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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59425</law_id><section_number>13.1-851</section_number><catch_line>Change in quorum or voting requirements</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-814.1</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">articles of incorporation</span> may provide for a lesser or greater quorum requirement for <span class="dictionary">members</span> or <span class="dictionary">voting groups</span> of <span class="dictionary">members</span> than required by this chapter. <a id="paragraph-217773" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-851/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> An amendment to the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> that adds, changes, or deletes a quorum or voting requirement shall meet the quorum requirement and be adopted by the vote and <span class="dictionary">voting groups</span> required to take action under the quorum and voting requirements then in effect. <a id="paragraph-217774" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-851/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-218; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 1986, c. 321.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
