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This law was first created in 1972. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 577 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 1972 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 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 1973, chapter 136; in 1981, chapter 58; in 2002, chapter 77<\/a>; in 2003, chapters 592<\/a> and 678<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":82092,"section_number":"13.1-1012","catch_line":"Name","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-1012\/"},{"id":68645,"section_number":"13.1-1214","catch_line":"Name","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-1214\/"},{"id":71750,"section_number":"13.1-630","catch_line":"Corporate name","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-630\/"},{"id":83167,"section_number":"13.1-829","catch_line":"Corporate name","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-829\/"},{"id":71893,"section_number":"50-73.2","catch_line":"Name","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":66461,"section_number":"13.1-543","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-543\/"},{"id":71750,"section_number":"13.1-630","catch_line":"Corporate name","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-630\/"}],"permalink":{"id":150001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":58412,"identifier":"13.1-544.1","token":"13.1\/7\/13.1-544.1","url":"\/13.1-544.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-544.1\/","token":"13.1\/7\/13.1-544.1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Use of initials “P.C.” or “PC” in corporate name","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-544.1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any professional corporation as defined in \u00a7 13.1-543<\/a> may, but is not required to, use the initials “P.C.” or “PC,” or the phrase “professional corporation” or “a professional corporation,” at the end of its corporate name. Such initials or phrase may be used in the place of any word or abbreviation required by subsection A of \u00a7 13.1-630<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nUSE OF INITIALS “P.C.” OR “PC” IN CORPORATE NAME (\u00a7\n13.1-544.1)\n\nAny professional corporation as defined in \u00a7 13.1-543 may, but is not required\nto, use the initials “P.C.” or “PC,” or the phrase\n“professional corporation” or “a professional\ncorporation,” at the end of its corporate name. Such initials or phrase\nmay be used in the place of any word or abbreviation required by subsection A of\n\u00a7 13.1-630.\n\nHISTORY: 1972, c. 577; 1973, c. 136; 1981, c. 58; 2002, c. 77; 2003, cc. 592,\n678.","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}}