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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57867</law_id><section_number>13.1-714</section_number><catch_line>Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or shareholders</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-624</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="11">Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> may <span class="dictionary">amend</span> or repeal the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s bylaws. <a id="paragraph-211996" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-714/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s board of directors may <span class="dictionary">amend</span> or repeal the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s bylaws except to the extent that: <a id="paragraph-211997" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-714/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Bylaw provisions increasing quorum or voting requirements for the board of directors" href="/13.1-715/">13.1-715</a> reserves that power exclusively to the <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span>; or <a id="paragraph-211998" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-714/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Except as provided in subsection E of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Bylaws" href="/13.1-624/">13.1-624</a>, the <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> in amending, repealing, or adopting a bylaw expressly provide that the board of directors may not <span class="dictionary">amend</span>, repeal, or reinstate that bylaw. <a id="paragraph-211999" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-714/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> does not have a vested property right resulting from any provision in the bylaws. <a id="paragraph-212000" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-714/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13-10, 13.1-24; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 2005, c. 765; 2010, c. 782; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
