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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70292</law_id><section_number>13.1-822</section_number><catch_line>Organization of corporation</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="10">Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="3">Formation of Corporations</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> After incorporation: <a id="paragraph-253797" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-822/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If initial <span class="dictionary">directors</span> are named in the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span>, the initial <span class="dictionary">directors</span> shall hold an organizational meeting, at the call of a majority of the <span class="dictionary">directors</span>, to complete the organization of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> by adopting bylaws, appointing officers, and carrying on any other business brought before the meeting or <a id="paragraph-253798" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-822/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If initial directors are not named in the articles, the incorporator or incorporators shall hold an organizational meeting at the call of a majority of the incorporators:
				a. To elect a <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> and complete the organization of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>; or
				b. To elect directors who shall complete the organization of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-253799" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-822/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Action required or permitted by this Act to be taken by incorporators at an organizational meeting may be taken without a meeting if the action taken is evidenced by one or more <span class="dictionary">written</span> consents describing the action taken and signed by each incorporator. <a id="paragraph-253800" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-822/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> An organizational meeting may be held in or out of the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-253801" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-822/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-234; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
