(a) Triplicate originals of the articles of incorporation, duly signed and acknowledged together with the filing fee required to be paid, shall be delivered to the Commission. If the Commission finds that the articles comply with the requirements of law and that all required fees have been paid, it shall by order issue a certificate of incorporation, which shall be admitted to record in its office. Upon the issuance of such certificate, it shall become effective in accordance with its terms. One original counterpart of the articles of incorporation, together with the certificate of incorporation issued by the Commission, shall be certified by the Commission to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services for filing and another counterpart shall be certified to the Director of the State Agricultural Extension Division for filing.
(b) For filing and recording the certificate of incorporation, an amendment to the certificate of incorporation, or a certificate of adoption, the association shall pay such fees as conform to the laws governing corporations generally. However, for filing the certificate of incorporation of an association organized without capital stock, the association shall pay ten dollars and for filing an amendment to the certificate of incorporation, two dollars and one-half. For certifying and transmitting copies as required by this section, the association shall pay a fee of one dollar per copy.
1956, c. 428.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 3 - Cooperative Associations
§ 13.1-301. Organization of cooperative associations; purposes; name; par value stock required
§ 13.1-301.1. Amendments to articles of incorporation
§ 13.1-301.2. Adoption, change or repeal of bylaws; subject matter
§ 13.1-302. Limitation of individual stockholding
§ 13.1-303. Investment in other stock
§ 13.1-304. Purchase of business by issue of shares of stock
§ 13.1-305. Rights of subscribers before full payment
§ 13.1-306. Distribution of earnings
§ 13.1-307. Permissible limitation of stock ownership or voting rights
§ 13.1-308. Limitation of use of "cooperative" in corporate name
§ 13.1-309. Other cooperatives may come under article
§ 13.1-309.1. Foreign cooperatives
§ 13.1-310. Cooperative associations may give certain liens on rotating stocks
§ 13.1-311.1. Provisions relating to dissolution of and revocation of certificates of associations
§ 13.1-312. Liberal construction of article
§ 13.1-314. Qualification of incorporators
§ 13.1-316. Articles of incorporation
§ 13.1-317. Filing and recording articles of incorporation
§ 13.1-318. Amendments to the articles of incorporation
§ 13.1-322. Membership or voting stock certificates; transfers; dividends; nonvoting stock
§ 13.1-323. General and special meetings; how called
§ 13.1-324. Directors generally; executive committee
§ 13.1-325. Removal of director
§ 13.1-326. Officers generally
§ 13.1-327. Removal of officer
§ 13.1-329. Marketing contracts; enforcement; inducing breach; spreading false reports
§ 13.1-330. Recordation of marketing contracts
§ 13.1-331. Associations are not in restraint of trade
§ 13.1-332. Voluntary dissolution
§ 13.1-334. Application to existing associations
§ 13.1-336. Limitations of the use of the word "cooperative."
§ 13.1-337. Foreign associations
§ 13.1-338. Purchasing business of other associations, persons, firms or corporations; stock issued
§ 13.1-339. Merger or consolidation
§ 13.1-340. Sale, mortgage or other disposition of assets
§ 13.1-343. Application of general corporation laws
§ 13.1-344. Existing associations continued
§ 13.1-345. Verification no longer required; signing instrument containing misstatement as perjury
§ 13.1-347. Formation of worker cooperative; purpose
§ 13.1-349. Application of other laws
§ 13.1-350. Revocation of election to be governed as worker cooperative; limitation on mergers
§ 13.1-351. Qualifications of members; membership shares
§ 13.1-353. Net earnings or losses; apportionment, distribution, and payment
§ 13.1-354. Internal capital accounts; redemption of shares; collective reserve account