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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 522 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 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63023,"section_number":"13.1-620","catch_line":"Special kinds of business","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-620\/"}],"permalink":{"id":150923,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70379,"identifier":"13.1-626","token":"13.1\/9\/4\/13.1-626","url":"\/13.1-626\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-626\/","token":"13.1\/9\/4\/13.1-626","dublin_core":{"Title":"Purposes","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-626","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Every <span class=\"dictionary\">corporation<\/span> incorporated under this Act has the purpose of engaging in any lawful business unless a more limited purpose is (i) set forth in the <span class=\"dictionary\">articles of incorporation<\/span>, or (ii) required to be set forth in the <span class=\"dictionary\">articles of incorporation<\/span> by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Special kinds of business\" href=\"\/13.1-620\/\">13.1-620<\/a>, or any other <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of this Commonwealth.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPURPOSES (\u00a7 13.1-626)\n\nEvery corporation incorporated under this Act has the purpose of engaging in any\nlawful business unless a more limited purpose is (i) set forth in the articles\nof incorporation, or (ii) required to be set forth in the articles of\nincorporation by \u00a7 13.1-620, or any other law of this Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 522.","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}}