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It has been modified 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1956, chapter 428; in 1985, chapter 522; in 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0925\">925<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1374769,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347123,"identifier":"13.1-917","token":"13.1\/10\/13\/13.1-917","url":"\/13.1-917\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-917\/","token":"13.1\/10\/13\/13.1-917","dublin_core":{"Title":"Survival of remedy after termination of corporate existence","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-917","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>The termination of corporate existence shall not take away or impair any remedy available to or against the <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span>, its <span class=\"dictionary\">directors<\/span>, officers or <span class=\"dictionary\">members<\/span>, for any right or claim existing, or any liability incurred, prior to such termination. 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Any such action or proceeding by or against the corporation may be\nprosecuted or defended by the corporation in its corporate name. The members,\ndirectors and officers shall have power to take such corporate or other action\nas shall be appropriate to protect such remedy, right or claim.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 13.1-264; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 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"}}