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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66203</law_id><section_number>13.1-840</section_number><catch_line>Court-ordered meeting</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-839</reference><reference>13.1-841</reference><reference>13.1-842</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="10">Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7">Members and Meetings</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the city or county where a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">principal office</span> is located, or, if none in the Commonwealth, where its registered office is located, may, after notice to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>, <span class="dictionary">order</span> a meeting of <span class="dictionary">members</span> to be held: <a id="paragraph-240467" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-840/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> On <span class="dictionary">petition</span> of any <span class="dictionary">member</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> entitled to participate in an annual meeting if an annual meeting was not held within 15 months after its last annual meeting or, if there has been no annual meeting, the date of its incorporation; or <a id="paragraph-240468" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-840/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> On <span class="dictionary">petition</span> of a <span class="dictionary">member</span> who signed a demand for a special meeting that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Special meeting" href="/13.1-839/">13.1-839</a> if:
				a. Notice of the special meeting was not given within 30 days after the date the demand was delivered to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s secretary; or
				b. The special meeting was not held in accordance with the notice. <a id="paragraph-240469" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-840/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court</span> may fix the time and place of the meeting, determine the <span class="dictionary">members</span> entitled to participate in the meeting, specify a <span class="dictionary">record date</span> for determining <span class="dictionary">members</span> entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting, prescribe the form and content of the meeting notice, and enter other <span class="dictionary">orders</span> necessary to accomplish the purpose or purposes of the meeting. <a id="paragraph-240470" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-840/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
