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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>71566</law_id><section_number>13.1-614.2</section_number><catch_line>Defective corporate actions</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="1.1">Ratification of Defective Corporate Actions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">defective corporate action</span> shall not be void or voidable if ratified in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Ratification of defective corporate actions" href="/13.1-614.3/">13.1-614.3</a> or validated in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Commission proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions" href="/13.1-614.8/">13.1-614.8</a>. <a id="paragraph-257968" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-614.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Ratification under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Ratification of defective corporate actions" href="/13.1-614.3/">13.1-614.3</a> or validation under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Commission proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions" href="/13.1-614.8/">13.1-614.8</a> shall not be deemed to be the exclusive means of ratifying or validating any <span class="dictionary">defective corporate action</span>, and the absence or failure of ratification in accordance with this article shall not, of itself, affect the validity or effectiveness of any corporate action properly ratified under this chapter, <span class="dictionary">common law</span>, or otherwise, nor shall it create a <span class="dictionary">presumption</span> that any such corporate action is or was a <span class="dictionary">defective corporate action</span> or void or voidable. <a id="paragraph-257969" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-614.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> In the case of an <span class="dictionary">over-issuance of shares</span>, <span class="dictionary">putative shares</span> shall be <span class="dictionary">valid shares</span> effective as of the date originally issued or purportedly issued upon: <a id="paragraph-257970" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-614.2/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The effectiveness under this article and under Article 11 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority to amend articles of incorporation" href="/13.1-705/">13.1-705</a> et seq.) of an amendment of the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> authorizing, designating, or creating such shares; or <a id="paragraph-257971" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-614.2/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The effectiveness of any other corporate action under this article ratifying the authorization, designation, or creation of such shares. <a id="paragraph-257972" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-614.2/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
