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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67257</law_id><section_number>13.1-910</section_number><catch_line>Receivership or custodianship</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="13">Dissolution</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">court</span> in a judicial <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> brought to dissolve a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> may appoint one or more receivers to wind up and liquidate, or one or more custodians to manage while the <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> is pending, the business and affairs of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall hold a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span>, after notifying all parties to the <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> and any interested <span class="dictionary">persons</span> designated by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, before appointing a receiver or custodian. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> appointing a receiver or custodian has exclusive <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> over the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> and all its property wherever located. <a id="paragraph-243753" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-910/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court</span> may appoint an <span class="dictionary">individual</span>, a <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span>, or a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span>, authorized to <span class="dictionary">transact business</span> in the Commonwealth, as a receiver or custodian. The <span class="dictionary">court</span> may require the receiver or custodian to post <span class="dictionary">bond</span>, with or without sureties, in an amount the <span class="dictionary">court</span> directs. <a id="paragraph-243754" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-910/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall describe the powers and duties of the receiver or custodian in its appointing <span class="dictionary">order</span>, which may be amended from time to time. Among other powers: <a id="paragraph-243755" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-910/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The receiver (i) may dispose of all or any part of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the corporation wherever located, at a public or private sale, if authorized by the <span class="dictionary">court</span>, and (ii) may sue and defend in his own name as receiver of the corporation in all <span class="dictionary">courts</span> of the Commonwealth; and <a id="paragraph-243756" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-910/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The custodian may exercise all of the powers of the corporation, through or in place of its <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span> or officers, to the extent necessary to manage the affairs of the corporation in the best <span class="dictionary">interest</span> of its <span class="dictionary">members</span> and <span class="dictionary">creditors</span>. <a id="paragraph-243757" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-910/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court</span> during a receivership may redesignate the receiver a custodian, and during a custodianship may redesignate the custodian a receiver, if doing so is in the best <span class="dictionary">interest</span> of the corporation, its <span class="dictionary">members</span>, and <span class="dictionary">creditors</span>. <a id="paragraph-243758" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-910/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> The <span class="dictionary">court</span> from time to time during the receivership or custodianship may <span class="dictionary">order</span> compensation paid and expense disbursements or reimbursements made to the receiver or custodian and the custodian&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">counsel</span> from the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the corporation or proceeds from the sale of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span>. <a id="paragraph-243759" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-910/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13.1-258, 13.1-259; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
