Va. Code Ann. § 13.1-761

Effect of certificate of authority

Known as the Virginia Stock Corporation Act

The act spans §§ 13.1-601–13.1-792 (265 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 114 Cal. App. 4th 434 - State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Superior Court (2003)

Most recently applied in Foti v. Western Sizzlin Corp. (February 2004)

Code 1950, §§ 13.1-102, 13.1-103, 13.1-108; 1956, c. 428; 1985, c. 522; 2019, c. 734; 2020, c. 1226.

A. A certificate of authority authorizes the foreign corporation to transact business in the Commonwealth subject, however, to the right of the Commonwealth to revoke the certificate as provided in this chapter.

B. A foreign corporation holding a valid certificate of authority shall have no greater rights and privileges than a domestic corporation. The certificate of authority shall not be deemed to authorize the foreign corporation to exercise any of its corporate powers or purposes that a foreign corporation is forbidden by law to exercise in the Commonwealth.

C. This chapter does not authorize the Commonwealth to regulate the organization or internal affairs of a foreign corporation authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth.

Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.