General Provisions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 10 “Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act”, which is part of Title 13.1 “Corporations”. It contains 17 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 17 sections.

§ 13.1-801	Short title
§ 13.1-802	Reservation of power to amend or repeal
§ 13.1-803	Definitions
§ 13.1-804	Filing requirements
§ 13.1-804.1	Filing with the Commission pursuant to reorganization
§ 13.1-805	Issuance of certificate by Commission; recordation of documents
§ 13.1-806	Effective time and date of document
§ 13.1-807	Correcting filed articles
§ 13.1-808	Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document
§ 13.1-809	Certificate of good standing
§ 13.1-810	Notices and other communications
§ 13.1-810.1	Number of members
§ 13.1-811	Penalty for signing false documents
§ 13.1-812	Unlawful to transact or offer to transact business as a corporation unless authorized
§ 13.1-813	Hearing and finality of Commission action; injunctions
§ 13.1-814	Shares of stock and dividends prohibited
§ 13.1-814.1	Special provisions for community associations