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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>60436</law_id><section_number>13.1-722.9</section_number><catch_line>Conversion</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="12.2">Conversion</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> By complying with this article, a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> may become (i) a domestic <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> or (ii) a foreign <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> if the <span class="dictionary">conversion</span> is permitted by the <span class="dictionary">organic law</span> of the foreign entity. <a id="paragraph-220974" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.9/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> By complying with this article and applicable provisions of its <span class="dictionary">organic law</span>, a domestic <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> may become a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span>. If procedures for the approval of a <span class="dictionary">conversion</span> are not provided by the <span class="dictionary">organic law</span> or <span class="dictionary">organic rules</span> of a domestic <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span>, the <span class="dictionary">conversion</span> shall be adopted and approved in the same manner as a <span class="dictionary">merger</span> of that <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span>. If the <span class="dictionary">organic law</span> or <span class="dictionary">organic rules</span> of a domestic <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> do not provide procedures for the approval of either a <span class="dictionary">conversion</span> or a <span class="dictionary">merger</span>, a plan of <span class="dictionary">conversion</span> may nonetheless be adopted and approved by the unanimous consent of all the <span class="dictionary">interest holders</span> of such <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span>. In either such case, the <span class="dictionary">conversion</span> thereafter may be effected as provided in the other provisions of this article, and for purposes of applying this article in such a case: <a id="paragraph-220975" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.9/#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">eligible entity</span>, its members or <span class="dictionary">interest holders</span>, <span class="dictionary">eligible interests</span>, and <span class="dictionary">organic rules</span> taken together, shall be deemed to be a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span>, <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span>, <span class="dictionary">shares</span>, and <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span>, respectively and vice versa, as the context may require; and <a id="paragraph-220976" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.9/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the business and affairs of the <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> are managed by a <span class="dictionary">person</span> or <span class="dictionary">persons</span> that are not identical to the members or <span class="dictionary">interest holders</span>, that <span class="dictionary">person</span> or <span class="dictionary">persons</span> shall be deemed to be the board of directors. <a id="paragraph-220977" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.9/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> By complying with the provisions of this article applicable to foreign entities, a foreign <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> may become a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> if the <span class="dictionary">organic law</span> of the foreign <span class="dictionary">eligible entity</span> permits it to become a corporation in another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> and it has complied with said law in effecting the <span class="dictionary">conversion</span>. <a id="paragraph-220978" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.9/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B, unless otherwise provided for in Chapter 2.2 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/50-73.79/">50-73.79</a> et seq.) of Title 50, a <span class="dictionary">domestic partnership</span> that has filed either a statement of partnership authority or a statement of registration as a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> that is not canceled may become a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> pursuant to a plan of <span class="dictionary">conversion</span> that is approved by the <span class="dictionary">domestic partnership</span> in accordance with the provisions of this article. <a id="paragraph-220979" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-722.9/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2001, c. 545; 2002, c. 1; 2016, c. 288; 2019, c. 734; 2020, c. 1226.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
