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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75732</law_id><section_number>13.1-1246.3</section_number><catch_line>Reinstatement of a certificate of registration that has been canceled</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="9">Foreign Business Trusts</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span> whose certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth has been canceled may be relieved of the cancellation and have its certificate of registration reinstated by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> within five years of the date of cancellation unless the certificate of registration was canceled by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> entered pursuant to subdivision A 1 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Involuntary cancellation of registration" href="/13.1-1246.2/">13.1-1246.2</a>. <a id="paragraph-271937" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1246.3/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> To have its certificate of registration reinstated, a <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span> shall provide the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> with the following: <a id="paragraph-271938" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1246.3/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> An application for reinstatement, which may be in the form of a letter, that includes the identification number issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to the business trust; <a id="paragraph-271939" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1246.3/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A reinstatement fee of $100; <a id="paragraph-271940" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1246.3/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> All annual registration fees and penalties that were due before the certificate of registration was canceled and that would have been assessed or imposed to the date of reinstatement if the business trust had not had its certificate of registration canceled; <a id="paragraph-271941" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1246.3/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A duly authenticated copy of any amendments or corrections made to the <span class="dictionary">articles of trust</span> or other constituent documents of the <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span> and any mergers entered into by the <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span> from the date of cancellation of its certificate of registration to the date of its application for reinstatement, with an amended application for registration if required for an amendment or a correction, and all fees required by this chapter for the filing of such instruments; <a id="paragraph-271942" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1246.3/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If the name of the <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span> does not comply with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Name" href="/13.1-1214/">13.1-1214</a> at the time of reinstatement, an amended application for registration to adopt a designated name for use in the Commonwealth that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Name" href="/13.1-1214/">13.1-1214</a>, along with the fee required by this chapter for the filing of an amended application for registration; and <a id="paragraph-271943" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1246.3/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span>&#x2019;s registered agent has filed a statement of resignation and a new registered agent has not been appointed, a statement of change pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Change of registered office or registered agent" href="/13.1-1221/">13.1-1221</a>. <a id="paragraph-271944" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1246.3/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span> complies with the provisions of this section, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall enter an <span class="dictionary">order</span> of reinstatement, reinstating the <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span>&#x2019;s certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-271945" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1246.3/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2008, c. 101; 2013, c. 25.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
