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This law was first created in 2002. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 621<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":77620,"section_number":"50-73.128","catch_line":"Merger of partnerships","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.128\/"},{"id":83653,"section_number":"50-73.48:1","catch_line":"Merger","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.48_1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":149179,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75677,"identifier":"13.1-1257","token":"13.1\/14\/11\/13.1-1257","url":"\/13.1-1257\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-1257\/","token":"13.1\/14\/11\/13.1-1257","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authorization for merger","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-1257","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless the governing instrument<\/span> provides otherwise, a domestic business trust<\/span> may merge with or into one or more business trusts<\/span> or other business entities formed or organized or existing under the laws<\/span> of Virginia or any other state or the United States<\/span> or any foreign<\/span> country or other foreign<\/span> jurisdiction<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORIZATION FOR MERGER (\u00a7 13.1-1257)\n\nUnless the governing instrument provides otherwise, a domestic business trust\nmay merge with or into one or more business trusts or other business entities\nformed or organized or existing under the laws of Virginia or any other state or\nthe United States or any foreign country or other foreign jurisdiction.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 621.","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}}