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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 3 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 1956, chapter 428; in 1985, chapter 522; in 2019, chapter 734<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":151063,"object_type":"law","relational_id":77142,"identifier":"13.1-659","token":"13.1\/9\/8\/13.1-659","url":"\/13.1-659\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-659\/","token":"13.1\/9\/8\/13.1-659","dublin_core":{"Title":"Waiver of notice","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-659","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A shareholder<\/span> may waive<\/span> any notice required by this chapter, the articles of incorporation<\/span>, or bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice. The waiver<\/span> shall be in writing<\/span>, be signed by the shareholder<\/span> entitled to the notice, and be delivered to the corporation<\/span>’s secretary<\/span> for filing by the corporation<\/span> with the minutes or corporate records. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A shareholder<\/span>’s attendance at a meeting: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Waives<\/span> objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the shareholder<\/span> at the beginning of the meeting objects<\/span> to holding the meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Waives<\/span> objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the shareholder<\/span> objects<\/span> to considering the matter when it is presented. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWAIVER OF NOTICE (\u00a7 13.1-659)\n\nA. A shareholder may waive any notice required by this chapter, the articles of\nincorporation, or bylaws before or after the date and time stated in the notice.\nThe waiver shall be in writing, be signed by the shareholder entitled to the\nnotice, and be delivered to the corporation’s secretary for filing by the\ncorporation with the minutes or corporate records.\n\nB. A shareholder’s attendance at a meeting:\n\n 1. Waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting,\n unless the shareholder at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the\n meeting or transacting business at the meeting; and\n\n 2. Waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting\n that is not within the purpose or purposes described in the meeting notice,\n unless the shareholder objects to considering the matter when it is presented.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 13.1-27; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 2019, c. 734.","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}}