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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70888</law_id><section_number>13.1-1234</section_number><catch_line>Dissolution generally</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1218</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14">Virginia Business Trust Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Dissolution</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">business trust</span> organized under this chapter is dissolved and its affairs shall be wound up upon the happening of the first to occur of the following events:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> At the time or on the happening of any events specified in writing in the <span class="dictionary">articles of trust</span> or a <span class="dictionary">governing instrument</span>; <a id="paragraph-255616" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1234/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Upon the unanimous written consent of the <span class="dictionary">beneficial owners</span>; <a id="paragraph-255617" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1234/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The entry of a <span class="dictionary">decree</span> of judicial dissolution under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Judicial dissolution" href="/13.1-1235/">13.1-1235</a>; <a id="paragraph-255618" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1234/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Automatic cancellation of its existence pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Automatic cancellation of business trust existence" href="/13.1-1238.1/">13.1-1238.1</a>; or <a id="paragraph-255619" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1234/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Involuntary cancellation of its existence pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Involuntary cancellation of business trust existence" href="/13.1-1238.2/">13.1-1238.2</a>. <a id="paragraph-255620" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1234/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 621; 2008, cc. 101, 588, 770; 2009, c. 167.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
