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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69628</law_id><section_number>13.1-898.6</section_number><catch_line>Effect of domestication</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="11.1">Domestication</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> When a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span>&#x2019;s certificate of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> in the Commonwealth becomes effective, with respect to that corporation: <a id="paragraph-251757" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-898.6/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The title to all real estate and other property remains in the corporation without reversion or impairment; <a id="paragraph-251758" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-898.6/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The liabilities remain the liabilities of the corporation; <a id="paragraph-251759" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-898.6/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> pending may be continued by or against the corporation as if the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> did not occur; <a id="paragraph-251760" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-898.6/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> attached to the articles of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> constitute the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> of the corporation; and <a id="paragraph-251761" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-898.6/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The corporation is deemed to:
				a. Be incorporated under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the Commonwealth for all purposes;
				b. Be the same corporation as the corporation that existed under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> or <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> in which it was originally incorporated or formerly domiciled; and
				c. Have been incorporated on the date it was originally incorporated or organized. <a id="paragraph-251762" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-898.6/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">member</span> or <span class="dictionary">director</span> of a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> that domesticates into the Commonwealth who, prior to the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>, was liable for the liabilities or obligations of the corporation is not released from those liabilities or obligations by reason of the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>. <a id="paragraph-251763" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-898.6/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2003, c. 374; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
