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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346616</law_id><section_number>13.1-348</section_number><catch_line>Name</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="44" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="3">Cooperative Associations</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="3" identifier="3">Worker Cooperatives</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span> may include the word &#x201C;cooperative&#x201D; or &#x201C;co-op&#x201D; in its corporate name. <a id="paragraph-1292508" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-348/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> No person hereafter commencing business in the Commonwealth may use the phrase &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span>,&#x201D; &#x201C;worker co-op,&#x201D; &#x201C;employee cooperative,&#x201D; or &#x201C;employee co-op&#x201D; as a part of its corporate name unless it has elected to be governed as a <span class="dictionary">worker cooperative</span> in accordance with this article. <a id="paragraph-1292509" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-348/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, c. 673.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
