Virginia Code — 13.1
Browse 894 sections in division 13.1 of the Virginia code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 13.1-1. Repealed
- § 13.1-201. Repealed
- § 13.1-301. Organization of cooperative associations; purposes; name; par value stock required
- § 13.1-301.1. Amendments to articles of incorporation
- § 13.1-301.2. Adoption, change or repeal of bylaws; subject matter
- § 13.1-302. Limitation of individual stockholding
- § 13.1-303. Investment in other stock
- § 13.1-304. Purchase of business by issue of shares of stock
- § 13.1-305. Rights of subscribers before full payment
- § 13.1-306. Distribution of earnings
- § 13.1-307. Permissible limitation of stock ownership or voting rights
- § 13.1-308. Limitation of use of "cooperative" in corporate name
- § 13.1-309. Other cooperatives may come under article
- § 13.1-309.1. Foreign cooperatives
- § 13.1-310. Cooperative associations may give certain liens on rotating stocks
- § 13.1-311. Taxation
- § 13.1-311.1. Provisions relating to dissolution of and revocation of certificates of associations
- § 13.1-312. Liberal construction of article
- § 13.1-313. Definitions
- § 13.1-314. Qualification of incorporators
- § 13.1-315. Purposes
- § 13.1-316. Articles of incorporation
- § 13.1-317. Filing and recording articles of incorporation
- § 13.1-318. Amendments to the articles of incorporation
- § 13.1-319. Bylaws
- § 13.1-320. Powers
- § 13.1-321. Members
- § 13.1-322. Membership or voting stock certificates; transfers; dividends; nonvoting stock
- § 13.1-323. General and special meetings; how called
- § 13.1-324. Directors generally; executive committee
- § 13.1-325. Removal of director
- § 13.1-326. Officers generally
- § 13.1-327. Removal of officer
- § 13.1-328. Referendum
- § 13.1-329. Marketing contracts; enforcement; inducing breach; spreading false reports
- § 13.1-330. Recordation of marketing contracts
- § 13.1-331. Associations are not in restraint of trade
- § 13.1-332. Voluntary dissolution
- § 13.1-333. Repealed
- § 13.1-333.1. Annual reports
- § 13.1-334. Application to existing associations
- § 13.1-335. Saving clause
- § 13.1-336. Limitations of the use of the word "cooperative."
- § 13.1-337. Foreign associations
- § 13.1-338. Purchasing business of other associations, persons, firms or corporations; stock issued
- § 13.1-339. Merger or consolidation
- § 13.1-340. Sale, mortgage or other disposition of assets
- § 13.1-341. Taxes
- § 13.1-342. Reserved
- § 13.1-343. Application of general corporation laws
- § 13.1-344. Existing associations continued
- § 13.1-345. Verification no longer required; signing instrument containing misstatement as perjury
- § 13.1-346. Definitions
- § 13.1-347. Formation of worker cooperative; purpose
- § 13.1-348. Name
- § 13.1-349. Application of other laws
- § 13.1-350. Revocation of election to be governed as worker cooperative; limitation on mergers
- § 13.1-351. Qualifications of members; membership shares
- § 13.1-352. Voting rights
- § 13.1-353. Net earnings or losses; apportionment, distribution, and payment
- § 13.1-354. Internal capital accounts; redemption of shares; collective reserve account
- § 13.1-355. Internal capital accounting
- § 13.1-400.1. Repealed
- § 13.1-401. Repealed
- § 13.1-424. Repealed
- § 13.1-434. Definitions
- § 13.1-435. Corporate securities registered in joint names with right of survivorship
- § 13.1-436. To what transfers of securities applicable
- § 13.1-437. Reserved
- § 13.1-501. Definitions
- § 13.1-502. Unlawful offers and sales
- § 13.1-503. Unlawful advice
- § 13.1-504. Registration
- § 13.1-504.1. Brokerage services of savings and loan associations, savings banks or service corporations of either; when registration not required
- § 13.1-504.2. Broker-dealer services provided by credit unions; when registration not required
- § 13.1-505. Procedure for registration
- § 13.1-505.1. Post-registration provisions
- § 13.1-506. Revocation of registration
- § 13.1-507. Registration requirement; exemptions
- § 13.1-508. Registration by notification
- § 13.1-509. Registration by coordination
- § 13.1-510. Registration by qualification
- § 13.1-511. Effectiveness and reports
- § 13.1-512. Repealed
- § 13.1-513. Stop orders
- § 13.1-514. Exemptions
- § 13.1-514.1. Exemption of certain securities by order of Commission
- § 13.1-514.2. Primacy of Virginia law to be maintained
- § 13.1-515. Advertising
- § 13.1-516. Misleading filings
- § 13.1-517. Consent to service of process
- § 13.1-518. Investigations; confidentiality of information and documents
- § 13.1-518.1. Broker-dealers and investment advisors to file certain reports with Commission
- § 13.1-519. Injunctions
- § 13.1-520. Crimes
- § 13.1-520.1. Commission may transmit record or complaint to locality where violation occurred
- § 13.1-521. Violations punishable by the Commission
- § 13.1-522. Civil liabilities
- § 13.1-523. Rules and forms
- § 13.1-523.1. Commission authority to regulate securities and investment advisory activities
- § 13.1-524. Certain records of Commission available to public; admissibility of copies; destruction
- § 13.1-525. Official interpretations
- § 13.1-525.1. Fees to cover expense of regulation
- § 13.1-526. Transition
- § 13.1-527. Short title
- § 13.1-527.01. Repealed
- § 13.1-527.1. Division created; duties
- § 13.1-527.2. Attorneys, employees and consultants
- § 13.1-527.3. Commission to provide technical assistance
- § 13.1-528. Repealed
- § 13.1-542. Repealed
- § 13.1-542.1. Practice of certain professions by corporations
- § 13.1-543. Definitions
- § 13.1-544. Who may organize and become shareholder
- § 13.1-544.1. Use of initials "P.C." or "PC" in corporate name
- § 13.1-544.2. Certificate of authority for foreign professional corporations
