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VA Code § 50-73.58:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.58:1. Automatic cancellation of certificate of registration

A. Whether or not the notice described in subsection B of § 50-73.69 is mailed, if any foreign limited partnership fails to pay its annual registration fee on or before December 31 of the year assessed, such foreign limited partnership shall automatically cease to be authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth and its certificate of registration shall be automatically canceled as of that day.B. If any foreign limited partnership whose registered agent has filed with the Commission a statement of resignation pursuant to § 50-73.6 fails to file a statement of change pursuant to § 50-73.5 within 31 days after the date on which the statement of resignation was filed, the Commission shall mail notice to the limited partnership of impending cancellation of its certificate of registration. If the limited partnership fails to file the statement of change as of the last day of the second month immediately following the month in which the impending cancellation notice was mailed, the certificate shall be automatically canceled as of that day.C. The automatic cancellation of a foreign limited partnership's certificate of registration constitutes the appointment of the clerk of the Commission as the foreign limited partnership's agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign limited partnership was registered to transact business in the Commonwealth. Service of process on the clerk of the Commission under this subsection is service on the foreign limited partnership and shall be made on the clerk in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.D. Cancellation of a foreign limited partnership's certificate of registration does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the foreign limited partnership.2008, c. 586; 2013, c. 18.
VA Code § 50-73.58:2 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.58:2. Involuntary cancellation of certificate of registration

A. The certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth of any foreign limited partnership may be canceled involuntarily by order of the Commission when it finds that the foreign limited partnership:1. Has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred on it by law;2. Has failed to maintain a registered office or a registered agent in the Commonwealth as required by law;3. Has failed to file any document required by this chapter to be filed with the Commission;4. No longer exists under the laws of the state or other jurisdiction of its formation; or5. Has been convicted for a violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324a (f), as amended, for actions of its partners constituting a pattern or practice of employing unauthorized aliens in the Commonwealth.B. Before entering any such order, the Commission shall issue a rule against the limited partnership giving it an opportunity to be heard and show cause why such an order should not be entered. The Commission may issue the rule on its own motion or on motion of the Attorney General.C. The authority of a foreign limited partnership to transact business in the Commonwealth ceases on the date shown on the order canceling its certificate of registration.D. The Commission's cancellation of a foreign limited partnership's certificate of registration appoints the clerk of the Commission the limited partnership's agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the limited partnership was authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth. Service of process on the clerk of the Commission under this subsection is service on the foreign limited partnership and shall be made on the clerk in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.E. Cancellation of a foreign limited partnership's certificate of registration does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the foreign limited partnership.F. Any foreign limited partnership convicted of the offense listed in subdivision A 5 shall immediately report such conviction to the Commission and file with the Commission an authenticated copy of the judgment or record of conviction. A certificate of registration canceled pursuant to subdivision A 5 shall not be eligible for reinstatement for a period of not less than one year.2008, c. 586; 2009, c. 167.
VA Code § 50-73.58:3 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.58:3. Reinstatement of a certificate of registration that has been canceled

A. A foreign limited partnership whose certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth has been canceled may apply to the Commission for reinstatement within five years thereafter unless the cancellation was by order of the Commission entered pursuant to subdivision A 1 of § 50-73.58:2.B. To have its certificate of registration reinstated, a foreign limited partnership shall provide the Commission with the following:1. An application for reinstatement signed by a general partner of the foreign limited partnership, or, if there are no general partners, a limited partner, which may be in the form of a letter;2. A reinstatement fee of $100;3. All annual registration fees required by § 50-73.67 and penalties that were due before the certificate of registration was canceled and that would have been assessed or imposed to the date of reinstatement if the limited partnership's certificate of registration had not been canceled;4. A duly authenticated copy of any amendments or corrections made to the certificate of limited partnership or other constituent document of the foreign limited partnership and any mergers entered into by the foreign limited partnership from the date of cancellation of its certificate of registration to the date of its application for reinstatement, with an amended application for registration if required for an amendment or a correction, and all fees required by this chapter for the filing of such instruments;5. If the name of the foreign limited partnership does not comply with the provisions of § 50-73.56 at the time of reinstatement, an amended application for registration to adopt a designated name for use in the Commonwealth that satisfies the requirements of § 50-73.56, with the fee required by this chapter for the filing of an amended application for registration; and6. If the foreign limited partnership's registered agent has filed a statement of resignation and a new registered agent has not been appointed, a statement of change pursuant to § 50-73.5.C. If the foreign limited partnership complies with the provisions of this section, the Commission shall enter an order of reinstatement, reinstating the foreign limited partnership's certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth.2008, c. 586.
VA Code § 50-73.59 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.59. Transaction of business without registration

