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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 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 2019, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0712\">712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":58552,"section_number":"55.1-2130","catch_line":"Master associations","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2130\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":247289,"object_type":"law","relational_id":75116,"identifier":"55.1-2141","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2141","url":"\/55.1-2141\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2141\/","token":"55.1\/IV\/21\/3\/55.1-2141","dublin_core":{"Title":"Quorums","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2141","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, a quorum is present throughout any meeting of the <span class=\"dictionary\">association<\/span> if <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> entitled to cast 20 percent of the votes that may be cast for election of the <span class=\"dictionary\">executive board<\/span> are present in <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> or by proxy at the beginning of the meeting. <a id=\"paragraph-269803\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2141\/#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> Unless the bylaws specify a larger percentage, a quorum is deemed present throughout any meeting of the <span class=\"dictionary\">executive board<\/span> if <span class=\"dictionary\">persons<\/span> entitled to cast 50 percent of the votes on that board are present at the beginning of the meeting. <a id=\"paragraph-269804\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/55.1-2141\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nQUORUMS (\u00a7 55.1-2141)\n\nA. Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, a quorum is present throughout any\nmeeting of the association if persons entitled to cast 20 percent of the votes\nthat may be cast for election of the executive board are present in person or by\nproxy at the beginning of the meeting.\n\nB. Unless the bylaws specify a larger percentage, a quorum is deemed present\nthroughout any meeting of the executive board if persons entitled to cast 50\npercent of the votes on that board are present at the beginning of the meeting.\n\nHISTORY: 1982, c. 277, \u00a7 55-466; 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}}