Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

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This is Article 11 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.” It is part of Chapter 9 “Virginia Stock Corporation Act”, which is part of Title 13.1 “Corporations”. It contains 12 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 12 sections.

§ 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§ 13.1-712	Repealed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