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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76453</law_id><section_number>13.1-892</section_number><catch_line>Amendment of bylaws by board of directors or members</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><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><p>A <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> may <span class="dictionary">amend</span> or repeal the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s bylaws except to the extent that:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> or &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Bylaw provisions increasing quorum or voting requirements for directors" href="/13.1-893/">13.1-893</a> reserves that power exclusively to the <span class="dictionary">members</span>; or <a id="paragraph-274431" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-892/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">members</span> in repealing, adopting, or amending a bylaw expressly provide that the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> may not <span class="dictionary">amend</span>, repeal, or reinstate that bylaw. <a id="paragraph-274432" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-892/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
