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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 874<\/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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":62759,"section_number":"13.1-601","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-601\/"},{"id":63023,"section_number":"13.1-620","catch_line":"Special kinds of business","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-620\/"},{"id":54543,"section_number":"13.1-634","catch_line":"Registered office and registered agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-634\/"},{"id":76305,"section_number":"13.1-801","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-801\/"},{"id":79128,"section_number":"13.1-825","catch_line":"Purposes","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-825\/"},{"id":65090,"section_number":"13.1-833","catch_line":"Registered office and registered agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-833\/"}],"permalink":{"id":251473,"object_type":"law","relational_id":81005,"identifier":"56-231.48","token":"56\/9.1\/2\/56-231.48","url":"\/56-231.48\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/56-231.48\/","token":"56\/9.1\/2\/56-231.48","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability of other laws","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 56-231.48","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

All of the provisions of the Virginia Stock Corporation<\/span> Act, Chapter 9 (\u00a7 13.1-601<\/a> et seq.) of Title 13.1, and the Virginia Nonstock Corporation<\/span> Act (\u00a7 13.1-801<\/a> et seq.), insofar as not inconsistent with this article, are hereby made applicable to stock and nonstock cooperatives<\/span>, respectively, when the articles of incorporation are filed in the office of the Commission<\/span>; provided, however, that subsections D through G of \u00a7 13.1-620<\/a> and subdivision 1 of \u00a7 13.1-825<\/a> shall not apply to any affiliate<\/span> or subsidiary of a cooperative<\/span>. A cooperative<\/span> must have a registered office and a registered agent, pursuant to \u00a7 13.1-634<\/a> or \u00a7 13.1-833<\/a>, as appropriate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS (\u00a7 56-231.48)\n\nAll of the provisions of the Virginia Stock Corporation Act, Chapter 9 (\u00a7\n13.1-601 et seq.) of Title 13.1, and the Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act (\u00a7\n13.1-801 et seq.), insofar as not inconsistent with this article, are hereby\nmade applicable to stock and nonstock cooperatives, respectively, when the\narticles of incorporation are filed in the office of the Commission; provided,\nhowever, that subsections D through G of \u00a7 13.1-620 and subdivision 1 of \u00a7\n13.1-825 shall not apply to any affiliate or subsidiary of a cooperative. A\ncooperative must have a registered office and a registered agent, pursuant to \u00a7\n13.1-634 or \u00a7 13.1-833, as appropriate.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, c. 874.","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}}