A. A foreign limited partnership transacting business in the Commonwealth may not maintain any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of the Commonwealth until it has registered in the Commonwealth.B. The successor to a foreign limited partnership that transacted business in the Commonwealth without registering in the Commonwealth and the assignee of a cause of action arising out of that business may not maintain a proceeding based on that cause of action in any court in the Commonwealth until the foreign limited partnership or its successor has registered in the Commonwealth.C. The failure of a foreign limited partnership to register in the Commonwealth does not impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign limited partnership or prevent the foreign limited partnership from defending any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of the Commonwealth.D. A limited partner of a foreign limited partnership is not liable as a general partner of a foreign limited partnership solely by reason of having transacted business in the Commonwealth without registration.E. Suits, actions, and proceedings may be initiated against a foreign limited partnership that transacts business in the Commonwealth without a certificate of registration by serving process on any general partner or agent of the limited partnership doing such business, or, if none can be found, on the clerk of the Commission or on the limited partnership in any other manner permitted by law. If any foreign limited partnership transacts business in the Commonwealth without a certificate of registration, it shall by transacting such business be deemed to have thereby appointed the clerk of the Commission its agent for service of process. Service upon the clerk shall be made in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.1985, c. 607; 2008, c. 523; 2013, c. 18.
VA Code § 50-73.60 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.60. Action by Attorney General

The Attorney General may bring an action to restrain a foreign limited partnership from transacting business in this Commonwealth in violation of this article.1985, c. 607.
VA Code § 50-73.61 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.61. Transactions not constituting transacting business

A. The following activities, among others, do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of this article:1. Maintaining, defending, or settling any proceeding;2. Holding meetings of its partners or carrying on any other activities concerning its internal affairs;3. Maintaining bank accounts;4. Maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange and registration of the partnership's securities or maintaining trustees or depositaries with respect to those securities;5. Selling through independent contractors;6. Soliciting or obtaining orders, whether by mail or through employees or agents or otherwise, if the orders require acceptance outside this Commonwealth before they become contracts;7. Creating or acquiring indebtedness, deeds of trust, and security interests in real or personal property;8. Securing or collecting debts or enforcing deeds of trust and security interests in property securing the debts;9. Owning, without more, personal property;10. Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within thirty days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature;11. For a period of less than ninety consecutive days, producing, directing, filming, crewing or acting in motion picture feature films, television series or commercials, or promotional films which are sent outside of the Commonwealth for processing, editing, marketing and distribution; or12. Serving, without more, as a general partner of, or as a partner in a partnership which is a general partner of, a domestic or foreign limited partnership which does not otherwise transact business in this Commonwealth.B. The term "transacting business" as used in this section shall have no effect on personal jurisdiction under § 8.01-328.1.C. The list of activities in subsection A of this section is not exhaustive. This section does not apply in determining the contracts or activities which may subject a foreign limited partnership to service of process or taxation in this Commonwealth or to regulation under any other law of this Commonwealth.1985, c. 607; 1987, c. 305; 1990, c. 343.
VA Code § 50-73.62 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.62. Right of action

A limited partner may bring an action in the right of a limited partnership to recover a judgment in its favor to the same extent that a stockholder may bring an action for a derivative suit under the Stock Corporation Act, Chapter 9 (§ 13.1-601 et seq.) of Title 13.1. Such action may be brought if general partners with authority to do so have refused to bring the action or if an effort to cause those general partners to bring the action is not likely to succeed. The derivative action may not be maintained if it appears that the plaintiff does not fairly and adequately represent the interests of the limited partners and the partnership in enforcing the right of the partnership.1985, c. 607.
VA Code § 50-73.63 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.63. Proper plaintiff

