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Va. Code Ann. § 49-7 (2026)

Affidavits for corporations, partnerships, and other entities

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An affidavit filed for a corporation or other entity may be made by its president, vice-president, general manager, cashier, treasurer, a director or attorney without any special authorization therefor, or by any person authorized by a majority of its stockholders, directors, partners or members to make the same.

Code 1919, § 276; 1986, c. 616.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1987–2017 · leading case: In Re Terry, 262 B.R. 657 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2001).
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In Re Terry, 262 B.R. 657 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2001). · cites it 8× “Va. Code Ann. § 49-7 (1998 RepLVol.) Because Virginia Code § 49-7 provides that a corporate president may make an affidavit for a corporation, this court finds it unlikely that today a Virginia court would reach the same result as Clement.”
Desai v. A. R. Design Grp., Inc., 799 S.E.2d 506 (Va. 2017). · cites it 2× “We note that Code § 49-7, enacted after our decision in Clement , provides in relevant part that "[a]n affidavit filed for a corporation or other entity may be made by its president, vice-president, general manager, cashier, treasurer, a director or attorney without any special…”
Bell v. Arlington Cnty., 673 F. Supp. 767 (E.D. Va. 1987). · cites it 6× “Plaintiff has moved for summary judgment on her claim for declaratory injunc-tive relief relative to Chapter 49 of the Arlington County Code, requesting the court to declare that the Code Section is unconstitutionally vague. The defendant Arlington County has opposed the motion…”
Diversified Dev. Co. v. Sendi, 34 Va. Cir. 390 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 1994). · cites it 4× “Subsequent to the decision in Clement , however, the Virginia Legislature enacted Va. Code § 49-7, which makes officers and directors agents of corporations as a matter of law, without requiring “any special authorization therefore.”
Prod. Servs. Corp. v. Vasquez, 16 Va. Cir. 371 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 1989). · cites it 2× “766 (1914); Section 49-7. However, there is no indication from the memorandum that McNair was acting in any representative capacity or even that Production Services is a corporation *373 under which McNair could possess some binding representative authority.”
N. Virginia Drywall, Inc. v. Lower, 32 Va. Cir. 251 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1993). “It is now expressly provided by statute that an affidavit: filed for a corporation or other entity may be made by its president.”
Night Owl Sec., Inc. v. Westchester Homes of Virginia, Inc., 29 Va. Cir. 188 (Loudoun Cir. Ct. 1992). “It is signed “Night Owl Security, Inc./ by: Louise Clark.” Nowhere in the memorandum, including the jurat, is Louise Clark identified as an agent of the corporation or as an individual having the capacity to execute the affidavit on behalf of the corporation.”
— Va. Code Ann. § 49-7(2) — 1 case
Bell v. Arlington Cnty., 673 F. Supp. 767 (E.D. Va. 1987). “Plaintiff has moved for summary judgment on her claim for declaratory injunc-tive relief relative to Chapter 49 of the Arlington County Code, requesting the court to declare that the Code Section is unconstitutionally vague. The defendant Arlington County has opposed the motion…”
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