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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 168 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1992, chapter 574; in 2002, chapter 288<\/a>; in 2004, chapter 601<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":148743,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64201,"identifier":"13.1-1008","token":"13.1\/12\/2\/13.1-1008","url":"\/13.1-1008\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-1008\/","token":"13.1\/12\/2\/13.1-1008","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-1008","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every limited liability company<\/span> formed under this chapter has the purpose of engaging in any lawful business, purpose, or activity, whether or not such business, purpose, or activity is carried on for profit, except as otherwise provided by the law<\/span> of this Commonwealth, unless a more limited purpose is set forth in the articles of organization<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSES (\u00a7 13.1-1008)\n\nEvery limited liability company formed under this chapter has the purpose of\nengaging in any lawful business, purpose, or activity, whether or not such\nbusiness, purpose, or activity is carried on for profit, except as otherwise\nprovided by the law of this Commonwealth, unless a more limited purpose is set\nforth in the articles of organization.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 168; 1992, c. 574; 2002, c. 288; 2004, c. 601.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}