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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>74509</law_id><section_number>56-489</section_number><catch_line>Limitation of use of words &amp;#8220;telephone cooperative.&amp;#8221;</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="56">Public Service Companies</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="16">Telephone Cooperatives Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>The words &#x201C;telephone <span class="dictionary">cooperative</span>&#x201D; shall not be used in the corporate names of <span class="dictionary">corporations</span> other than those formed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.</p></section></text><history>1950, p. 590; 1956, c. 434.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
