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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54846</law_id><section_number>13.1-911</section_number><catch_line>Decree of dissolution</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-916</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> If after a <span class="dictionary">hearing</span> the <span class="dictionary">court</span> determines that one or more grounds for judicial dissolution described in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Grounds for judicial dissolution" href="/13.1-909/">13.1-909</a> exist, it may enter a <span class="dictionary">decree</span> directing that the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall be dissolved. The clerk of the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall <span class="dictionary">deliver</span> a certified copy of the <span class="dictionary">decree</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, which shall enter an <span class="dictionary">order</span> of involuntary dissolution. <a id="paragraph-201249" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-911/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> After the <span class="dictionary">order</span> of involuntary dissolution has been entered, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall direct the winding up and <span class="dictionary">liquidation</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span>&#x2019;s business and affairs in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Effect of dissolution" href="/13.1-906/">13.1-906</a> and <a class="law" title="Distribution and plan of distribution of assets" href="/13.1-907/">13.1-907</a> and the notification of claimants in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Known claims against dissolved corporation" href="/13.1-908/">13.1-908</a>, <a class="law" title="Other claims against dissolved corporation" href="/13.1-908.1/">13.1-908.1</a>, and <a class="law" title="Court proceedings" href="/13.1-908.2/">13.1-908.2</a>. When all of the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> have been distributed, the <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall so advise the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, which shall enter an <span class="dictionary">order</span> of termination of corporate existence. <a id="paragraph-201250" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-911/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7;&#xA7; 13.1-262, 13.1-263; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 2007, c. 925.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
