{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-13.1-776","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 13.1-776","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:\"Asserted shareholder\" means an entity holding a certificate for one or more shares of stock of a corporation on which it is stated to be the owner thereof but which is not listed as a shareholder on the records of the corporation.\"Corporation\" shall have the meaning provided in § 13.1-603.\"Entity\" means one or more persons, partnerships, unincorporated associations, corporations or other organizations entitled to hold property in its own name.\"Lost shareholder\" means a shareholder shown by the records of a corporation to have been a shareholder for more than seven years but who, throughout that period, neither claimed a dividend or other sum nor corresponded in writing with the corporation or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file with the corporation and the corporation does not know the location of the shareholder at the end of such seven-year period.\"Shareholder\" means an entity shown by the records of a corporation to be the owner of one or more shares of its outstanding capital stock.Code 1950, § 13.1-156; 1979, c. 90; 1983, c. 190; 1985, c. 522; 2005, c. 765.","path":["Title 13.1. CORPORATIONS","Chapter 9. VIRGINIA STOCK CORPORATION ACT","Article 19. PROCEEDING FOR DETERMINATION OF SHAREHOLDERS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/13.1-776/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:14:14Z","sha256":"5865581f444f05ab44327ed409187cc6f2d0ae504cefa8d0ab5956c742607031","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-13.1-775.2","next":"us-va/va.-code-13.1-777"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}