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This law was first created in 2007. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 925<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2015, chapter 623<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1374551,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346991,"identifier":"13.1-810.1","token":"13.1\/10\/1\/13.1-810.1","url":"\/13.1-810.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-810.1\/","token":"13.1\/10\/1\/13.1-810.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Number of members","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-810.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> For purposes of this Act, the following identified as a member<\/span> in a corporation<\/span>’s current record of members<\/span> constitutes one member<\/span>: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Two or more persons<\/span> who together have a single membership interest<\/span> in the corporation<\/span>; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> A corporation<\/span>, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, trust, estate, or other entity<\/span>; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> The trustees, guardians, custodians, or other fiduciaries of a single trust, estate, or account. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> For purposes of this Act, membership interests<\/span> registered in substantially similar names constitute one member<\/span> if it is reasonable to believe that the names represent the same person<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nNUMBER OF MEMBERS (\u00a7 13.1-810.1)\n\nA. For purposes of this Act, the following identified as a member in a\ncorporation’s current record of members constitutes one member:\n\n 1. Two or more persons who together have a single membership interest in the\n corporation;\n\n 2. A corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership,\n business trust, trust, estate, or other entity; or\n\n 3. The trustees, guardians, custodians, or other fiduciaries of a single\n trust, estate, or account.\n\nB. For purposes of this Act, membership interests registered in substantially\nsimilar names constitute one member if it is reasonable to believe that the\nnames represent the same person.\n\nHISTORY: 2007, c. 925; 2015, c. 623.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}