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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67292</law_id><section_number>13.1-642</section_number><catch_line>Subscription for shares before incorporation</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="7">Shares and Distributions</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A subscription for <span class="dictionary">shares</span> entered into before incorporation is irrevocable for six months unless the subscription agreement provides a longer or shorter period or all the <span class="dictionary">subscribers</span> agree to <span class="dictionary">revocation</span>. <a id="paragraph-243846" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-642/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The board of directors may determine the payment terms of subscriptions for <span class="dictionary">shares</span> that were entered into before incorporation, unless the subscription agreement specifies them. A call for payment by the board of directors must be uniform so far as practicable as to all <span class="dictionary">shares</span> of the same class or series, unless the subscription agreement specifies otherwise. <a id="paragraph-243847" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-642/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> <span class="dictionary">Shares</span> issued pursuant to subscriptions entered into before incorporation are fully paid and nonassessable when the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> receives the consideration specified in the subscription agreement. <a id="paragraph-243848" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-642/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">subscriber</span> <span class="dictionary">defaults</span> in payment of cash or property under a subscription agreement entered into before incorporation, the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may collect the amount owed as any other debt. The <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span>, bylaws, or the subscription agreement may prescribe other penalties for nonpayment but a subscription and the installments already paid on it may not be forfeited unless the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> demands the amount due by <span class="dictionary">written</span> notice to the <span class="dictionary">subscriber</span> and it remains unpaid for at least 20 days after the effective date of the notice. <a id="paragraph-243849" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-642/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> If a subscription for unissued <span class="dictionary">shares</span> is forfeited for nonpayment under subsection D, the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may sell the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> subscribed for. If the <span class="dictionary">shares</span> are sold by reason of any forfeiture for more than the amount due on the subscription, the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall pay the excess, after deducting the expense of sale, to the <span class="dictionary">subscriber</span> or the <span class="dictionary">subscriber</span>&#x2019;s representative. <a id="paragraph-243850" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-642/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> A subscription agreement entered into after incorporation is a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> between the <span class="dictionary">subscriber</span> and the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> subject to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Issuance of shares" href="/13.1-643/">13.1-643</a>. <a id="paragraph-243851" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-642/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13-98, 13.1-15; 1956, c. 428; 1972, c. 580; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 2005, c. 765; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
