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Unless otherwise provided in the certificate or articles of incorporation, the term of those officers shall be not less than one year nor more than three years or until their successors are elected or selected and qualified.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":236250,"text":"Unless the certificate or articles of incorporation provides otherwise, the directors shall elect from their number a president. The directors shall also elect a secretary, treasurer, and any additional officers they consider necessary, who may or may not be members. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one person. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 317 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 1952 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. 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 1986, chapter 562.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":213857,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64940,"identifier":"38.2-2510","token":"38.2\/25\/2\/38.2-2510","url":"\/38.2-2510\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/38.2-2510\/","token":"38.2\/25\/2\/38.2-2510","dublin_core":{"Title":"Officers","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 38.2-2510","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Unless the certificate or articles of incorporation provides otherwise, the directors shall elect from their number a president. The directors shall also elect a secretary, treasurer, and any additional officers they consider necessary, who may or may not be members. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by one <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate or articles of incorporation, the term of those officers shall be not less than one year nor more than three years or until their successors are elected or selected and qualified.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nOFFICERS (\u00a7 38.2-2510)\n\nUnless the certificate or articles of incorporation provides otherwise, the\ndirectors shall elect from their number a president. The directors shall also\nelect a secretary, treasurer, and any additional officers they consider\nnecessary, who may or may not be members. The offices of secretary and treasurer\nmay be held by one person. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate or\narticles of incorporation, the term of those officers shall be not less than one\nyear nor more than three years or until their successors are elected or selected\nand qualified.\n\nHISTORY: 1952, c. 317, \u00a7 38.1-667.1; 1986, c. 562.","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}}