section
13.1-728.8
Appraisal rights
Section
13.1-728.9
Nonexclusivity
Section
13.1-729
Definitions
Section
13.1-730
Right to appraisal
Section
13.1-731
Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners
Section
13.1-732
Notice of appraisal rights
Section
13.1-733
Notice of intent to demand payment
Section
13.1-734
Appraisal notice and form
Section
13.1-735
Repealed
Section
13.1-735.1
Perfection of rights; right to withdraw
Section
13.1-736
Repealed
Section
13.1-737
Payment
Section
13.1-738
After-acquired shares
Section
13.1-739
Procedure if shareholder dissatisfied with payment or offer
Section
13.1-740
Court action
Section
13.1-741
Court costs and counsel fees
Section
13.1-741.1
Limitations on other remedies for fundamental transactions
Section
13.1-742
Dissolution by directors and shareholders
Section
13.1-743
Articles of dissolution
Section
13.1-744
Revocation of dissolution
Section
13.1-745
Effect of dissolution
Section
13.1-746
Known claims against dissolved corporation
Section
13.1-746.1
Other claims against dissolved corporation
Section
13.1-746.2
Court proceedings
Section
13.1-746.3
Director duties
Section
13.1-747
Grounds for judicial dissolution
Section
13.1-748
Receivership or custodianship
Section
13.1-749
Decree of dissolution
Section
13.1-749.1
Election to purchase in lieu of dissolution
Section
13.1-750
Articles of termination of corporate existence
Section
13.1-751
Termination of corporate existence by incorporators or initial directors
Section
13.1-752
Automatic termination of corporate existence
Section
13.1-753
Involuntary termination of corporate existence
Section
13.1-754
Reinstatement of a corporation that has ceased to exist
Section
13.1-755
Survival of remedy after termination of corporate existence
Section
13.1-756
Repealed
Section
13.1-757
Authority to transact business required
Section
13.1-758
Consequences of transacting business without authority
Section
13.1-759
Application for certificate of authority
Section
13.1-760
Amended certificate of authority
Section
13.1-761
Effect of certificate of authority
Section
13.1-762
Corporate name of foreign corporation
Section
13.1-763
Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation
Section
13.1-764
Change of registered office or registered agent of a foreign corporation
Section
13.1-765
Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation
Section
13.1-766
Service of process on foreign corporation
Section
13.1-766.1
Merger of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth
Section
13.1-766.2
Conversion of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth
Section
13.1-767
Withdrawal of foreign corporation
Section
13.1-768
Automatic revocation of certificate of authority
Section
13.1-768.1
Repealed
Section
13.1-769
Involuntary revocation of certificate of authority
Section
13.1-769.1
Reinstatement of a foreign corporation's certificate of authority that has been withdrawn or revoked
Section
13.1-770
Corporate records
Section
13.1-771
Inspection of records by shareholders
Section
13.1-772
Scope of inspection right
Section
13.1-773
Court-ordered inspection
Section
13.1-773.1
Inspection of records by directors
Section
13.1-774
Financial statements for shareholders
Section
13.1-775
Annual report of domestic and foreign corporations
Section
13.1-775.1
Annual registration fees to be paid by domestic and foreign corporations; penalty for failure to pay timely
Section
13.1-775.2
Collection of unpaid bills for registration fees
Section
13.1-776
Definitions
Section
13.1-777
Institution of proceeding to determine shareholders
Section
13.1-778
Application to existing corporations
Section
13.1-779
Savings provision
Section
13.1-780
Repealed
Section
13.1-781
Property title records
Section
13.1-782
Definitions
Section
13.1-783
Application and effect of article
Section
13.1-784
Formation of benefit corporations
Section
13.1-785
Election of status after formation
Section
13.1-786
Termination of status
Section
13.1-787
Corporate purposes
Section
13.1-788
Standard of conduct for directors
Section
13.1-789
Limitation upon liability of officers
Section
13.1-790
Right of action
Section
13.1-791
Annual benefit report
Section
13.1-792
Reserved