State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Virginia > Title-16-1 > Chapter-6 > 16-1-81-1§ 16.1-81.1. Certain corporations; pro se representation.
When the amount in controversy in any action at law in a general districtcourt does not exceed the sum of $2,500, exclusive of interest, attorney feescontracted for in the instrument, and costs, a corporate plaintiff ordefendant, the stock of which is held by no more than five persons and is notpublicly offered or planned to be publicly offered at the time of thelitigation, may be represented by an officer of that corporation who shallhave all the rights and privileges given an individual to represent, plead,and try a case without an attorney, provided that such officer has theunanimous consent of all the shareholders to do so.
(2009, c. 666.)
