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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62001</law_id><section_number>13.1-722.5</section_number><catch_line>Articles of domestication; effectiveness</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="12.1">Mergers and Share Exchanges</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> After (i) a plan of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> of a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> has been adopted and approved as required by this chapter or (ii) a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> that is the <span class="dictionary">domesticating corporation</span> has approved a <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> as required under its <span class="dictionary">organic law</span>, articles of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> shall be signed in the name of the <span class="dictionary">domesticating corporation</span>. The articles shall set forth: <a id="paragraph-226293" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.5/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">domesticating corporation</span> and its <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction of formation</span>; <a id="paragraph-226294" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.5/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The original name, date of formation, <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction of formation</span>, and <span class="dictionary">entity</span> type of the <span class="dictionary">domesticating corporation</span> and its name, <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction of formation</span>, and <span class="dictionary">entity</span> type upon each subsequent <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> or conversion; <a id="paragraph-226295" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.5/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The plan of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>; <a id="paragraph-226296" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.5/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">domesticating corporation</span> is a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span>:
				a. The date the plan of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> was approved;
				b. A statement that the plan of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> was approved by the unanimous consent of the <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span>, or that the plan was submitted by the board of directors to the <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> in accordance with this chapter and was duly approved by the <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> in the manner required by this chapter and by the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span>;
				c. A statement that the corporation revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and appoints the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> as an agent for <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> in any <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> based on a <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> arising during the time it was incorporated in the Commonwealth;
				d. A mailing address to which the clerk may mail a copy of any process served on the clerk under subdivision c; and
				e. A commitment by the corporation to notify the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> in the future of any change in the mailing address of the corporation; and <a id="paragraph-226297" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.5/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">domesticating corporation</span> is a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span>, a statement that the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> is permitted by and was approved in accordance with the <span class="dictionary">organic law</span> of the <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-226298" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.5/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The articles of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> shall be delivered to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for filing. If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the articles of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> comply with the requirements of law and that all required fees have been paid, it shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>. <a id="paragraph-226299" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.5/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2001, c. 545; 2002, c. 1; 2015, c. 623; 2019, c. 734; 2020, c. 1226.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
