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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347066</law_id><section_number>13.1-874</section_number><catch_line>Resignation and removal of officers</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="13" identifier="10">Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="9" identifier="8">Directors and Officers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> An officer may resign at any time by delivering notice to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. A resignation is effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective time. If a resignation is made effective at a later time, the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may fill the pending vacancy before the effective time if the successor does not take office until the effective time. <a id="paragraph-1295059" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-874/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> may remove any officer at any time with or without cause and any officer or assistant officer, if appointed by another officer, may likewise be removed by such officer. Election or appointment of an officer shall not of itself create any <span class="dictionary">contract</span> rights in the officer or the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. An officer&#x2019;s removal does not affect such officer&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">contract</span> rights, if any, with the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. An officer&#x2019;s resignation does not affect the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">contract</span> rights, if any, with the officer. <a id="paragraph-1295060" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-874/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who has resigned as an officer of a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, or whose name is incorrectly on file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> as an officer of a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, may file a statement to that effect with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-1295061" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-874/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Upon the resignation or removal of an officer, the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may file an amended annual report with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> indicating the resignation or removal of the officer and the successor in office, if any. <a id="paragraph-1295062" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-874/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-227; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 1990, c. 282; 1991, c. 124; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
