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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>82176</law_id><section_number>13.1-823</section_number><catch_line>Bylaws</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> The incorporators or <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> of a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall adopt initial bylaws for the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-294552" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-823/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The bylaws of a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may contain any provision that is not inconsistent with <span class="dictionary">law</span> or the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-294553" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-823/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13-234, 13.1-212; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925; 2010, c. 171.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
