                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OPERATION OF ENTITY OR BUSINESS (§ 64.2-1630)

Subject to the terms of a document or an agreement governing an entity or an
entity ownership interest, and unless the power of attorney otherwise provides,
language in a power of attorney granting general authority with respect to
operation of an entity or business authorizes the agent to:

1. Operate, buy, sell, enlarge, reduce, or terminate an ownership interest;

2. Perform a duty or discharge a liability and exercise in person or by proxy a
right, power, privilege, or option that the principal has, may have, or claims
to have;

3. Enforce the terms of an ownership agreement;

4. Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution of,
settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation to
which the principal is a party because of an ownership interest;

5. Exercise in person or by proxy, or enforce by litigation or otherwise, a
right, power, privilege, or option the principal has or claims to have as the
holder of stocks and bonds;

6. Initiate, participate in, submit to alternative dispute resolution of,
settle, oppose, or propose or accept a compromise with respect to litigation to
which the principal is a party concerning stocks and bonds;

7. With respect to an entity or business owned solely by the principal:
			a. Continue, modify, renegotiate, extend, and terminate a contract made by or
on behalf of the principal with respect to the entity or business before
execution of the power of attorney;
			b. Determine (i) the location of its operation; (ii) the nature and extent of
its business; (iii) the methods of manufacturing, selling, merchandising,
financing, accounting, and advertising employed in its operation; (iv) the
amount and types of insurance carried; and (v) the mode of engaging,
compensating, and dealing with its employees and accountants, attorneys, or
other advisors;
			c. Change the name or form of organization under which the entity or business
is operated and enter into an ownership agreement with other persons to take
over all or part of the operation of the entity or business; and
			d. Demand and receive money due or claimed by the principal or on the
principal&#8217;s behalf in the operation of the entity or business and control
and disburse the money in the operation of the entity or business;

8. Put additional capital into an entity or business in which the principal has
an interest;

9. Join in a plan of reorganization, consolidation, conversion, domestication,
or merger of the entity or business;

10. Sell or liquidate all or part of an entity or business;

11. Establish the value of an entity or business under a buyout agreement to
which the principal is a party;

12. Prepare, sign, file, and deliver reports, compilations of information,
returns, or other papers with respect to an entity or business and make related
payments; and

13. Pay, compromise, or contest taxes, assessments, fines, or penalties and
perform any other act to protect the principal from illegal or unnecessary
taxation, assessments, fines, or penalties, with respect to an entity or
business, including attempts to recover, in any manner permitted by law, money
paid before or after the execution of the power of attorney.

HISTORY: 2010, cc. 455, 632, § 26-103; 2012, c. 614.