                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION (§ 13.1-316)

Articles of incorporation shall be signed in triplicate by each of the
incorporators and acknowledged by them, if natural persons, and, if
associations, by the president and secretary of each such association, before an
officer authorized to take acknowledgments, and shall state:

a. The name of the association which shall be distinguishable upon the records
of the Commission from the name of any association or corporation, whether
issuing shares or not issuing shares, limited liability company, business trust
or limited partnership existing under the laws of this Commonwealth, or the name
of any foreign corporation, whether issuing shares or not issuing shares,
limited liability company, business trust or limited partnership authorized to
transact business in this Commonwealth, or any corporate, limited liability
company, business trust or limited partnership name reserved or registered as
provided by law;

b. The address of its initial registered office (including both (i) the
post-office address with street and number, if any, and (ii) the name of the
county or city in which it is located) and the name of its initial registered
agent at such address and that the agent is either (i) an individual who is a
resident of Virginia and either a director of the corporation or a member of the
Virginia State Bar or (ii) a domestic or foreign stock or nonstock corporation,
limited liability company or registered limited liability partnership authorized
to transact business in this Commonwealth;

c. Its purposes;

d. Whether organized with or without capital stock; and if organized with
capital stock, a description thereof in accordance with the requirements of
&#xA7; 13.1-619;

e. If organized without capital stock, whether the property rights and interests
of each member are equal or unequal; if unequal, the rule by which such rights
and interests shall be determined;

f. The maximum number of directors, not less than five, who are to manage the
affairs of the association;

g. The number of directors constituting the initial board of directors and the
names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors;

h. If the duration of a corporation is not to be perpetual, the period of its
duration;

i. The articles may also contain any other provisions, consistent with law for
regulating the association&#8217;s business or the conduct of its affairs, the
establishment of election districts, the election of delegates to represent the
members residing therein and the election of directors to represent such
election districts, either directly or indirectly by said delegates, for voting
by proxy or mail ballot and the issuance, retirement and transfer of membership
certificates and stock.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 13-257; 1956, c. 428; 1958, c. 564; 2001, cc. 517, 541;
2003, c. 592.