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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69141</law_id><section_number>13.1-872</section_number><catch_line>Required officers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-852.1</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="8">Directors and Officers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as provided in an agreement authorized by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Member or director agreements" href="/13.1-852.1/">13.1-852.1</a>, a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall have such officers with such titles and duties as shall be stated in the bylaws or in a resolution of the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> that is not inconsistent with the bylaws and as may be necessary to enable it to execute <span class="dictionary">documents</span> that comply with subsection F of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Filing requirements" href="/13.1-804/">13.1-804</a>. <a id="paragraph-250191" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-872/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> may elect <span class="dictionary">individuals</span> to fill one or more offices of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. An officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the bylaws or the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span>. <a id="paragraph-250192" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-872/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The secretary or any other officer as designated in the bylaws or by resolution of the board shall have responsibility for preparing and maintaining <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of minutes of the directors&#x2019; and <span class="dictionary">members</span>&#x2019; meetings and for authenticating records of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-250193" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-872/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The same <span class="dictionary">individual</span> may simultaneously hold more than one office in the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-250194" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-872/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-226; 1956, c. 428; 1982, c. 372; 1985, c. 522; 1994, c. 189; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
