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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63296</law_id><section_number>13.1-623</section_number><catch_line>Organization of corporation</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-614.3</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="3">Formation of Corporations</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> After incorporation: <a id="paragraph-230655" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-623/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If initial directors are named in the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span>, the initial directors shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the directors, to complete the organization of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> by appointing officers, adopting bylaws, and carrying on any other business brought before the meeting; or <a id="paragraph-230656" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-623/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If initial directors are not named in the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span>, the incorporator or incorporators shall hold an organizational meeting at the call of a majority of the incorporators:
				a. To elect a board of directors and complete the organization of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>; or
				b. To elect a board of directors who shall complete the organization of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-230657" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-623/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Action required or permitted by this chapter to be taken by incorporators or the initial directors at an organizational meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action taken is evidenced by one or more <span class="dictionary">written</span> consents describing the action taken and signed by each incorporator or initial director. <a id="paragraph-230658" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-623/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> An organizational meeting may be held in or out of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-230659" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-623/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-54; 1956, c. 428; 1972, c. 606; 1974, c. 71; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
