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The registered agent may by instrument in writing, acknowledged before a notary public, designate a natural person or persons in the office of the registered agent upon whom any such process, notice or demand may be served. Whenever any such person accepts service of process, a photographic copy of such instrument shall be attached to the return.B\n\nWhenever a domestic or foreign limited liability company fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this Commonwealth, or whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the clerk of the Commission shall be an agent of the limited liability company upon whom service may be made in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.C\n\nThis section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a domestic or foreign limited liability company.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":239401,"text":"A domestic or foreign limited liability company’s registered agent is the limited liability company’s agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the limited liability company. 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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 168 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapters 517<\/a> and 541<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":76632,"section_number":"8.01-299","catch_line":"How process served on domestic stock corporations, nonstock corporations, and limited liability companies generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-299\/"},{"id":80689,"section_number":"8.01-301","catch_line":"How process served on foreign stock or nonstock corporations and foreign limited liability companies generally","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-301\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":148797,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65877,"identifier":"13.1-1018","token":"13.1\/12\/3\/13.1-1018","url":"\/13.1-1018\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-1018\/","token":"13.1\/12\/3\/13.1-1018","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service on limited liability company","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-1018","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A domestic or foreign limited liability company<\/span><\/span>’s registered agent is the limited liability company<\/span>’s agent for service of process<\/span>, notice, or demand required or permitted by law<\/span> to be served on the limited liability company<\/span>. The registered agent may by instrument in writing, acknowledged before a notary public, designate a natural person<\/span> or persons<\/span> in the office of the registered agent upon whom any such process, notice or demand may be served. Whenever any such person<\/span> accepts service of process<\/span>, a photographic copy of such instrument shall be attached to the return. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Whenever a domestic or foreign limited liability company<\/span><\/span> fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent in this Commonwealth, or whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the clerk of the Commission<\/span> shall be an agent of the limited liability company<\/span> upon whom service may be made in accordance with § 12.1-19.1<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a domestic or foreign limited liability company<\/span><\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE ON LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (\u00a7 13.1-1018)\n\nA. A domestic or foreign limited liability company’s registered agent is\nthe limited liability company’s agent for service of process, notice, or\ndemand required or permitted by law to be served on the limited liability\ncompany. The registered agent may by instrument in writing, acknowledged before\na notary public, designate a natural person or persons in the office of the\nregistered agent upon whom any such process, notice or demand may be served.\nWhenever any such person accepts service of process, a photographic copy of such\ninstrument shall be attached to the return.\n\nB. Whenever a domestic or foreign limited liability company fails to appoint or\nmaintain a registered agent in this Commonwealth, or whenever its registered\nagent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then\nthe clerk of the Commission shall be an agent of the limited liability company\nupon whom service may be made in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.\n\nC. This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required\nmeans, of serving a domestic or foreign limited liability company.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 168; 2001, cc. 517, 541.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}