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V.I. Code tit. 26, § 243 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 1 - Uniform Partnership Act|Subchapter XI - Foreign Limited Liability Partnership|§ 243. Effect of failure to qualify

 (a) A foreign limited liability partnership transacting business in the Virgin Islands may not maintain an action or proceeding in the Virgin Islands unless it has in effect a statement of foreign qualification. (b) The failure of a foreign limited liability partnership to have in effect a statement of foreign qualification does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign limited liability partnership or preclude it from defending an action or proceeding in the Virgin Islands. (c) Limitations on personal liability of partners are not waived solely by transacting business in the Virgin Islands without a statement of foreign qualification. (d) If a foreign limited liability partnership transacts business in the Virgin Islands without a statement of foreign qualification, the Lieutenant Governor is its agent for service of process with respect to causes of action arising out of the transaction of business in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 244 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 1 - Uniform Partnership Act|Subchapter XI - Foreign Limited Liability Partnership|§ 244. Activities not constituting transacting business

 (a) Activities of a foreign limited liability partnership which do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of this subchapter include: (1) maintaining, defending, or settling an action or proceeding; (2) holding meetings of its partners or carrying on any other activity concerning its internal affairs; (3) maintaining bank accounts; (4) maintaining offices or agencies for the transfer, exchange, and registration of the partnership's own securities or maintaining trustees or depositories 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 the Virgin Islands before they become contracts; (7) creating or acquiring indebtedness, mortgages, or security interests in real or personal property; (8) securing or collecting debts or foreclosing mortgages or other security interests in property securing the debts, and holding, protecting, and maintaining property so acquired; (9) conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within 30 days and is not one in the course of similar transactions of like nature; and (10) transacting business in interstate commerce. (b) For purposes of this subchapter, the ownership in the Virgin Islands of income-producing real property or tangible personal property, other than property excluded under subsection (a) of this section, constitutes transacting business in the Virgin Islands. (c) This section does not apply in determining the contacts or activities that may subject a foreign limited liability partnership to service of process, taxation, or regulation under any other law of the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 245 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 1 - Uniform Partnership Act|Subchapter XI - Foreign Limited Liability Partnership|§ 245. Action by the Attorney General

 The Attorney General may maintain an action to restrain a foreign limited liability partnership from transacting business in the Virgin Islands in violation of this subchapter.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 271 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 1 - Uniform Partnership Act|Subchapter XII - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 271. Uniformity of application and construction

 This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 272 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 1 - Uniform Partnership Act|Subchapter XII - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 272. Severability clause

 If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 273 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 1 - Uniform Partnership Act|Subchapter XII - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 273. Applicability

 (a) Before January 1, 2000, this chapter governs only a partnership formed: (1) after the effective date of this chapter, unless that partnership is continuing the business of a dissolved partnership under the superseded section 122 of Title 26, Virgin Islands Code; and (2) before May 1, 1998, that elects, as provided by subsection (c) of this section, to be governed by this chapter. (b) After January 1, 2000, this chapter governs all partnerships. (c) Before January 1, 2000, a partnership voluntarily may elect, in the manner provided in its partnership agreement or by law for amending the partnership agreement, to be governed by this chapter. The provisions of this chapter relating to the liability of the partnership's partners to third parties apply to limit those partners liability to a third party who had done business with the partnership within one year preceding the partnership's election to be governed by this chapter, only if the third party knows or has received a notification of the partnership's election to be governed by this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 274 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 1 - Uniform Partnership Act|Subchapter XII - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 274. Savings clause

 This chapter does not affect an action or proceeding commenced or right accrued before this chapter takes effect.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 321 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 321. Short title

 This chapter may be cited as The Uniform Limited Partnership Act.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 322 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 322. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Certificate of limited partnership” means the certificate referred to in section 341 of this chapter, and the certificate as amended or restated. (2) “Contribution” means any cash, property, services rendered, or a promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or property or to perform services, which a partner contributes to a limited partnership in his capacity as a partner. (3) “Event of withdrawal of a general partner” means an event that causes a person to cease to be a general partner as provided in section 392 of this chapter. (4) “Foreign limited partnership” means a partnership formed under the laws of any state other than the Virgin Islands and having as partners one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. (5) “General partner” means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner. (6) “Limited partner” means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the partnership agreement. (7) “Limited partnership” and “domestic limited partnership” mean a partnership formed by two or more persons under the laws of the Virgin Islands and having one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. (8) “Partner” means a limited or general partner. (9) “Partnership agreement” means any valid agreement, written or oral, of the partners as to the affairs of a limited partnership and the conduct of its business. (10) “Partnership interest” means a partner's share of the profits and losses of a limited partnership and the right to receive distributions of partnership assets. (11) “Person” means a natural person, partnership, limited partnership (domestic or foreign), trust, estate, association, or corporation. (12) “State” means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 323 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 323. Name

