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When a voting trust agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all voting trust beneficial owners, together with the number and class or series of shares each transferred to the trust, and deliver copies of the list and agreement to the corporation at its principal office.B\n\nA voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the trust are registered in the trustee’s name.C\n\nLimits, if any, on the duration of a voting trust shall be as set forth in the voting trust, except that a voting trust that became effective prior to July 1, 2015, is valid for not more than 10 years after its effective date unless some or all of the parties to the voting trust extend it by signing a written consent to the extension.D\n\nAny consent to an extension signed by less than all of the parties to the voting trust binds only the parties signing it.\n\t\t\tThe voting trustee shall deliver copies of any consent to extension and the list of beneficial owners to the corporation’s secretary at the corporation’s principal office.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310707,"text":"One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust, which may include anything consistent with its purpose, and transferring their shares to the trustee. 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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 6 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 1975, chapter 500; in 1985, chapter 522; in 2005, chapter 765<\/a>; in 2015, chapter 611<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 734<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":83518,"section_number":"13.1-603","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-603\/"},{"id":69231,"section_number":"13.1-719.1","catch_line":"Formation of a holding company","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-719.1\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":151123,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86769,"identifier":"13.1-670","token":"13.1\/9\/8\/13.1-670","url":"\/13.1-670\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-670\/","token":"13.1\/9\/8\/13.1-670","dublin_core":{"Title":"Voting trusts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-670","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> One or more shareholders<\/span> may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust, which may include anything consistent with its purpose, and transferring their shares<\/span> to the trustee. When a voting trust agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all voting trust beneficial owners<\/span>, together with the number and class or series of shares<\/span> each transferred to the trust, and deliver<\/span> copies of the list and agreement to the corporation<\/span> at its principal office<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> A voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares<\/span> subject to the trust are registered in the trustee’s name. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Limits, if any, on the duration of a voting trust shall be as set forth in the voting trust, except that a voting trust that became effective prior to July 1, 2015, is valid for not more than 10 years after its effective date unless some or all of the parties to the voting trust extend it by signing a written<\/span> consent to the extension. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Any consent to an extension signed by less than all of the parties to the voting trust binds only the parties signing it.\n\t\t\tThe voting trustee shall deliver<\/span> copies of any consent to extension and the list of beneficial owners to the corporation<\/span>’s secretary<\/span> at the corporation<\/span>’s principal office<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nVOTING TRUSTS (\u00a7 13.1-670)\n\nA. One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee\nthe right to vote or otherwise act for them, by signing an agreement setting out\nthe provisions of the trust, which may include anything consistent with its\npurpose, and transferring their shares to the trustee. When a voting trust\nagreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses\nof all voting trust beneficial owners, together with the number and class or\nseries of shares each transferred to the trust, and deliver copies of the list\nand agreement to the corporation at its principal office.\n\nB. A voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the\ntrust are registered in the trustee’s name.\n\nC. Limits, if any, on the duration of a voting trust shall be as set forth in\nthe voting trust, except that a voting trust that became effective prior to July\n1, 2015, is valid for not more than 10 years after its effective date unless\nsome or all of the parties to the voting trust extend it by signing a written\nconsent to the extension.\n\nD. Any consent to an extension signed by less than all of the parties to the\nvoting trust binds only the parties signing it.\n\t\t\tThe voting trustee shall deliver copies of any consent to extension and the\nlist of beneficial owners to the corporation’s secretary at the\ncorporation’s principal office.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 13.1-34; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 2005,\nc. 765; 2015, c. 611; 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}}