Foreign Corporations

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This is Article 14 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Foreign Corporations.” It is part of Chapter 10 “Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act”, which is part of Title 13.1 “Corporations”. It contains 16 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 16 sections.

§ 13.1-919	Authority to transact business required
§ 13.1-920	Consequences of transacting business without authority
§ 13.1-921	Application for certificate of authority
§ 13.1-922	Amended certificate of authority
§ 13.1-923	Effect of certificate of authority
§ 13.1-924	Corporate name of foreign corporation
§ 13.1-925	Registered office and registered agent of foreign corporation
§ 13.1-926	Change of registered office or registered agent of a foreign corporation
§ 13.1-927	Resignation of registered agent of foreign corporation
§ 13.1-928	Service of process on foreign corporation
§ 13.1-928.1	Merger of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth
§ 13.1-928.2	Entity conversion of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth
§ 13.1-929	Withdrawal of foreign corporation
§ 13.1-930	Automatic revocation of certificate of authority
§ 13.1-931	Involuntary revocation of certificate of authority
§ 13.1-931.1	Reinstatement of foreign corporation whose certificate of authority has been withdrawn or revoked