 The name of each limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership: (1) shall contain without abbreviation the words “limited partnership”; (2) may not contain the name of a limited partner unless (i) it is also the name of a general partner or the corporate name of a corporate general partner, or (ii) the business of the limited partnership had been carried on under that name before the admission of that limited partner; and (3) may not be the same as, or deceptively similar to, the name of any corporation or limited partnership organized under the laws of the Virgin Islands or licensed or registered as a foreign corporation or limited partnership in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 324 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 324. Reservation of name

 (a) The exclusive right to the use of a name may be reserved by: (1) any person intending to organize a limited partnership under this chapter and to adopt that name; (2) any domestic limited partnership or any foreign limited partnership registered in the Virgin Islands which, in either case, intends to adopt that name; (3) any foreign limited partnership intending to register in the Virgin Islands and adopt that name; and (4) any person intending to organize a foreign limited partnership and intending to have it register in the Virgin Islands and adopt that name. (b) The reservation shall be made by filing with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor an application, executed by the applicant, to reserve a specified name. If the Office of the Lieutenant Governor finds that the name is available for use by a domestic or foreign limited partnership, the office of the Lieutenant Governor shall reserve the name for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of 120 days. Once having so reserved a name, the same applicant may not again reserve the same name until more than 60 days after the expiration of the last 120-day period for which that applicant reserved that name. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to any other person by filing in the office of the Lieutenant Governor a notice of the transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved and specifying the name and address of the transferee.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 325 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 325. Specified office and agent

 Each limited partnership shall continuously maintain in the Virgin Islands: (1) an office, which may but need not be a place of its business in the Virgin Islands, at which shall be kept the records required by Section 326 of this chapter to be maintained; and (2) an agent for service of process on the limited partnership, which agent must be an individual resident of the Virgin Islands, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the Virgin Islands.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 326 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 326. Records to be kept

 (a) Each limited partnership shall keep at the office referred to in section 325, subsection (1) of this chapter the following: (1) a current list of the full name and last known business address of each partner, separately identifying the general partners (in alphabetical order) and the limited partners (in alphabetical order); (2) a copy of the certificate of limited partnership and all certificates of amendment thereto, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which any certificate has been executed; (3) copies of the limited partnership's federal, state and local income tax returns and reports, if any, for the three most recent years; (4) copies of any then effective written partnership agreements and of any financial statements of the limited partnership for the three most recent years; and (5) unless contained in a written partnership agreement, a writing setting out: (i) the amount of cash and a description and statement of the agreed value of the other property or services contributed by each partner and which each partner has agreed to contribute; (ii) the times at which or events on the happening of which any additional contributions agreed to be made by each partner are to be made; (iii) any right of a partner to receive, or of a general partner to make, distributions to a partner which include a return of all or any part of the partner's contribution; and (iv) any events upon the happening of which the limited partnership is to be dissolved and its affairs wound up. (b) Records kept under this section are subject to inspection and copying at the reasonable request and at the expense of any partner during ordinary business hours.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 327 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 327. Nature of business

 A limited partnership may carry on any business that a partnership without limited partners may carry on.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 328 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter I - General Provisions|§ 328. Business transactions of partner with partnership

 Except as provided in the partnership agreement, a partner may lend money to and transact other business with the limited partnership and, subject to other applicable law, has the same rights and obligations with respect thereto as a person who is not a partner.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 341 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter II - Formation: Certificate of Limited Partnership|§ 341. Certificate of limited partnership

 (a) In order to form a limited partnership, a certificate of limited partnership must be executed and filed in the office of the Lieutenant Governor. The certificate shall set forth: (1) the name of the limited partnership; (2) the address of the office and the name and address of the agent for service of process required to be maintained by section 325 of this chapter; (3) the name and the business address of each general partner; (4) the latest date upon which the limited partnership is to dissolve; and (5) any other matters the general partners determine to include therein. (b) A limited partnership is formed at the time of the filing of the certificate of limited partnership in the office of the Lieutenant Governor or at any later time specified in the certificate of limited partnership if, in either case, there has been substantial compliance with the requirements of this section.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 342 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter II - Formation: Certificate of Limited Partnership|§ 342. Amendment to certificate

