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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?021+ful+CHAP0792\">792<\/a> 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. It has been modified 1 time. 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. That modification is as follows: in 2004, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?041+ful+CHAP0289\">289<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":163755,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75083,"identifier":"17.1-513.01","token":"17.1\/5\/1\/17.1-513.01","url":"\/17.1-513.01\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/17.1-513.01\/","token":"17.1\/5\/1\/17.1-513.01","dublin_core":{"Title":"Jurisdiction of circuit courts with respect to charitable assets","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 17.1-513.01","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> shall have the same subject matter <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> over matters pertaining to <span class=\"dictionary\">assets<\/span> of charitable corporations, incorporated in or doing any business in Virginia, as the <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">courts<\/span> have with respect to <span class=\"dictionary\">assets<\/span> held by unincorporated charitable trusts and other charitable entities, including the power to require accountings, appoint receivers, award <span class=\"dictionary\">damages<\/span>, and enter injunctive relief against such charitable corporations, their officers, directors, agents, employees and others as may be necessary to protect the public interest in such <span class=\"dictionary\">assets<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-269689\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/17.1-513.01\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Nothing contained in this section is intended to modify the standard of conduct applicable under existing <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> to the directors of charitable corporations incorporated in or doing any business in Virginia. <a id=\"paragraph-269690\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/17.1-513.01\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nJURISDICTION OF CIRCUIT COURTS WITH RESPECT TO CHARITABLE ASSETS (\u00a7\n17.1-513.01)\n\nA. The circuit courts shall have the same subject matter jurisdiction over\nmatters pertaining to assets of charitable corporations, incorporated in or\ndoing any business in Virginia, as the circuit courts have with respect to\nassets held by unincorporated charitable trusts and other charitable entities,\nincluding the power to require accountings, appoint receivers, award damages,\nand enter injunctive relief against such charitable corporations, their\nofficers, directors, agents, employees and others as may be necessary to protect\nthe public interest in such assets.\n\nB. Nothing contained in this section is intended to modify the standard of\nconduct applicable under existing law to the directors of charitable\ncorporations incorporated in or doing any business in Virginia.\n\nHISTORY: 2002, c. 792; 2004, c. 289.","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}}