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VA Code § 13.1-1277 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 13.1 - Corporations|Chapter 14 - Virginia Business Trust Act|§ 13.1-1277. Abandonment of entity conversion

A. Unless otherwise provided in the plan of entity conversion, after a plan of entity conversion has been approved by the converting entity in the manner required by this article and at any time before the certificate of entity conversion has become effective, the plan may be abandoned by the converting entity without action by its trustees or partners, as the case may be, in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan or, if no such procedures are set forth in the plan:1. When the converting entity is a business trust, by a vote of the trustees of the business trust that is equal to or greater than the vote cast for the plan of entity conversion pursuant to subsection A of § 13.1-1274;2. When the converting entity is a domestic partnership, by a vote of the partners of the domestic partnership that is equal to or greater than the vote cast for the plan of entity conversion pursuant to subsection B of § 13.1-1274;3. When the converting entity is a domestic limited partnership, by a vote of the partners of the domestic limited partnership that is equal to or greater than the vote cast for the plan of entity conversion pursuant to subsection C of § 13.1-1274; and4. When the converting entity is an other entity, by a vote of the persons who had authority to approve the entity conversion on behalf of the other entity that is equal to or greater than the vote cast for the plan of entity conversion pursuant to subsection D of § 13.1-1274.B. If an entity conversion is abandoned after articles of entity conversion have been filed with the Commission but before the certificate of entity conversion has become effective, a statement of abandonment shall be signed on behalf of the converting entity and delivered to the Commission for filing prior to the effective time and date of the certificate of entity conversion. If the Commission finds that the statement of abandonment complies with the requirements of law, it shall issue a certificate of abandonment, effective as of the date and time the statement of abandonment was received by the Commission, and the entity conversion shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become effective.C. The statement of abandonment shall contain:1. The name of the converting entity and its entity type;2. The name of the resulting entity set forth in the articles of entity conversion;3. The date on which the articles of the entity conversion were filed with the Commission;4. The date and time on which the Commission's certificate of entity conversion becomes effective; and5. A statement that the entity conversion is being abandoned in accordance with this section.2002, c. 621; 2016, c. 288; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 487.
VA Code § 13.1-1278 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 13.1 - Corporations|Chapter 14 - Virginia Business Trust Act|§ 13.1-1278. Trust records

A. A business trust shall keep minutes of all meetings of its beneficial owners and trustees, a record of all actions taken by the beneficial owners or trustees without a meeting, and a record of all actions taken by a committee of the trustees on behalf of the business trust.B. A business trust shall maintain appropriate accounting records.C. A business trust or its agent shall maintain a record of its beneficial owners, in a form that permits preparation of a list of the names and addresses of all beneficial owners, in alphabetical order by class and series, if any, of beneficial interests showing the number and class and series, if any, of beneficial interests held by each.D. A business trust shall maintain its records in written form or in another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.E. A business trust shall keep a copy of the following records:1. Its articles or restated articles of trust and all amendments to them currently in effect;2. Its governing instrument and all amendments to it currently in effect;3. Resolutions adopted by its trustees creating one or more classes or series of beneficial interests, and fixing their relative rights, preferences, and limitations, if beneficial interests issued pursuant to those resolutions are outstanding;4. The minutes of all meetings of beneficial owners, and records of all action taken by beneficial owners without a meeting, for the past three years;5. All written communications to beneficial owners generally within the past three years; and6. A list of the names and business addresses of its current trustees and officers.2002, c. 621.
VA Code § 13.1-1279 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 13.1 - Corporations|Chapter 14 - Virginia Business Trust Act|§ 13.1-1279. Inspection of records by beneficial owners

