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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67828</law_id><section_number>8.01-636</section_number><catch_line>In what cases writ issued</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>8.01-637</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="25">Extraordinary Writs</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Writ of Quo Warranto</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">writ</span> of quo warranto may be issued and prosecuted in the name of the Commonwealth in any of the following cases:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Against a domestic corporation, other than a municipal corporation, for the misuse or nonuse of its corporate <span class="dictionary">privileges</span> and franchises, or for the exercise of a <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> or franchise not conferred upon it by <span class="dictionary">law</span>, or when a charter of incorporation has been obtained by it for a fraudulent purpose, or for a purpose not authorized by <span class="dictionary">law</span>; <a id="paragraph-245652" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-636/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Against a <span class="dictionary">person</span> for the misuse or nonuse of any <span class="dictionary">privilege</span> conferred upon him by <span class="dictionary">law</span>;
			2a. Against a <span class="dictionary">person</span> engaged in the practice of any profession without being duly authorized or licensed to do so; <a id="paragraph-245653" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-636/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Against any <span class="dictionary">person</span> or <span class="dictionary">persons</span> acting as a corporation, other than a municipal corporation, without authority of <span class="dictionary">law</span>; and <a id="paragraph-245654" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-636/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Against any <span class="dictionary">person</span> who intrudes into or usurps any public office. But no <span class="dictionary">writ</span> shall be issued or prosecuted against any <span class="dictionary">person</span> now in office for any cause which would have been available in support of a proceeding to contest his election.
			Provided that nothing herein shall be construed to give <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> to any <span class="dictionary">court</span> to <span class="dictionary">judge</span> the election, qualifications, or returns of the members of either house of the General Assembly. <a id="paragraph-245655" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/8.01-636/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-857; 1977, c. 617; 1980, c. 705.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
