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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75405</law_id><section_number>13.1-772</section_number><catch_line>Scope of inspection right</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-771</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="18">Records and Reports</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> may appoint an agent or attorney to exercise the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>&#x2019;s inspection and copying rights under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Inspection of records by shareholders" href="/13.1-771/">13.1-771</a>. <a id="paragraph-270679" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-772/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may, if reasonable, satisfy the right of a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> to copy records by furnishing the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> copies by photocopy or other means chosen by the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, including furnishing copies through an <span class="dictionary">electronic transmission</span>. <a id="paragraph-270680" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-772/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may comply with a <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>&#x2019;s demand to inspect the record of <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> under subdivision C 3 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Inspection of records by shareholders" href="/13.1-771/">13.1-771</a> by providing the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span> with a list of its <span class="dictionary">shareholders</span> that was compiled no earlier than the date of <span class="dictionary">delivery</span> of the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>&#x2019;s demand. <a id="paragraph-270681" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-772/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may impose a reasonable charge to cover the costs of providing copies of <span class="dictionary">documents</span> to the <span class="dictionary">shareholder</span>, which may be based on an estimate of such costs. <a id="paragraph-270682" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-772/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-47; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 2005, c. 765; 2010, c. 782; 2019, c. 734.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