A. Subject to subsection C of § 13.1-1280, a beneficial owner of a business trust is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at the business trust's principal office, any of the records of the business trust described in subsection E of § 13.1-1278 if he gives the business trust written notice of his demand at least five business days before the date on which he wishes to inspect and copy.B. A beneficial owner of a business trust is entitled to inspect and copy, during regular business hours at a reasonable location specified by the business trust, any of the following records of the business trust if the beneficial owner meets the requirements of subsection C of this section and gives the business trust written notice of his demand at least five business days before the date on which he wishes to inspect and copy:1. Excerpts from minutes of any meeting of the trustees, records of any action of a committee of the trustees while acting in or on behalf of the business trust, minutes of any meeting of the beneficial owners, and records of action taken by the beneficial owners or trustees without a meeting, to the extent not subject to inspection under subsection A of this section;2. Accounting records of the business trust; and3. The record of beneficial owners.C. A beneficial owner may inspect and copy the records identified in subsection B of this section only if:1. He has been a beneficial owner of record for at least six months immediately preceding his demand or is the holder of record of at least five percent of all of the outstanding beneficial interests;2. His demand is made in good faith and for a proper purpose;3. He describes with reasonable particularity his purpose and the records he desires to inspect; and4. The records are directly connected with his purpose.D. The right of inspection granted by this section may not be abolished or limited by a business trust's articles of trust or governing instrument.E. This section shall not affect:1. The right of a beneficial owner to inspect records, if the beneficial owner is in litigation with the business trust, to the same extent as any other litigant; or2. The power of a court, independently of this chapter, to compel the production of trust records for examination.2002, c. 621.
VA Code § 13.1-1280 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 13.1 - Corporations|Chapter 14 - Virginia Business Trust Act|§ 13.1-1280. Scope of inspection right

A. A beneficial owner's agent or attorney has the same inspection and copying rights as the beneficial owner he represents.B. The right to copy records under § 13.1-1279 includes, if reasonable, the right to receive copies made by photographic or other means.C. The business trust may impose a reasonable charge, covering the costs of labor and material, for copies of any documents provided to the beneficial owner. The charge may not exceed the estimated cost of production or reproduction of the records.D. The business trust may comply with a beneficial owner's demand to inspect the record of beneficial owners under subdivision 3 of subsection B of § 13.1-1279 by providing him with a list of its beneficial owners that was compiled no earlier than the date of the beneficial owner's demand.2002, c. 621.
VA Code § 13.1-1281 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 13.1 - Corporations|Chapter 14 - Virginia Business Trust Act|§ 13.1-1281. Court-ordered inspection

A. If a business trust does not allow a beneficial owner who complies with subsection A of § 13.1-1279 to inspect and copy any records required by that subsection to be available for inspection, the circuit court in the city or county where the business trust's principal office is located, or, if none in this Commonwealth, where its registered office is located, may summarily order inspection and copying of the records demanded at the business trust's expense upon application of the beneficial owner.B. If a business trust does not within a reasonable time allow a beneficial owner to inspect and copy any other record, the beneficial owner who complies with subsections B and C of § 13.1-1269 may apply to the circuit court in the city or county where the business trust's principal office is located, or, if none in this Commonwealth, where its registered office is located, for an order to permit inspection and copying of the records demanded. The court shall dispose of an application under this subsection on an expedited basis.C. If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it may also order the business trust to pay the beneficial owner's costs, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred to obtain the order if the beneficial owner proves that the business trust refused inspection without a reasonable basis of doubt about the right of the beneficial owner to inspect the records demanded.D. If the court orders inspection and copying of the records demanded, it may impose reasonable restrictions on the use or distribution of the records by the demanding beneficial owner.2002, c. 621.
VA Code § 13.1-1282 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 13.1 - Corporations|Chapter 14 - Virginia Business Trust Act|§ 13.1-1282. Construction and application of chapter and governing instrument

A. The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall have no application to this chapter.B. This chapter shall be construed in furtherance of the policies of giving maximum effect to the principle of freedom of contract and of enforcing governing instruments.C. To the extent any provision of this chapter is inconsistent with the provisions of Sections 856 through 859 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor provision, such provisions of the Internal Revenue Code shall prevail with respect to any business trust formed under this chapter that also qualifies as a real estate investment trust under such provisions.2002, c. 621.
VA Code § 13.1-1283 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 13.1 - Corporations|Chapter 14 - Virginia Business Trust Act|§ 13.1-1283. Reservation of power to amend or repeal

The General Assembly shall have the power to amend or repeal all or part of this chapter at any time and all domestic and foreign business trusts subject to this chapter shall be subject to the amendment or repeal.2002, c. 621.
VA Code § 13.1-1284 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 13.1 - Corporations|Chapter 14 - Virginia Business Trust Act|§ 13.1-1284. Application to existing real estate investment trusts and foreign business trusts

