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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69281</law_id><section_number>13.1-681.1</section_number><catch_line>Removal of directors by judicial proceeding</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="9">Directors and Officers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> in the county or city in which the <span class="dictionary">principal office</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> is located, or, if none in the Commonwealth, in the county or city in which its registered office is located, may remove a director from office, and may bar the director from reelection for a period prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, in a <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> commenced by or in the right of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> if the <span class="dictionary">court</span> finds that (i) the director engaged in fraudulent conduct with respect to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> or its <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span>, grossly abused the position of director, or intentionally inflicted harm on the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> and (ii) considering the director&#x2019;s course of conduct and the inadequacy of other available remedies, removal would be in the best <span class="dictionary">interest</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-250638" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-681.1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> under subsection A shall comply with all of the requirements of Article 8.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Standing; condition precedent; stay of proceedings" href="/13.1-672.1/">13.1-672.1</a> et seq.) except for those set forth in subdivisions A 1 and 2 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Standing; condition precedent; stay of proceedings" href="/13.1-672.1/">13.1-672.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-250639" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-681.1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