In a derivative action, the plaintiff shall be a partner at the time of bringing the action and (i) shall have been a partner at the time of the transaction of which he complains or (ii) his status as a partner shall have devolved upon him by operation of law or pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement from a person who was a partner at the time of the transaction.1985, c. 607; 1987, c. 702.
VA Code § 50-73.64 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.64. Pleading

In a derivative action, the complaint shall set forth with particularity the effort of the plaintiff to secure commencement of the action by a general partner or the reasons for not making the effort.1985, c. 607; 1987, c. 702.
VA Code § 50-73.65 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.65. Expenses

If a derivative action is successful, in whole or in part, or if anything is received by the plaintiff as a result of a judgment, compromise or settlement of an action or claim, except as hereinafter provided, the court may award the plaintiff reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, and shall direct him to remit to the limited partnership the remainder of those proceeds received by him. On termination of the derivative action, the court may require the plaintiff to pay any defendant's reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred in defending the action if it finds that the action was commenced without reasonable cause or the plaintiff did not fairly and adequately represent the interests of the limited partners and the partnership in enforcing the right of the partnership.1985, c. 607.
VA Code § 50-73.66 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.66. Annual registration fees to be assessed and collected by Commission; application of payment

The Commission shall assess and collect the annual registration fees imposed by this chapter. When the Commission receives payment of a registration fee assessed against a domestic or a foreign limited partnership, such payment shall be applied against any unpaid registration fees previously assessed against such limited partnership, including any penalties incurred thereon, beginning with the assessment that has remained unpaid for the longest period of time.1985, c. 607.
VA Code § 50-73.69 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.69. Penalty for failure to timely pay annual registration fee

A. Any domestic or any foreign limited partnership that fails to pay the annual registration fee into the state treasury within the time prescribed in § 50-73.67 shall incur a penalty of $25, which shall be added to the amount of the annual registration fee due. The penalty prescribed herein shall be in addition to any other penalty or liability imposed by law.B. The Commission shall mail to each domestic and foreign limited partnership that fails to pay the annual registration fee within the time prescribed in § 50-73.67 notice of assessment of the penalty imposed herein and of the impending cancellation of its existence or certificate of registration, as the case may be. A domestic limited partnership whose certificate has been canceled pursuant to this section is dissolved upon cancellation and shall be wound up pursuant to Article 8 (§ 50-73.49 et seq.) of this chapter.1985, c. 607; 1996, c. 255; 1998, c. 163; 2000, c. 52; 2004, cc. 274, 601; 2008, c. 586.
VA Code § 50-73.70 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.70. Payment of fees, fines, penalties, and interest prerequisite to Commission action; refunds

A. The Commission shall not file or issue with respect to any domestic or foreign limited partnership any document or certificate specified in this chapter, except a statement of change pursuant to § 50-73.5 and a statement of resignation pursuant to § 50-73.6, until all fees, fines, penalties, and interest assessed, imposed, charged, or to be collected by the Commission pursuant to this chapter or Title 12.1 have been paid by or on behalf of such limited partnership. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission may file or issue any document or certificate with respect to a domestic or foreign limited partnership that has been assessed an annual registration fee if the document or certificate is filed or issued with an effective date that is on or before the due date of the limited partnership's annual registration fee payment in any year, provided that the Commission shall not issue a certificate of conversion with respect to a domestic limited partnership that will become a domestic stock corporation until the annual registration fee has been paid by or on behalf of the limited partnership.B. The Commission shall have authority to certify to the Comptroller directing refund of any overpayment of a fee, or of any fee collected for a document that is not accepted for filing, at any time within one year from the date of its payment.1985, c. 607; 2002, c. 441; 2004, c. 316; 2006, c. 659; 2007, c. 810; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 487.
VA Code § 50-73.71 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.71. Collection by suit and of unpaid bills

