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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 522 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. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":347149,"section_number":"13.1-937","catch_line":"Application to existing corporations","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-937\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1374883,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347150,"identifier":"13.1-938","token":"13.1\/10\/16\/13.1-938","url":"\/13.1-938\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-938\/","token":"13.1\/10\/16\/13.1-938","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application to certain social, patriotic and benevolent societies incorporated before year 1900; reports by such societies","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-938","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The charter of every social, patriotic and benevolent society incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia prior to the year 1900 for the purpose of perpetuating the memory of men in the military, naval and civil service of the Colonies and of the Continental Congress shall be deemed to have remained, and to be, in full force and effect notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7 13.1-937<\/a> or any other statute<\/span> enacted after January 1, 1950, or regulation pursuant thereto requiring the filing of any report or reports with the Commission<\/span>. All such reports which under such statutes<\/span> should have been so filed shall be filed with the Commission<\/span> on or before August 1, 1986. Such corporation<\/span> hereafter shall be deemed to hold its charter subject to the provisions of the Constitution of Virginia now in effect, and the laws<\/span> passed in pursuance thereof.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION TO CERTAIN SOCIAL, PATRIOTIC AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES INCORPORATED\nBEFORE YEAR 1900; REPORTS BY SUCH SOCIETIES (\u00a7 13.1-938)\n\nThe charter of every social, patriotic and benevolent society incorporated by an\nact of the General Assembly of Virginia prior to the year 1900 for the purpose\nof perpetuating the memory of men in the military, naval and civil service of\nthe Colonies and of the Continental Congress shall be deemed to have remained,\nand to be, in full force and effect notwithstanding the provisions of \u00a7\n13.1-937 or any other statute enacted after January 1, 1950, or regulation\npursuant thereto requiring the filing of any report or reports with the\nCommission. All such reports which under such statutes should have been so filed\nshall be filed with the Commission on or before August 1, 1986. Such corporation\nhereafter shall be deemed to hold its charter subject to the provisions of the\nConstitution of Virginia now in effect, and the laws passed in pursuance\nthereof.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 522.","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"}}