{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/13.1-881.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/13.1-881.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/13.1-881.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/13.1-881.html"}],"law_id":347074,"edition_id":2,"section_id":347074,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-881","catch_line":"Indemnification of officers","history":"Code 1950, \u00a7 13.1-205.1; 1968, c. 689; 1975, c. 500; 1981, c. 57; 1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.","full_text":"Unless limited by a corporation&#8217;s articles of incorporation:\n\n1\n\nAn officer of the corporation is entitled to mandatory indemnification under &#xA7; 13.1-877, and is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification under &#xA7; 13.1-879.1, in each case to the same extent as a director; and\n\n2\n\nThe corporation may indemnify and advance expenses under this article to an officer of the corporation to the same extent as to a director.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1295097,"text":"Unless limited by a corporation&#8217;s articles of incorporation:","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1,"next_prefix":"1"},"1":{"id":1295098,"text":"An officer of the corporation is entitled to mandatory indemnification under &#xA7; 13.1-877, and is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification under &#xA7; 13.1-879.1, in each case to the same extent as a director; and","type":"section","prefixes":["1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"1","prefix_anchor":"1","level":1,"prior_prefix":"","next_prefix":"2"},"2":{"id":1295099,"text":"The corporation may indemnify and advance expenses under this article to an officer of the corporation to the same extent as to a director.","type":"section","prefixes":["2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"2","prefix_anchor":"2","level":1,"prior_prefix":"1"}},"ancestry":[{"id":49818,"edition_id":2,"name":"Indemnification","identifier":"9","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":10,"parent_id":49808,"metadata":{"child_laws":10,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:16:01","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:16","permalink":{"id":1375237,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49818,"identifier":"9","token":"13.1\/10\/9","url":"\/13.1\/10\/9\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49808,"edition_id":2,"name":"Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act","identifier":"10","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":13,"parent_id":49726,"metadata":{"child_laws":183,"child_structures":21},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:15:48","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:14","permalink":{"id":1374503,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49808,"identifier":"10","token":"13.1\/10","url":"\/13.1\/10\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":49726,"edition_id":2,"name":"Corporations","identifier":"13.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":44,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":894,"child_structures":104},"date_created":"2026-08-02 02:14:01","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:29:04","permalink":{"id":1374495,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":49726,"identifier":"13.1","token":"13.1","url":"\/13.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":347067,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-875","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/13.1-875\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-875","metadata":false},{"id":347068,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-876","catch_line":"Authority to indemnify","url":"\/13.1-876\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-876","metadata":false},{"id":347069,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-877","catch_line":"Mandatory indemnification","url":"\/13.1-877\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-877","metadata":false},{"id":347070,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-878","catch_line":"Advance for expenses","url":"\/13.1-878\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-878","metadata":false},{"id":347072,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-879","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/13.1-879\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-879","metadata":false},{"id":347071,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-879.1","catch_line":"Court orders for advances, reimbursement or indemnification","url":"\/13.1-879.1\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-879.1","metadata":false},{"id":347073,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-880","catch_line":"Determination and authorization of indemnification","url":"\/13.1-880\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-880","metadata":false},{"id":347074,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-881","catch_line":"Indemnification of officers","url":"\/13.1-881\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-881","metadata":false},{"id":347075,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-882","catch_line":"Insurance","url":"\/13.1-882\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-882","metadata":false},{"id":347076,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-883","catch_line":"Application of article","url":"\/13.1-883\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-883","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":347073,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-880","catch_line":"Determination and authorization of indemnification","url":"\/13.1-880\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-880","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":347075,"structure_id":49818,"section_number":"13.1-882","catch_line":"Insurance","url":"\/13.1-882\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-882","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/13.1-881\/","history_text":"<p>The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1968, chapter 689; in 1975, chapter 500; in 1981, chapter 57; in 1985, chapter 522; in 2007, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?071+ful+CHAP0925\">925<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":347067,"section_number":"13.1-875","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-875\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":347069,"section_number":"13.1-877","catch_line":"Mandatory indemnification","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-877\/"},{"id":347071,"section_number":"13.1-879.1","catch_line":"Court orders for advances, reimbursement or indemnification","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-879.1\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1375267,"object_type":"law","relational_id":347074,"identifier":"13.1-881","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-881","url":"\/13.1-881\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-881\/","token":"13.1\/10\/9\/13.1-881","dublin_core":{"Title":"Indemnification of officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-881","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Unless limited by a <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span>&#8217;s <span class=\"dictionary\">articles of incorporation<\/span>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> An <span class=\"dictionary\">officer<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span> is entitled to mandatory indemnification under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Mandatory indemnification\" href=\"\/13.1-877\/\">13.1-877<\/a>, and is entitled to apply for <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>-ordered indemnification under &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Court orders for advances, reimbursement or indemnification\" href=\"\/13.1-879.1\/\">13.1-879.1<\/a>, in each case to the same extent as a <span class=\"dictionary\">director<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-1295098\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-881\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span> may indemnify and advance <span class=\"dictionary\">expenses<\/span> under this article to an <span class=\"dictionary\">officer<\/span> of the <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span> to the same extent as to a <span class=\"dictionary\">director<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-1295099\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-881\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINDEMNIFICATION OF OFFICERS (\u00a7 13.1-881)\n\nUnless limited by a corporation&#8217;s articles of incorporation:\n\n1. An officer of the corporation is entitled to mandatory indemnification under\n&#xA7; 13.1-877, and is entitled to apply for court-ordered indemnification\nunder &#xA7; 13.1-879.1, in each case to the same extent as a director; and\n\n2. The corporation may indemnify and advance expenses under this article to an\nofficer of the corporation to the same extent as to a director.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 13.1-205.1; 1968, c. 689; 1975, c. 500; 1981, c. 57;\n1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.","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"}}