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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78442</law_id><section_number>13.1-906</section_number><catch_line>Effect of dissolution</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-911</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="13">Dissolution</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A dissolved <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> continues its corporate existence but may not transact any business except that appropriate to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs, including: <a id="paragraph-281199" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Collecting its <span class="dictionary">assets</span>; <a id="paragraph-281200" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Disposing of its properties; <a id="paragraph-281201" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Discharging or making provision for discharging its liabilities; <a id="paragraph-281202" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Distributing its remaining property; and <a id="paragraph-281203" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Doing every other act necessary to wind up and liquidate its business and affairs. <a id="paragraph-281204" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Dissolution of a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> does not: <a id="paragraph-281205" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Transfer title to the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s property; <a id="paragraph-281206" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Subject its <span class="dictionary">directors</span> to standards of conduct different from those prescribed in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="General standards of conduct for directors" href="/13.1-870/">13.1-870</a>; <a id="paragraph-281207" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Change quorum or voting requirements for its <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> or <span class="dictionary">members</span>; change provisions for selection, resignation, or removal of its directors or officers; or change provisions for amending its bylaws; <a id="paragraph-281208" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Prevent commencement of a <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> by or against the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> in its corporate name; <a id="paragraph-281209" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Abate or suspend a <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> pending by or against the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> on the effective date of dissolution; or <a id="paragraph-281210" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> Terminate the authority of the registered agent of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. <a id="paragraph-281211" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-906/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