Unless otherwise provided, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all real estate investment trusts created under former Chapter 9 (§ 6-577 et seq.) of Title 6 and Chapter 9 (§ 6.1-343 et seq.) of Title 6.1 as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of this chapter. The declaration of trust of every such real estate investment trust heretofore organized in this Commonwealth shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.2002, c. 621.
VA Code § 13.1-1285 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 13.1 - Corporations|Chapter 14 - Virginia Business Trust Act|§ 13.1-1285. Property title records

A. Whenever the records in the office of the clerk of the Commission reflect that a domestic or foreign business trust has changed or corrected its name, merged into a domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, business trust, limited partnership or partnership, converted into a domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or partnership, or domesticated in or from another jurisdiction, the clerk of the Commission, upon request, shall issue a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or domestication. The certificate may be admitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk's office within the jurisdiction of which any property of the business trust is located in order to maintain the continuity of title records. The person filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due thereon.B. Whenever a foreign business trust has changed or corrected its name, merged into a corporation, limited liability company, business trust, limited partnership or partnership, converted into another type of business entity, or domesticated in another jurisdiction, and it cannot or chooses not to obtain a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or domestication from the clerk of the Commission pursuant to subsection A, a similar certificate by any competent authority of the foreign business trust's jurisdiction of formation may be admitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk's office within the jurisdiction of which any property of the business trust is located in order to maintain the continuity of title records. The person filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due thereon.2007, c. 771.
VA Code § 15.2-100 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-100. Charter powers not affected by title

Except when otherwise expressly provided by the words, "Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, general or special," or words of similar import, the provisions of this title shall not repeal, amend, impair or affect any power, right or privilege conferred on counties, cities and towns by charter.Code 1950, § 15-2; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-1; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-101 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-101. Certain laws and ordinances not affected by repeal of Title 15.1; validation of laws and ordinances adopted under § 15.1-522

A. The repeal of Title 15.1 effective as of December 1, 1997, shall not affect the powers of any locality with respect to any ordinance, resolution or by-law adopted and not repealed or rescinded prior to such date.B. The repeal of § 15.1-522 by this title shall not affect the exercise, by ordinance or otherwise, of any power conferred by this section upon any county which on November 30, 1997, was vested with such power and on or before such date exercised the power; and every power so conferred, vested and exercised is hereby continued in such cases.C. For the purposes of this section, all laws and ordinances heretofore adopted by any county authorized to adopt such law or ordinance under former § 15.1-522 are hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, notwithstanding noncompliance with any technical requirement of such section.1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-102 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-102. Definitions

As used in this title unless such construction would be inconsistent with the context or manifest intent of the statute:"Board of supervisors" means the governing body of a county."City" means any independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on the first day of July, nineteen hundred seventy-one, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law."Constitutional officer" means an officer provided for pursuant to Article VII, § 4 of the Constitution."Council" means the governing body of a city or town."Councilman" or "member of the council" means a member of the governing body of a city or town."County" means any existing county or such unit hereafter created."Governing body" means the board of supervisors of a county, council of a city, or council of a town, as the context may require."Locality" or "local government" shall be construed to mean a county, city, or town as the context may require."Municipality," "incorporated communities," "municipal corporation," and words or terms of similar import shall be construed to relate only to cities and towns."Supervisor" means a member of the board of supervisors of a county."Town" means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July one, nineteen hundred seventy-one, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law."Voter" means a qualified voter as defined in § 24.2-101.Code 1950, § 15-1; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-6; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-103 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-103. Name "Mount Vernon" reserved

The name "Mount Vernon" is reserved for the home and tomb of the late General George Washington in Fairfax County. The General Assembly shall not grant to any locality the right to use the name "Mount Vernon."Code 1950, § 15-24.4; 1956, c. 42; 1962, c. 623, § 15.1-34; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-104 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-104. Liens against real estate

