General Provisions

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “General Provisions.” It is part of Chapter 9 “Virginia Stock Corporation Act”, which is part of Title 13.1 “Corporations”.

It’s comprised of the following 16 sections.

§ 13.1-601	Short title
§ 13.1-602	Reservation of power to amend or repeal
§ 13.1-603	Definitions
§ 13.1-604	Filing requirements
§ 13.1-604.1	Filings with the Commission pursuant to reorganization
§ 13.1-605	Issuance of certificate by Commission; recordation of documents
§ 13.1-606	Effective time and date of document
§ 13.1-607	Correcting filed articles
§ 13.1-608	Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document
§ 13.1-609	Certificate of good standing
§ 13.1-610	Notices and other communications
§ 13.1-610.1	Householding
§ 13.1-611	Number of shareholders
§ 13.1-612	Penalty for signing false document
§ 13.1-613	Unlawful to transact or offer to transact business as a corporation unless authorized
§ 13.1-614	Hearing and finality of Commission action; injunctions