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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 607<\/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 2007, chapter 925<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1374593,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347080,"identifier":"13.1-887.1","token":"13.1\/10\/10\/13.1-887.1","url":"\/13.1-887.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-887.1\/","token":"13.1\/10\/10\/13.1-887.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Amendment prior to organization","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-887.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

When a corporation<\/span> has not yet completed its organization, its board of directors<\/span> or incorporators, in the event that there is no board of directors<\/span>, may adopt one or more amendments to the corporation<\/span>’s articles of incorporation<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAMENDMENT PRIOR TO ORGANIZATION (\u00a7 13.1-887.1)\n\nWhen a corporation has not yet completed its organization, its board of\ndirectors or incorporators, in the event that there is no board of directors,\nmay adopt one or more amendments to the corporation’s articles of\nincorporation.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 607; 2007, c. 925.","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"}}