 (a) A certificate of limited partnership is amended by filing a certificate of amendment thereto in the office of the Lieutenant Governor. The certificate shall set forth: (1) the name of the limited partnership; (2) the date of filing the certificate; and (3) the amendment to the certificate. (b) Within 30 days after the happening of any of the following events, an amendment to a certificate of limited partnership reflecting the occurrence of the event or events shall be filed: (1) the admission of a new general partner; (2) the withdrawal of a general partner; or (3) the continuation of the business under section 491 of this chapter after an event of withdrawal of a general partner. (c) A general partner who becomes aware that any statement in a certificate of limited partnership was false when made or that any arrangements or other facts described have changed, making the certificate inaccurate in any respect, shall promptly amend the certificate. (d) A certificate of limited partnership may be amended at any time for any other proper purpose the general partners determine. (e) No person has any liability because an amendment to a certificate of limited partnership has not been filed to reflect the occurrence of any event referred to in subsection (b) of this section if the amendment is filed within the 30-day period specified in subsection (b) of this section. (f) A restated certificate of limited partnership may be executed and filed in the same manner as a certificate of amendment.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 343 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter II - Formation: Certificate of Limited Partnership|§ 343. Cancellation of certificate

 A certificate of limited partnership shall be canceled upon the dissolution and the commencement of winding up of the partnership or at any other time there are no limited partners. A certificate of cancellation shall be filed in the office of the Lieutenant Governor and set forth: (1) the name of the limited partnership; (2) the date of filing of its certificate of limited partnership; (3) the reason for filing the certificate of cancellation; (4) the effective date (which shall be a date certain) of cancellation if it is not to be effective upon the filing of the certificate; and (5) any other information the general partners filing the certificate determine.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 344 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter II - Formation: Certificate of Limited Partnership|§ 344. Execution of certificates

 (a) Each certificate required by this subchapter to be filed in the office of the Lieutenant Governor shall be executed in the following manner: (1) an original certificate of limited partnership must be signed by all general partners; (2) a certificate of amendment must be signed by at least one general partner and by each other general partner designated in the certificate as a new general partner; and (3) a certificate of cancellation must be signed by all general partners. (b) Any person may sign a certificate by an attorney-in-fact, but a power of attorney to sign a certificate relating to the admission of a general partner must specifically describe the admission. (c) The execution of a certificate by a general partner constitutes an affirmation under the penalties of perjury that the facts stated therein are true.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 345 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter II - Formation: Certificate of Limited Partnership|§ 345. Execution by judicial act

 If a person required by section 344 of this chapter to execute any certificate fails or refuses to do so, any other person who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal may petition the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands to direct the execution of the certificate. If the court finds that it is proper for the certificate to be executed and that any person so designated has failed or refused to execute the certificate, it shall order the Lieutenant Governor to record an appropriate certificate.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 346 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter II - Formation: Certificate of Limited Partnership|§ 346. Filing in Office of Lieutenant Governor

 (a) Two signed copies of the certificate of limited partnership and of any certificates of amendment or cancellation, or of any judicial decree of amendment or cancellation, shall be delivered to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. A person who executes a certificate as an agent or fiduciary need not exhibit evidence of his authority as a prerequisite to filing. Unless the Lieutenant Governor finds that any certificate does not conform to law, upon receipt of all filing fees required by law he shall: (1) endorse on each duplicate original the word “Filed” and the day, month and year of the filing thereof; (2) file one duplicate original in his office; and (3) return the other duplicate original to the person who filed it or his representative. (b) Upon the filing of a certificate of amendment (or judicial decree of amendment) in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the certificate of limited partnership shall be amended as set forth therein, and upon the effective date of a certificate of cancellation (or a judicial decree thereof), the certificate of limited partnership is canceled.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 347 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter II - Formation: Certificate of Limited Partnership|§ 347. Liability for false statement in certificate

 If any certificate of limited partnership or certificate of amendment or cancellation contains a false statement, one who suffers loss by reliance on the statement may recover damages for the loss from: (1) any person who executes the certificate, or causes another to execute it on his behalf, and knew, and any general partner who knew or should have known, the statement to be false at the time the certificate was executed; and (2) any general partner who thereafter knows or should have known that any arrangement or other fact described in the certificate has changed, making the statement inaccurate in any respect within a sufficient time before the statement was relied upon reasonably to have enabled that general partner to cancel or amend the certificate, or to file a petition for its cancellation or amendment under section 345 of this chapter.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 348 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter II - Formation: Certificate of Limited Partnership|§ 348. Scope of notice

 The fact that a certificate of limited partnership is on file in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor is notice that the partnership is a limited partnership and the persons designated therein as general partners are general partners, but it is not notice of any other fact.
V.I. Code tit. 26, § 349 (2019)
2019 US Virgin Islands Code|Title 26 - Partnerships|Chapter 3 - Uniform Limited Partnership Act|Subchapter II - Formation: Certificate of Limited Partnership|§ 349. Delivery of certificates to limited partners

 Upon the return by the Lieutenant Governor pursuant to section 346 of this chapter of a certificate marked “Filed”, the general partners shall promptly deliver or mail a copy of the certificate of limited partnership and each certificate of amendment or cancellation to each limited partner unless the partnership agreement provides otherwise.