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and6\n\nThe method of amending the bylaws.B\n\nSubject to the provisions of the declaration, the bylaws may provide for any other matters the association deems necessary and appropriate, including a provision for the arbitration of disputes or other means of alternative dispute resolution in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 55.1-2169.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":210737,"text":"The bylaws of the association shall provide for:","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"A1"},"1":{"id":210738,"text":"The number of members of the executive board and the titles of the officers of the association;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"A1","prefix_anchor":"A1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"A2"},"2":{"id":210739,"text":"Election by the executive board of a president, treasurer, secretary, and any other officers of the association the bylaws specify;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"A2","prefix_anchor":"A2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A1","next_prefix":"A3"},"3":{"id":210740,"text":"The qualifications, powers and duties, terms of office, and manner of electing and removing executive board members and officers and filling vacancies;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"A3","prefix_anchor":"A3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A2","next_prefix":"A4"},"4":{"id":210741,"text":"Which, if any, of its powers and responsibilities the executive board or officers may delegate to other persons or to a managing agent;","type":"section","prefixes":["A","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"A4","prefix_anchor":"A4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"A3","next_prefix":"A5"},"5":{"id":210742,"text":"Which of its officers may prepare, execute, certify, and record amendments to the declaration on behalf of the association; 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notice of pesticide application","url":"\/55.1-2139\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2139","metadata":false},{"id":75581,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2139.1","catch_line":"Electric vehicle charging stations permitted","url":"\/55.1-2139.1\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2139.1","metadata":false},{"id":71613,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2140","catch_line":"Meetings","url":"\/55.1-2140\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2140","metadata":false},{"id":75116,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2141","catch_line":"Quorums","url":"\/55.1-2141\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2141","metadata":false},{"id":68455,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2142","catch_line":"Voting; proxies","url":"\/55.1-2142\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2142","metadata":false},{"id":63917,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2143","catch_line":"Tort and contract liability","url":"\/55.1-2143\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2143","metadata":false},{"id":83581,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2144","catch_line":"Conveyance or encumbrance of the cooperative","url":"\/55.1-2144\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2144","metadata":false},{"id":80965,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2145","catch_line":"Insurance","url":"\/55.1-2145\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2145","metadata":false},{"id":86773,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2146","catch_line":"Assessments for common expenses","url":"\/55.1-2146\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2146","metadata":false},{"id":64409,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2147","catch_line":"Annual budget; reserves for capital components","url":"\/55.1-2147\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2147","metadata":false},{"id":60916,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2148","catch_line":"Remedies for nonpayment of assessments; lien; foreclosure","url":"\/55.1-2148\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2148","metadata":false},{"id":83139,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2149","catch_line":"Other liens affecting the cooperative","url":"\/55.1-2149\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2149","metadata":false},{"id":78680,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2150","catch_line":"Limitation of assumption of debt and encumbrances","url":"\/55.1-2150\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2150","metadata":false},{"id":61430,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2151","catch_line":"Association records","url":"\/55.1-2151\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2151","metadata":false},{"id":74718,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2152","catch_line":"Association as trustee","url":"\/55.1-2152\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2152","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":86214,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2136","catch_line":"Termination of contracts and leases of declarant","url":"\/55.1-2136\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2136","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":74592,"structure_id":15093,"section_number":"55.1-2138","catch_line":"Upkeep of cooperative","url":"\/55.1-2138\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2138","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/55.1-2137\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1982. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 277 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 1982 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 1993, chapter 849; in 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":82381,"section_number":"55.1-2169","catch_line":"Effect of violation on rights of action; attorney fees; arbitration of disputes","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2169\/"}],"permalink":{"id":247269,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57517,"identifier":"55.1-2137","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2137","url":"\/55.1-2137\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2137\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2137","dublin_core":{"Title":"Bylaws","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2137","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The bylaws of the <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span> shall provide for: <a id=\"paragraph-210737\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2137\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The number of members of the <span class=\"dictionary\">executive board<\/span> and the titles of the officers of the <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-210738\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2137\/#A1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Election by the <span class=\"dictionary\">executive board<\/span> of a president, treasurer, secretary, and any other officers of the <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span> the bylaws specify; <a id=\"paragraph-210739\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2137\/#A2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The qualifications, powers and duties, terms of office, and manner of electing and removing <span class=\"dictionary\">executive board<\/span> members and officers and filling vacancies; <a id=\"paragraph-210740\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2137\/#A3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> Which, if any, of its powers and responsibilities the <span class=\"dictionary\">executive board<\/span> or officers may delegate to other <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> or to a managing agent; <a id=\"paragraph-210741\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2137\/#A4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> Which of its officers may prepare, execute, certify, and record amendments to the <span class=\"dictionary\">declaration<\/span> on behalf of the <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span>; and <a id=\"paragraph-210742\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2137\/#A5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A6\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> The method of amending the bylaws. <a id=\"paragraph-210743\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2137\/#A6\"><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> Subject to the provisions of the <span class=\"dictionary\">declaration<\/span>, the bylaws may provide for any other matters the <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span> deems necessary and appropriate, including a provision for the arbitration of disputes or other means of <span class=\"dictionary\">alternative dispute resolution<\/span> in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Effect of violation on rights of action; attorney fees; arbitration of disputes\" href=\"\/55.1-2169\/\">55.1-2169<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-210744\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2137\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nBYLAWS (\u00a7 55.1-2137)\n\nA. The bylaws of the association shall provide for:\n\n   1. The number of members of the executive board and the titles of the officers\n   of the association;\n\n   2. Election by the executive board of a president, treasurer, secretary, and\n   any other officers of the association the bylaws specify;\n\n   3. The qualifications, powers and duties, terms of office, and manner of\n   electing and removing executive board members and officers and filling\n   vacancies;\n\n   4. Which, if any, of its powers and responsibilities the executive board or\n   officers may delegate to other persons or to a managing agent;\n\n   5. Which of its officers may prepare, execute, certify, and record amendments\n   to the declaration on behalf of the association; and\n\n   6. The method of amending the bylaws.\n\nB. Subject to the provisions of the declaration, the bylaws may provide for any\nother matters the association deems necessary and appropriate, including a\nprovision for the arbitration of disputes or other means of alternative dispute\nresolution in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 55.1-2169.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-463; 1993, c. 849; 2019, c. 712.","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}}