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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78566</law_id><section_number>13.1-888</section_number><catch_line>Articles of amendment</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-889</reference><reference>6.2-1323</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="10">Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> amending its <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> shall file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> articles of amendment setting forth: <a id="paragraph-281562" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-888/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>; <a id="paragraph-281563" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-888/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The text of each amendment adopted or the information required by subdivision L 5 of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Filing requirements" href="/13.1-804/">13.1-804</a>; <a id="paragraph-281564" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-888/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The date of each amendment&#x2019;s adoption; <a id="paragraph-281565" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-888/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> If an amendment was adopted by the incorporators or the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> without <span class="dictionary">member</span> approval, a statement that the amendment was duly approved by the vote of at least two-thirds of the directors in office or by a majority of the incorporators, as the case may be, including the reason <span class="dictionary">member</span> and, if applicable, <span class="dictionary">director</span> approval was not required; <a id="paragraph-281566" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-888/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If an amendment was approved by the <span class="dictionary">members</span>, either:
				a. A statement that the amendment was adopted by unanimous consent of the <span class="dictionary">members</span>; or
				b. A statement that the amendment was proposed by the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> and submitted to the <span class="dictionary">members</span> in accordance with this Act and a statement of: <a id="paragraph-281567" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-888/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A51" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The existence of a quorum of each <span class="dictionary">voting group</span> entitled to vote separately on the amendment; and <a id="paragraph-281568" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-888/#A51"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A52" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Either the total number of votes cast for and against the amendment by each <span class="dictionary">voting group</span> entitled to vote separately on the amendment or the total number of undisputed votes cast for the amendment by each <span class="dictionary">voting group</span> and a statement that the number cast for the amendment by each <span class="dictionary">voting group</span> was sufficient for approval by that <span class="dictionary">voting group</span>. <a id="paragraph-281569" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-888/#A52"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the articles of amendment comply with the requirements of <span class="dictionary">law</span> and that all required fees have been paid, it shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate of amendment. <a id="paragraph-281570" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-888/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13-226, 13-227, 13.1-237, 13.1-238; 1956, c. 428; 1966, c. 218; 1975, c. 500; 1985, c. 522; 2002, c. 607; 2007, c. 925; 2012, c. 130.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
