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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>61426</law_id><section_number>13.1-944.7</section_number><catch_line>Abandonment of entity conversion</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="17.1">Conversion to a Limited Liability Company</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Unless otherwise provided in the plan of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span>, after a plan of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> has been adopted and approved by the converting <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> in the manner as required by this article, and at any time before the certificate of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> has become effective, the plan may be abandoned by the corporation without action by its <span class="dictionary">members</span> in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan or, if no procedures are set forth in the plan, in the manner determined by the <span class="dictionary">board of directors</span>. <a id="paragraph-224400" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.7/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If an <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> is abandoned after articles of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> have been filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> but before the certificate of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> has become effective, a statement of abandonment shall be signed on behalf of the converting <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span> and delivered to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for filing before the effective time and date of the certificate of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span>. If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the statement of abandonment complies with the requirements of <span class="dictionary">law</span>, it shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate of abandonment, effective as of the date and time the statement was received by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, and the <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become effective. <a id="paragraph-224401" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.7/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The statement of abandonment shall contain: <a id="paragraph-224402" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.7/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the converting <span class="dictionary">domestic corporation</span>; <a id="paragraph-224403" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.7/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The name of the converted entity set forth in the articles of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span>; <a id="paragraph-224404" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.7/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The date on which the articles of conversion were filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; <a id="paragraph-224405" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.7/#C3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The date and time on which the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s certificate of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> becomes effective; and <a id="paragraph-224406" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.7/#C4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A statement that the <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> is being abandoned in accordance with this section. <a id="paragraph-224407" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.7/#C5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2012, c. 706; 2015, c. 623; 2016, c. 288; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 487.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
