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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68983</law_id><section_number>13.1-878</section_number><catch_line>Advance for expenses</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-803</reference><reference>13.1-883</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="9">Indemnification</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may pay for or reimburse the reasonable <span class="dictionary">expenses</span> incurred by a <span class="dictionary">director</span> who is a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to a <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> in advance of final <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of the <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> if the <span class="dictionary">director</span> furnishes the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> a signed <span class="dictionary">written</span> undertaking, executed personally or on his behalf, to repay any funds advanced if he is not entitled to mandatory indemnification under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Mandatory indemnification" href="/13.1-877/">13.1-877</a> and it is ultimately determined under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Court orders for advances, reimbursement or indemnification" href="/13.1-879.1/">13.1-879.1</a> or <a class="law" title="Determination and authorization of indemnification" href="/13.1-880/">13.1-880</a> that he has not met the relevant standard of conduct. <a id="paragraph-249705" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-878/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The undertaking required by subsection A shall be an unlimited general obligation of the <span class="dictionary">director</span> but need not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment. <a id="paragraph-249706" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-878/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Authorizations of payments under this section shall be made by: <a id="paragraph-249707" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-878/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span>:
				a. If there are two or more <span class="dictionary">disinterested directors</span>, by a majority vote of all the <span class="dictionary">disinterested directors</span>, a majority of whom shall for such purpose constitute a quorum, or by a majority of the <span class="dictionary">members</span> of a committee of two or more <span class="dictionary">disinterested directors</span> appointed by such a vote; or
				b. If there are fewer than two <span class="dictionary">disinterested directors</span>, by the vote necessary for action by the board in accordance with subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Quorum and voting by directors" href="/13.1-868/">13.1-868</a>, in which authorization directors who do not qualify as <span class="dictionary">disinterested directors</span> may participate; or <a id="paragraph-249708" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-878/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">members</span>, but any <span class="dictionary">membership interest</span> under the control of a director who at the time does not qualify as a <span class="dictionary">disinterested director</span> may not be voted on the authorization. <a id="paragraph-249709" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-878/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 13.1-205.1; 1968, c. 689; 1975, c. 500; 1981, c. 57; 1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925; 2010, c. 171; 2015, c. 611.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
