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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67797</law_id><section_number>13.1-1265</section_number><catch_line>Domestication</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="12">Domestication and Conversion</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span> may become a <span class="dictionary">domestic business trust</span> if the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">foreign entity</span> is formed authorize it to domesticate in another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. The <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth shall govern the effect of domesticating in this Commonwealth pursuant to this article. <a id="paragraph-245585" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1265/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">domestic business trust</span> not required by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to be a <span class="dictionary">domestic business trust</span> may become a <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span> if the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the business trust intends to domesticate allows for the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>. Regardless of whether the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the foreign <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> require the adoption of a plan of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>, the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> shall be approved in the manner provided in this article. The <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the business trust domesticates shall govern the effect of domesticating in that <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>. <a id="paragraph-245586" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1265/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 621; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 487.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
