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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>83768</law_id><section_number>13.1-846</section_number><catch_line>Voting entitlement of members</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="7">Members and Meetings</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> <span class="dictionary">Members</span> shall not be entitled to vote except as the right to vote shall be conferred by the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> or if the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> so provide, in the bylaws. <a id="paragraph-300281" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-846/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> When <span class="dictionary">directors</span> or officers are to be elected by <span class="dictionary">members</span>, the bylaws may provide that such elections may be conducted by mail. <a id="paragraph-300282" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-846/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Unless the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> provide otherwise, in the election of <span class="dictionary">directors</span> every <span class="dictionary">member</span>, regardless of class, is entitled to one vote for as many <span class="dictionary">persons</span> as there are <span class="dictionary">directors</span> to be elected at that time and for whose election the <span class="dictionary">member</span> has a right to vote. <a id="paragraph-300283" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-846/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> has no <span class="dictionary">members</span> or its <span class="dictionary">members</span> have no right to vote, the <span class="dictionary">directors</span> shall have the sole <span class="dictionary">voting power</span>. <a id="paragraph-300284" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-846/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-217; 1956, c. 428; 1975, c. 500; 1982, c. 182; 1985, c. 522; 2002, c. 285; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
