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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66296</law_id><section_number>13.1-1280</section_number><catch_line>Scope of inspection right</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1279</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="13">Reports and Records</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">beneficial owner</span>&#x2019;s agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the <span class="dictionary">beneficial owner</span> he represents. <a id="paragraph-240757" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1280/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The right to copy records under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Inspection of records by beneficial owners" href="/13.1-1279/">13.1-1279</a> includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies made by photographic or other means. <a id="paragraph-240758" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1280/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">business trust</span> may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and <span class="dictionary">material</span>, for copies of any documents provided to the <span class="dictionary">beneficial owner</span>. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records. <a id="paragraph-240759" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1280/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">business trust</span> may comply with a <span class="dictionary">beneficial owner</span>&#x2019;s demand to inspect the record of <span class="dictionary">beneficial owners</span> under subdivision 3 of subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Inspection of records by beneficial owners" href="/13.1-1279/">13.1-1279</a> by providing him with a list of its <span class="dictionary">beneficial owners</span> that was compiled no earlier than the date of the <span class="dictionary">beneficial owner</span>&#x2019;s demand. <a id="paragraph-240760" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1280/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 621.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