Notwithstanding any provision contained in this title to the contrary, wherever this title provides for or authorizes a lien upon real estate for a local assessment, fee, rent or charge, other than real estate taxes, not paid when due, such lien shall not bind or affect a subsequent bona fide purchaser of the real estate for valuable consideration without actual notice of the lien unless, at the time of the transfer of record of the real estate to the purchaser, a statement containing the name of the record owner of the real estate and the amount of such unpaid assessments, fees, rents or charges is entered in the judgment lien book in the clerk's office where deeds are recorded or is contained in records maintained by the local treasurer for real estate tax liens pursuant to § 58.1-3930 with respect to the real estate against which the lien is asserted. Any such lien binding on the owner of the real estate at the time of sale or other disposition shall be paid from the sale or other proceeds as real estate taxes assessed thereon are required to be paid. The clerk shall cause such statement to be entered and properly indexed against the record owner of the real estate, for which the clerk shall be entitled to a fee of two dollars per entry, or such other fee as may be specifically provided for such purpose in this title, to be paid by the locality or other political subdivision asserting the lien and to be added to the amount of the lien. If the amount of such lien and all accrued interest due thereon are paid in full, the locality or other political subdivision asserting the lien shall deliver a certificate evidencing such payment to the person paying the same, and, upon presentation of such certificate, the clerk having record of the lien shall mark the entry of such lien satisfied, for which he shall be entitled to a fee of one dollar, or such other fee as may be specifically provided for such purpose in this title.1994, c. 525, § 15.1-37.3:13; 1996, c. 612; 1997, c. 587.
VA Code § 15.2-105 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-105. Penalty and interest for failure to pay accounts when due

Any person failing to pay, pursuant to an ordinance, any account due a locality on or before its due date, other than taxes which are provided for in Title 58.1, may, at the option of the locality, incur a penalty thereon of ten dollars or an amount not exceeding ten percent. The penalty shall be added to the amount of the account due from such person. No penalty shall be imposed for failure to pay any account if such failure was not in any way the fault of the debtor.Interest at the rate of ten percent annually from the first day following the day such account is due may be collected upon the principal and penalty of all such accounts.1984, c. 520, § 15.1-37.3:6; 1985, c. 342; 1989, c. 366; 1992, c. 229; 1997, cc. 587, 700.
VA Code § 15.2-106 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-106. Ordinances providing fee for passing bad checks to localities

Any locality may by ordinance provide for a fee, not exceeding $50, for the uttering, publishing or passing of any check, draft, or order for payment of taxes or any other sums due, which is subsequently returned for insufficient funds or because there is no account or the account has been closed, or because such check, draft, or order was returned because of a stop-payment order placed in bad faith on the check, draft, or order by the drawer.1973, c. 103, § 15.1-29.4; 1982, c. 20; 1997, c. 587; 1998, c. 502; 2004, c. 565; 2010, c. 708; 2011, c. 255.
VA Code § 15.2-107 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-107. Advertisement and enactment of certain fees and levies

All levies and fees imposed or increased by a locality pursuant to the provisions of Chapters 21 (§ 15.2-2100 et seq.) or 22 (§ 15.2-2200 et seq.) shall be adopted by ordinance. The advertising requirements of subsection F of § 15.2-1427, or § 15.2-2204, as appropriate, shall apply, except as modified in this section.The advertisement shall include the following:1. The time, date, and place of the public hearing.2. The actual dollar amount or percentage change, if any, of the proposed levy, fee or increase.3. A specific reference to the Code of Virginia section or other legal authority granting the legal authority for enactment of such proposed levy, fee, or increase.4. A designation of the place or places where the complete ordinance, and information concerning the documentation for the proposed fee, levy or increase are available for examination by the public no later than the time of the first publication.1987, c. 389, § 15.1-29.14; 1997, c. 587; 2005, c. 72.
VA Code § 15.2-107.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-107.1. Advertisement of legal notices on web sites

In addition to any requirements that a locality advertise legal notices in a newspaper having a general circulation in the locality, such notices may also be published on the locality's World Wide Web site.2000, c. 434.
VA Code § 15.2-107.2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-107.2. Alternative method for local government to give notice by mail

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, a locality may give notice by regular mail in any instance in which two or more notices are required for the same action, the first notice is required to be sent by certified or registered mail, and at least one notice has previously been sent by certified or registered mail. Such notice shall be sent to the last address available through government records.2011, c. 127.
VA Code § 15.2-108.1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 15.2 - Counties, Cities and Towns|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 15.2-108.1. Local fees charged to places of worship

Localities shall not charge any fee to any church, synagogue, or other place of worship unless authorized by general law or special act of the General Assembly. Nothing in this section shall apply to any fire prevention inspection fees.2012, c. 804.