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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57936</law_id><section_number>13.1-753</section_number><catch_line>Involuntary termination of corporate existence</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="16">Dissolution</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The corporate existence of a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may be terminated involuntarily by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> when it finds that the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> (i) has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by <span class="dictionary">law</span>; (ii) has failed to maintain a registered office or a registered agent in this Commonwealth as required by <span class="dictionary">law</span>; (iii) has failed to file any <span class="dictionary">document</span> required by this chapter to be filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; or (iv) has been convicted for a violation of 8 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1324a(f), as amended, for actions of its officers and directors constituting a pattern or practice of employing unauthorized aliens in the Commonwealth. Upon termination, the properties and affairs of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall pass automatically to its directors as trustees in <span class="dictionary">liquidation</span>. The trustees then shall proceed to collect the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>; sell, convey and dispose of such of its properties as are not to be distributed in kind to its <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span>; pay, satisfy and discharge its liabilities and obligations; and do all other acts required to liquidate its business and affairs. After paying or adequately providing for the payment of all its obligations, the trustees shall distribute the remainder of its <span class="dictionary">assets</span>, either in cash or in kind, among its <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> according to their respective rights and <span class="dictionary">interests</span>. A <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> whose existence is terminated pursuant to clause (iv) shall not be eligible for reinstatement for a period of not less than one year. <a id="paragraph-212189" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-753/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> convicted of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> listed in clause (iv) of subsection A shall immediately report such <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> an authenticated copy of the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> or record of <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>. <a id="paragraph-212190" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-753/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Before entering any such <span class="dictionary">order</span> the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a rule against the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> giving it an opportunity to be heard and show cause why such an <span class="dictionary">order</span> should not be entered. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> the rule on its own <span class="dictionary">motion</span> or on <span class="dictionary">motion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>. <a id="paragraph-212191" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-753/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-93; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c. 506; 1968, c. 116; 1975, cc. 88, 500; 1985, c. 522; 1991, c. 310; 2008, cc. 588, 770.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
