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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72306</law_id><section_number>13.1-690</section_number><catch_line>General standards of conduct for director</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1229</reference><reference>13.1-646</reference><reference>13.1-727.1</reference><reference>13.1-728.9</reference><reference>13.1-788</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> A director shall discharge his duties as a director, including his duties as a member of a committee, in accordance with his good faith business <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of the best <span class="dictionary">interests</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-260450" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-690/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Unless a director has knowledge or information concerning the matter in question that makes reliance unwarranted, the director is entitled to rely on information, <span class="dictionary">opinions</span>, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, if prepared or presented by: <a id="paragraph-260451" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-690/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> One or more officers or employees of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> whom the director believes, in good faith, to be reliable and competent in the matters presented; <a id="paragraph-260452" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-690/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Legal <span class="dictionary">counsel</span>, public accountants, or other <span class="dictionary">persons</span> as to matters the director believes, in good faith, are within the <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s professional or expert competence; or <a id="paragraph-260453" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-690/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A committee of the board of directors of which he is not a member if the director believes, in good faith, that the committee merits confidence. <a id="paragraph-260454" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-690/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A director is not liable for any action taken as a director, or any failure to take any action, if he performed the duties of his office in compliance with this section. <a id="paragraph-260455" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-690/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">person</span> alleging a violation of this section has the burden of proving the violation. <a id="paragraph-260456" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-690/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13-206, 13-207, 13.1-44; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