- § 13.1-545. Repealed
- § 13.1-545.1. Merger with foreign professional corporation or foreign professional limited liability company
- § 13.1-546. How corporation may render professional services; nonprofessional employees and officers; organizers and shareholders need not be employees, etc
- § 13.1-546.1. Professional law corporations may qualify as executor, administrator or in other fiduciary capacity
- § 13.1-547. Professional relationships not affected; liability for debts, etc., of corporation, its directors, officers and employees
- § 13.1-548. Corporation not to engage in other business; investment of funds
- § 13.1-549. Qualifications of shareholders; special provisions for corporations rendering services of architects, professional engineers, landscape architects and land surveyors, and using the title of certified interior designers
- § 13.1-549.1. Special provision for corporation engaged in practice of accounting
- § 13.1-549.2. Registration certificate required for corporation engaged in practice of law
- § 13.1-549.3. Repealed
- § 13.1-550. Transfer of shares
- § 13.1-551. Disqualification of shareholder
- § 13.1-552. Conversion into nonprofessional corporation; disposition of shares of deceased or disqualified shareholders
- § 13.1-553. Board of directors
- § 13.1-554. Repealed
- § 13.1-554.1. Income and property taxes
- § 13.1-555. Merger
- § 13.1-556. Application of Chapter 9 or Chapter 10 of this title
- § 13.1-557. Short title
- § 13.1-558. Policy of the Commonwealth
- § 13.1-559. Definitions; applicability of chapter
- § 13.1-560. Registration required
- § 13.1-561. Procedure for registration; bond; renewal; fee
- § 13.1-561.1. Fees to cover expense of regulation
- § 13.1-562. Revocation of or refusal to renew registration
- § 13.1-563. Unlawful offers
- § 13.1-564. Unlawful cancellation of franchise; undue influence
- § 13.1-565. Voidable franchises
- § 13.1-566. Service of process on nonresident franchisor
- § 13.1-567. Investigations; confidentiality of information and documents
- § 13.1-568. Injunctions
- § 13.1-569. Crimes
- § 13.1-569.1. Commission may transmit record or complaint to locality where violation occurred
- § 13.1-570. Violations punishable by Commission
- § 13.1-571. Civil remedies
- § 13.1-572. Rules and forms
- § 13.1-573. Certain records of Commission available to public; admissibility of copies; destruction
- § 13.1-574. Effective date
- § 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 document
- § 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
- § 13.1-614.1. Definitions
- § 13.1-614.2. Defective corporate actions
- § 13.1-614.3. Ratification of defective corporate actions
- § 13.1-614.4. Action of ratification
- § 13.1-614.5. Notice
- § 13.1-614.6. Effect of ratification
- § 13.1-614.7. Filings
- § 13.1-614.8. Commission proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions
- § 13.1-615. Fees to be collected by Commission; application of payment; payment of fees prerequisite to Commission action; exceptions
- § 13.1-615.1. Charter and entrance fees for corporations
- § 13.1-616. Fees for filing documents or issuing certificates
- § 13.1-617. Repealed
- § 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. Lack of power to act
- § 13.1-630. Corporate name
- § 13.1-631. Reserved name
- § 13.1-632. Registered name
- § 13.1-633. Repealed
- § 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 of shareholders and others
- § 13.1-645. Share dividends
- § 13.1-646. Share rights, options, warrants, and other awards
- § 13.1-647. Form and content of certificates evidencing shares
- § 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 for meeting
- § 13.1-660.1. Conduct of the meeting
- § 13.1-660.2. Remote participation in shareholders' 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 intermediaries and nominees
- § 13.1-664.1. Inspectors of election
- § 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. Modifying quorum or voting requirements
- § 13.1-669. Voting for directors; cumulative voting
- § 13.1-669.1. Judicial determination of corporate offices and review of elections and shareholder votes
- § 13.1-670. Voting trusts
- § 13.1-671. Voting agreements
- § 13.1-671.1. Shareholder agreements
- § 13.1-672. Repealed
- § 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 a custodian or receiver for a public corporation
- § 13.1-672.7. Shareholder defined
- § 13.1-673. Requirement for and duties of board of directors
- § 13.1-674. Qualifications for directors or for nominees for director
- § 13.1-675. Number and election of directors
- § 13.1-676. Election of directors by certain classes or series of shares
- § 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. Repealed
- § 13.1-681.1. Removal of directors by judicial proceeding
- § 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 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. Repealed
- § 13.1-700.1. Court orders for advance, reimbursement, or indemnification
- § 13.1-701. Determination and authorization of indemnification
- § 13.1-702. Advance for expenses and indemnification for 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 the board of directors
- § 13.1-707. Amendment of articles of incorporation by the board of directors and shareholders
- § 13.1-708. Voting on amendments by voting groups
- § 13.1-709. Amendment of articles of incorporation by incorporators
- § 13.1-710. Articles of amendment
- § 13.1-711. Restated articles of incorporation
- § 13.1-712. Repealed
- § 13.1-712.1. Abandonment of amendment or restatement of articles of incorporation
- § 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 the board of directors
- § 13.1-715.1. Definitions
- § 13.1-716. Merger