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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71146</law_id><section_number>13.1-605</section_number><catch_line>Issuance of certificate by Commission; recordation of documents</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="9">Virginia Stock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">General Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Whenever this chapter conditions the effectiveness of a <span class="dictionary">document</span> upon the issuance of a certificate by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> the effectiveness of the <span class="dictionary">document</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall by <span class="dictionary">order</span> <span class="dictionary">issue</span> the certificate if it finds that the <span class="dictionary">document</span> complies with the requirements of <span class="dictionary">law</span> and that all required fees have been paid. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall admit any such certificate to record in its office. <a id="paragraph-256493" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-605/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Whenever the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> is directed to admit any <span class="dictionary">document</span> to record in its office, it shall cause it to be spread upon its record books or to be recorded or reproduced in any other manner the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may deem suitable. Except as otherwise provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may furnish information from and provide access to any of its records by any means the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may deem suitable. <a id="paragraph-256494" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-605/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-126; 1956, c. 428; 1982, c. 375; 1984, c. 295; 1985, c. 522; 1986, c. 231; 1987, c. 183; 1988, c. 405; 1989, c. 152.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
