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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57883</law_id><section_number>6.2-808</section_number><catch_line>Incorporation; corporate powers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>6.2-809</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Depository Institutions and Trust Organizations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Banks</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="2">Incorporation and Powers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">bank</span> may be incorporated under the Virginia Stock Corporation Act (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Short title" href="/13.1-601/">13.1-601</a> et seq.), but need not comply with the provisions of subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Corporate name" href="/13.1-630/">13.1-630</a>. <a id="paragraph-212023" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-808/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a <span class="dictionary">bank</span> shall: <a id="paragraph-212024" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-808/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Have all the powers conferred on corporations, and be subject to all restrictions imposed on corporations, by the Virginia Stock Corporation Act; <a id="paragraph-212025" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-808/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> its shares for any consideration except money at least equal in amount to the par value of its shares; and <a id="paragraph-212026" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-808/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Not <span class="dictionary">issue</span> no-par stock. <a id="paragraph-212027" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/6.2-808/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-10; 1956, c. 433; 1966, c. 584, &#xA7; 6.1-6; 1987, c. 556; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
