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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>79378</law_id><section_number>13.1-673</section_number><catch_line>Requirement for and duties of board of directors</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-689</reference><reference>13.1-745</reference><reference>38.2-1329</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="9">Directors and Officers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as provided in an agreement authorized by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Shareholder agreements" href="/13.1-671.1/">13.1-671.1</a>, each <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall have a board of directors. <a id="paragraph-284165" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-673/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of the board of directors, and the business and affairs of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> managed under the direction, and subject to the oversight, of the board of directors, subject to any limitation set forth in the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> permitted by subdivision B 3 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Articles of incorporation" href="/13.1-619/">13.1-619</a> or in an agreement authorized under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Shareholder agreements" href="/13.1-671.1/">13.1-671.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-284166" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-673/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-35; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 1990, c. 337; 2005, c. 765; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
