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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>64259</law_id><section_number>13.1-745</section_number><catch_line>Effect of dissolution</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-749</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="16">Dissolution</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A dissolved <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> continues its corporate existence but may not carry on any business except that appropriate to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs, including: <a id="paragraph-233901" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Collecting its <span class="dictionary">assets</span>; <a id="paragraph-233902" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Disposing of its properties that will not be distributed in kind to its <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span>; <a id="paragraph-233903" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Discharging or making provision for discharging its liabilities; <a id="paragraph-233904" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Making <span class="dictionary">distributions</span> of its remaining <span class="dictionary">assets</span> among its <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> according to their <span class="dictionary">interests</span>; and <a id="paragraph-233905" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Doing every other act necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs. <a id="paragraph-233906" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Dissolution of a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> does not: <a id="paragraph-233907" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Transfer title to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s property; <a id="paragraph-233908" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Prevent transfer of its <span class="dictionary">shares</span> or securities, although the authorization to dissolve may provide for closing the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s share transfer records; <a id="paragraph-233909" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Subject its directors to standards of conduct different from those prescribed in Article 9 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Requirement for and duties of board of directors" href="/13.1-673/">13.1-673</a> et seq.); <a id="paragraph-233910" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Change (i) quorum or voting requirements for its board of directors or <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span>; (ii) provisions for selection, resignation, or removal of its directors or officers; or (iii) provisions for amending its bylaws; <a id="paragraph-233911" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Prevent commencement of a <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> by or against the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> in its corporate name; <a id="paragraph-233912" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Abate or suspend a <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> pending by or against the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> on the effective date of dissolution; or <a id="paragraph-233913" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> Terminate the authority of the registered agent of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-233914" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#B7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">distribution</span> in <span class="dictionary">liquidation</span> under this section may only be made by a dissolved <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. For purposes of determining the <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> entitled to receive a <span class="dictionary">distribution</span> in <span class="dictionary">liquidation</span>, the board of directors may fix a future date as a <span class="dictionary">record date</span>. If the board of directors does not fix a <span class="dictionary">record date</span> for the determination, the <span class="dictionary">record date</span> is the date the board of directors authorizes the <span class="dictionary">distribution</span>. <a id="paragraph-233915" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-745/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13.1-83, 13.1-84; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
