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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64529</law_id><section_number>13.1-607</section_number><catch_line>Correcting filed articles</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-606</reference><reference>13.1-614</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="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> Articles filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may be corrected if (i) the articles contain an inaccuracy; (ii) the articles were not properly authorized or defectively signed, attested, <span class="dictionary">sealed</span>, verified, or acknowledged; or (iii) the <span class="dictionary">electronic transmission</span> of the articles to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> was defective. <a id="paragraph-234848" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-607/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Articles are corrected by filing with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> articles of correction that: <a id="paragraph-234849" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-607/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Set forth the name of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> prior to filing; <a id="paragraph-234850" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-607/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Describe the articles to be corrected, including their effective date; <a id="paragraph-234851" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-607/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected; <a id="paragraph-234852" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-607/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Correct the inaccuracy or defect; and <a id="paragraph-234853" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-607/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> <span class="dictionary">State</span> that the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> authorized the correction and the date of such authorization. <a id="paragraph-234854" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-607/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the articles of correction comply with the requirements of <span class="dictionary">law</span> and that all required fees have been paid, it shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate of correction. Upon the issuance of a certificate of correction by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, the articles of correction shall become effective as of the effective date and time of the articles they correct except as to <span class="dictionary">persons</span> relying on the uncorrected articles and adversely affected by the correction. As to those <span class="dictionary">persons</span>, articles of correction are effective upon the issuance of the certificate of correction. <a id="paragraph-234855" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-607/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> No articles of correction shall be accepted by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> when received more than 30 days after the effective date of the certificate relating to the articles to be corrected. <a id="paragraph-234856" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-607/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 522; 2005, c. 765; 2007, c. 165; 2008, cc. 91, 509; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
