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With respect to such interest, the business association shall be deemed the holder.B\n\nAny dividend or other distribution held for or owing to a person at the time the stock or other security to which such dividend or other distribution attaches is considered abandoned at the same time.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":238650,"text":"Any intangible interest in a business association, as evidenced by the stock records or membership records of the association, is presumed abandoned five years after the date of the most recent dividend or other distribution unclaimed by the apparent owner with respect to the stock or other interest or, if a dividend or other distribution has not been paid on the stock or other interest, or the stock or other interest is held pursuant to a plan that provides for the automatic reinvestment of dividends or other distributions, five years after the date of the second mailing of a statement of account or other notification or communication that was returned as undeliverable or five years after the date the holder discontinued the mailings to the apparent owner, whichever occurs earlier. 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This law was first created in 1970. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 158 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 1970 \u201cActs\u201d aren\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 1980, chapter 293; in 1981, chapter 47; in 1991, chapter 357; in 1995, chapter 624<\/a>; in 2019, chapter 712<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":62716,"section_number":"13.1-777","catch_line":"Institution of proceeding to determine shareholders","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-777\/"},{"id":84632,"section_number":"55.1-2522","catch_line":"Certain property not presumed abandoned in the Commonwealth","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2522\/"},{"id":53937,"section_number":"55.1-2524","catch_line":"Report and remittance to be made by holder of funds or property presumed abandoned; holder to exercise due diligence to locate owner","order_by":null,"url":"\/55.1-2524\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":247991,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65661,"identifier":"55.1-2511","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/1\/55.1-2511","url":"\/55.1-2511\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/55.1-2511\/","token":"55.1\/V\/25\/1\/55.1-2511","dublin_core":{"Title":"Intangible interest in business association","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 55.1-2511","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Any intangible interest in a business association<\/span>, as evidenced by the stock records or membership records of the association, is presumed abandoned five years after the date of the most recent dividend or other distribution unclaimed by the apparent owner<\/span> with respect to the stock or other interest or, if a dividend or other distribution has not been paid on the stock or other interest, or the stock or other interest is held pursuant to a plan that provides for the automatic reinvestment of dividends or other distributions, five years after the date of the second mailing of a statement of account or other notification or communication that was returned as undeliverable or five years after the date the holder<\/span> discontinued the mailings to the apparent owner<\/span>, whichever occurs earlier. With respect to such interest, the business association<\/span> shall be deemed the holder<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Any dividend or other distribution held for or owing to a person<\/span> at the time the stock or other security to which such dividend or other distribution attaches is considered abandoned at the same time. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nINTANGIBLE INTEREST IN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (\u00a7 55.1-2511)\n\nA. Any intangible interest in a business association, as evidenced by the stock\nrecords or membership records of the association, is presumed abandoned five\nyears after the date of the most recent dividend or other distribution unclaimed\nby the apparent owner with respect to the stock or other interest or, if a\ndividend or other distribution has not been paid on the stock or other interest,\nor the stock or other interest is held pursuant to a plan that provides for the\nautomatic reinvestment of dividends or other distributions, five years after the\ndate of the second mailing of a statement of account or other notification or\ncommunication that was returned as undeliverable or five years after the date\nthe holder discontinued the mailings to the apparent owner, whichever occurs\nearlier. With respect to such interest, the business association shall be deemed\nthe holder.\n\nB. Any dividend or other distribution held for or owing to a person at the time\nthe stock or other security to which such dividend or other distribution\nattaches is considered abandoned at the same time.\n\nHISTORY: 1970, c. 158, \u00a7 55-210.6:1; 1980, c. 293; 1981, c. 47; 1991, c. 357;\n1995, c. 624; 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}}