{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/13.1-1069.1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/13.1-1069.1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/13.1-1069.1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/13.1-1069.1.html"}],"law_id":75930,"edition_id":1,"section_id":75930,"structure_id":15573,"section_number":"13.1-1069.1","catch_line":"Definitions","history":"2016, c. 288.","full_text":"As used in this article:\n\t\t&#8220;Merger&#8221; means a business combination pursuant to \u00a7 13.1-1070.\n\t\t&#8220;Party to a merger&#8221; means any domestic or foreign limited liability company or other business entity that will merge under a plan of merger.\n\t\t&#8220;Survivor&#8221; in a merger means the domestic or foreign limited liability company or other business entity into which one or more other domestic or foreign limited liability companies or other business entities are merged.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":272607,"text":"As used in this article:\n\t\t&#8220;Merger&#8221; means a business combination pursuant to \u00a7 13.1-1070.\n\t\t&#8220;Party to a merger&#8221; means any domestic or foreign limited liability company or other business entity that will merge under a plan of merger.\n\t\t&#8220;Survivor&#8221; in a merger means the domestic or foreign limited liability company or other business entity into which one or more other domestic or foreign limited liability companies or other business entities are merged.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":15573,"edition_id":1,"name":"Merger","identifier":"13","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12817,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:56:27","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:56:27","permalink":{"id":148497,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":15573,"identifier":"13","token":"13.1\/12\/13","url":"\/13.1\/12\/13\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12817,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Limited Liability Company Act","identifier":"12","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12744,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:54","permalink":{"id":148351,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12817,"identifier":"12","token":"13.1\/12","url":"\/13.1\/12\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12744,"edition_id":1,"name":"Corporations","identifier":"13.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:43:51","permalink":{"id":147493,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12744,"identifier":"13.1","token":"13.1","url":"\/13.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":75930,"structure_id":15573,"section_number":"13.1-1069.1","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/13.1-1069.1\/","token":"13.1\/12\/13\/13.1-1069.1","metadata":false},{"id":71316,"structure_id":15573,"section_number":"13.1-1070","catch_line":"Merger","url":"\/13.1-1070\/","token":"13.1\/12\/13\/13.1-1070","metadata":false},{"id":85965,"structure_id":15573,"section_number":"13.1-1071","catch_line":"Action on a plan of merger","url":"\/13.1-1071\/","token":"13.1\/12\/13\/13.1-1071","metadata":false},{"id":59408,"structure_id":15573,"section_number":"13.1-1072","catch_line":"Articles of merger","url":"\/13.1-1072\/","token":"13.1\/12\/13\/13.1-1072","metadata":false},{"id":84501,"structure_id":15573,"section_number":"13.1-1073","catch_line":"Effect of merger","url":"\/13.1-1073\/","token":"13.1\/12\/13\/13.1-1073","metadata":false},{"id":63352,"structure_id":15573,"section_number":"13.1-1073.1","catch_line":"Abandonment of merger","url":"\/13.1-1073.1\/","token":"13.1\/12\/13\/13.1-1073.1","metadata":false}],"next_section":{"id":71316,"structure_id":15573,"section_number":"13.1-1070","catch_line":"Merger","url":"\/13.1-1070\/","token":"13.1\/12\/13\/13.1-1070","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/13.1-1069.1\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 2016. 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