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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>85070</law_id><section_number>13.1-614.6</section_number><catch_line>Effect of ratification</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><p>From and after the <span class="dictionary">validation effective time</span>, and without regard to the 120-day period during which a claim may be brought under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Commission proceedings regarding validity of corporate actions" href="/13.1-614.8/">13.1-614.8</a>:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">defective corporate action</span> ratified in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Ratification of defective corporate actions" href="/13.1-614.3/">13.1-614.3</a> shall not be void or voidable as a result of the <span class="dictionary">failure of authorization</span> identified in the action taken under subsection A or B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Ratification of defective corporate actions" href="/13.1-614.3/">13.1-614.3</a> and shall be deemed a valid corporate action effective as of the <span class="dictionary">date of the <span class="dictionary">defective corporate action</span></span>; <a id="paragraph-304885" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-614.6/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The issuance of each putative share or fraction of a putative share purportedly issued pursuant to a <span class="dictionary">defective corporate action</span> identified in the action taken under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Ratification of defective corporate actions" href="/13.1-614.3/">13.1-614.3</a> shall not be void or voidable, and each such putative share or fraction of a putative share shall be deemed to be an identical share or fraction of a valid share as of the time it was purportedly issued; and <a id="paragraph-304886" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-614.6/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any corporate action taken subsequent to the <span class="dictionary">defective corporate action</span> ratified in accordance with this article in reliance on such <span class="dictionary">defective corporate action</span> having been validly effected and any subsequent <span class="dictionary">defective corporate action</span> resulting directly or indirectly from such original <span class="dictionary">defective corporate action</span> shall be valid as of the time taken. <a id="paragraph-304887" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-614.6/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
