{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-13.1-698","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 13.1-698","heading":"Mandatory indemnification","body":"Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, a corporation shall indemnify a director who was wholly successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was a party because the director is or was a director of the corporation against expenses incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.Code 1950, § 13.1-3.1; 1968, c. 570; 1975, c. 500; 1979, c. 99; 1985, c. 522; 2019, c. 734.","path":["Title 13.1. Corporations","Chapter 9. Virginia Stock Corporation Act","Article 10. Indemnification"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/13.1-698/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:14Z","sha256":"2dfb95561c26f2e5d0334341d67e432f7f374c0a62b355b20166b74f26acbc61","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-13.1-697","next":"us-va/va.-code-13.1-699"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}