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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>350936</law_id><section_number>18.2-421</section_number><catch_line>Information to be filed by clandestine organization with State Corporation Commission</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-421</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="52" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="9" identifier="9">Crimes Against Peace and Order</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="4" identifier="5">Activities Tending to Cause Violence</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Every existing membership corporation and every existing unincorporated association which is a clandestine organization as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="&quot;Clandestine organization&quot; defined" href="/18.2-420/">18.2-420</a>, shall file with the clerk of the State Corporation Commission a sworn copy of its constitution, bylaws, rules, regulations, and <span class="dictionary">oath</span> of membership, together with a roster of its membership and a list of its officers for the current year. Every such corporation and association shall, in case its constitution, bylaws, rules, regulations or <span class="dictionary">oath</span> of membership or any part thereof be revised, changed or amended, within ten days after such revision or amendment, file with the clerk of the State Corporation Commission a sworn copy of such revised, changed or amended constitution, bylaw, rule, regulation or <span class="dictionary">oath</span> of membership. Every such corporation or association shall, within thirty days after a change has been made in its officers, file with the clerk of the State Corporation Commission a sworn statement showing such change. Every such corporation or association shall, at intervals of six months, file with the clerk of the State Corporation Commission, a sworn statement showing the names and addresses of such additional members as have been received in such corporation or association during such interval.</p><p>The violation of any provision of this section shall constitute a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p><p>The provisions of &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="&quot;Clandestine organization&quot; defined" href="/18.2-420/">18.2-420</a> and <a class="law" title="Information to be filed by clandestine organization with State Corporation Commission" href="/18.2-421/">18.2-421</a> shall not apply to fraternal organizations which are organized for charitable, benevolent, and educational objectives and whose transactions and list of members are open for public inspection.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-380.2; 1968, c. 792; 1975, cc. 14, 15.</history><metadata><court_decisions></court_decisions></metadata></law>
