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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75677</law_id><section_number>13.1-1257</section_number><catch_line>Authorization for merger</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>50-73.128</reference><reference>50-73.48:1</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="11">Merger</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Unless the <span class="dictionary">governing instrument</span> provides otherwise, a <span class="dictionary">domestic business trust</span> may merge with or into one or more <span class="dictionary">business trusts</span> or other business entities formed or organized or existing under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of Virginia or any other state or the <span class="dictionary">United States</span> or any <span class="dictionary">foreign</span> country or other <span class="dictionary">foreign</span> <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>.</p></section></text><history>2002, c. 621.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
