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Chapter 9 - Virginia Stock Corporation Act (13.1-601 thru 13.1-782)

• 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 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 - 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 - , .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 revoked.
• 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 pay timely.
• 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 - through 13.1-800