The provisions of §§ 13.1-775.1 and 58.1-2814, so far as they are applicable, shall apply to the annual registration fees and penalties imposed by this chapter.1985, c. 607.
VA Code § 50-73.72 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.72. Construction and application

This Act shall be so applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this Act among states enacting it.1985, c. 607.
VA Code § 50-73.73 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.73. Short title

This chapter may be cited as the Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.1985, c. 607.
VA Code § 50-73.75 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.75. Rules for cases not provided for in this chapter

In any case not provided for in this chapter the provisions of the Uniform Partnership Act Chapter 2.2 (§ 50-73.79 et seq.) shall govern.1985, c. 607; 1996, c. 292.
VA Code § 50-73.76 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.76. Application to existing limited partnership

Unless otherwise provided in this chapter, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all limited partnerships, and to their partners, existing on January 1, 1987.1985, c. 607.
VA Code § 50-73.76:1 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.76:1. Property title records

A. Whenever the records in the office of the clerk of the Commission reflect that a domestic or foreign limited partnership has changed or corrected its name, merged into a domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, business trust, limited partnership or partnership, converted into a domestic or foreign corporation, limited liability company, business trust or partnership, or domesticated in or from another jurisdiction, the clerk of the Commission, upon request, shall issue a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or domestication. The certificate may be admitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk's office within the jurisdiction of which any property of the limited partnership is located in order to maintain the continuity of title records. The person filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due thereon.B. Whenever a foreign limited partnership has changed or corrected its name, merged into a corporation, limited liability company, business trust, limited partnership or partnership, converted into another type of business entity, or domesticated in another jurisdiction, and it cannot or chooses not to obtain a certificate reciting such change, correction, merger, conversion or domestication from the clerk of the Commission pursuant to subsection A, a similar certificate by any competent authority of the foreign limited partnership's jurisdiction of formation may be admitted to record in the deed books, in accordance with § 17.1-227, of any clerk's office within the jurisdiction of which any property of the limited partnership is located in order to maintain the continuity of title records. The person filing the certificate shall pay a fee of $10 to the clerk of the court, but no tax shall be due thereon.2007, c. 771.
VA Code § 50-73.78 (2021)
2021 Code of Virginia|Title 50 - Partnerships|Chapter 2.1 - Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act|§ 50-73.78. Limited partnership as registered limited liability partnership

A. A limited partnership is a registered limited liability partnership as well as a limited partnership if it:1. Registers as a limited liability partnership as provided in § 50-73.132 of the Virginia Uniform Partnership Act (§ 50-73.79 et seq.), as permitted by its written partnership agreement or, if its written partnership agreement is silent, with the consent of partners required to amend its written partnership agreement, provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection C of § 50-73.83, a statement of registration as a limited liability partnership filed by a limited partnership shall be executed by any one or more authorized general partners; and2. Has a name that either: (i) complies with the requirements of clause (i) of subsection A of § 50-73.2 and subsection A of § 50-73.133 or (ii) contains the words "Registered Limited Liability Limited Partnership" or "Limited Liability Limited Partnership" or the abbreviation "R.L.L.L.P." or "L.L.L.P." or the designation "RLLLP" or "LLLP."B. In applying § 50-73.132 to a limited partnership, all references to partners mean general partners.C. If a limited partnership is a registered limited liability partnership, § 50-73.96 applies to its general partners and to any of its limited partners who, under other provisions of this chapter, are liable for the debts or obligations of the partnership.D. If a limited partnership is a registered limited liability partnership, except to the extent that the provisions of this section and Article 9.1 (§ 50-73.132 et seq.) of Chapter 2.2 make a distinction between a domestic partnership and a limited partnership, the provisions of Article 9.1 (§ 50-73.132 et seq.) of Chapter 2.2 shall apply to a limited partnership to the same extent that such provisions apply to a domestic partnership that has registered for status as a registered limited liability partnership.1995, c. 116; 1996, c. 292; 1998, c. 163; 2007, c. 631; 2012, c. 63.