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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0636\">636<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74889,"section_number":"13.1-1089","catch_line":"Nature of protected series","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-1089\/"},{"id":84976,"section_number":"13.1-1093","catch_line":"Additional limitations on operating agreement","order_by":null,"url":"\/13.1-1093\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":148593,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59342,"identifier":"13.1-1090","token":"13.1\/12\/16\/13.1-1090","url":"\/13.1-1090\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-1090\/","token":"13.1\/12\/16\/13.1-1090","dublin_core":{"Title":"Powers and duration of protected series","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-1090","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span> of a series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> has the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name. <a id=\"paragraph-217512\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1090\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Except as otherwise provided in subsections C and D, a <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span> of a series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> has the same powers and purpose as the series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-217513\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1090\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span> of a series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> ceases to exist not later than when the series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> ceases to exist. <a id=\"paragraph-217514\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1090\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">D.<\/span> A <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span> of a series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> shall not: <a id=\"paragraph-217515\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1090\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Be a <span class=\"dictionary\">member<\/span> of the series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-217516\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1090\/#D1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Establish a <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span>; or <a id=\"paragraph-217517\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1090\/#D2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"D3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> Except as permitted by a <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of the Commonwealth other than this article, have any purpose or power that the <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span> of the Commonwealth other than this article prohibits a <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> from doing or having. <a id=\"paragraph-217518\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1090\/#D3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPOWERS AND DURATION OF PROTECTED SERIES (\u00a7 13.1-1090)\n\nA. A protected series of a series limited liability company has the capacity to\nsue and be sued in its own name.\n\nB. Except as otherwise provided in subsections C and D, a protected series of a\nseries limited liability company has the same powers and purpose as the series\nlimited liability company.\n\nC. A protected series of a series limited liability company ceases to exist not\nlater than when the series limited liability company ceases to exist.\n\nD. A protected series of a series limited liability company shall not:\n\n   1. Be a member of the series limited liability company;\n\n   2. Establish a protected series; or\n\n   3. 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