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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 5 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 1968, chapter 570; in 1975, chapter 500; in 1979, chapter 99; in 1985, chapter 522; in 2019, chapter 734<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62700,"section_number":"13.1-699","catch_line":"Advance for expenses","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-699\/"},{"id":57995,"section_number":"13.1-700.1","catch_line":"Court orders for advance, reimbursement, or indemnification","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-700.1\/"},{"id":72780,"section_number":"13.1-702","catch_line":"Advance for expenses and indemnification for officers","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-702\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":150275,"object_type":"law","relational_id":69826,"identifier":"13.1-698","token":"13.1\/9\/10\/13.1-698","url":"\/13.1-698\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-698\/","token":"13.1\/9\/10\/13.1-698","dublin_core":{"Title":"Mandatory indemnification","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-698","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless limited by its articles of incorporation<\/span>, a corporation<\/span> shall indemnify a director<\/span> who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding<\/span> to which the director<\/span> was a party<\/span> because the director<\/span> is or was a director<\/span> of the corporation<\/span> against expenses<\/span> incurred by the director<\/span> in connection with the proceeding<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION (\u00a7 13.1-698)\n\nUnless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify a\ndirector who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense\nof any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director is or\nwas a director of the corporation against expenses incurred by the director in\nconnection with the proceeding.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 13.1-3.1; 1968, c. 570; 1975, c. 500; 1979, c. 99; 1985,\nc. 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}}