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The laws of this Commonwealth shall govern the effect of domesticating in this Commonwealth pursuant to this article.B\n\nA domestic business trust not required by law to be a domestic business trust may become a foreign business trust if the jurisdiction in which the business trust intends to domesticate allows for the domestication. Regardless of whether the laws of the foreign jurisdiction require the adoption of a plan of domestication, the domestication shall be approved in the manner provided in this article. The laws of the jurisdiction in which the business trust domesticates shall govern the effect of domesticating in that jurisdiction.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":245585,"text":"A foreign business trust may become a domestic business trust if the laws of the jurisdiction in which the foreign entity is formed authorize it to domesticate in another jurisdiction. 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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":149217,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67797,"identifier":"13.1-1265","token":"13.1\/14\/12\/13.1-1265","url":"\/13.1-1265\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-1265\/","token":"13.1\/14\/12\/13.1-1265","dublin_core":{"Title":"Domestication","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-1265","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A foreign business trust<\/span> may become a domestic business trust<\/span> if the laws<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> in which the foreign entity<\/span> is formed authorize it to domesticate in another jurisdiction<\/span>. The laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth shall govern the effect of domesticating in this Commonwealth pursuant to this article. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A domestic business trust<\/span> not required by law<\/span> to be a domestic business trust<\/span> may become a foreign business trust<\/span> if the jurisdiction<\/span> in which the business trust intends to domesticate allows for the domestication<\/span>. Regardless of whether the laws<\/span> of the foreign jurisdiction<\/span> require the adoption of a plan of domestication<\/span>, the domestication<\/span> shall be approved in the manner provided in this article. The laws<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> in which the business trust domesticates shall govern the effect of domesticating in that jurisdiction<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDOMESTICATION (\u00a7 13.1-1265)\n\nA. A foreign business trust may become a domestic business trust if the laws of\nthe jurisdiction in which the foreign entity is formed authorize it to\ndomesticate in another jurisdiction. The laws of this Commonwealth shall govern\nthe effect of domesticating in this Commonwealth pursuant to this article.\n\nB. A domestic business trust not required by law to be a domestic business trust\nmay become a foreign business trust if the jurisdiction in which the business\ntrust intends to domesticate allows for the domestication. Regardless of whether\nthe laws of the foreign jurisdiction require the adoption of a plan of\ndomestication, the domestication shall be approved in the manner provided in\nthis article. The laws of the jurisdiction in which the business trust\ndomesticates shall govern the effect of domesticating in that jurisdiction.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 621; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 487.","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}}