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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":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":148621,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56560,"identifier":"13.1-1097","token":"13.1\/12\/16\/13.1-1097","url":"\/13.1-1097\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-1097\/","token":"13.1\/12\/16\/13.1-1097","dublin_core":{"Title":"Registered office and registered agent","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-1097","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> The registered office and registered agent in the Commonwealth for a series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> are the registered office and registered agent in the Commonwealth for each <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span> of the series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-207016\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1097\/#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> A <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> that ceases to be the registered agent for a series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> ceases to be the registered agent for each <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span> of the series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-207017\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1097\/#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\">person<\/span> that ceases to be the registered agent for a <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span> of a series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span>, other than a <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span> that has been canceled, ceases to be the registered agent of the series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> and of any other <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span> of the series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-207018\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1097\/#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> Except as otherwise agreed by a series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> and its registered agent, the agent is not obligated to distinguish between a process, notice, demand, or other record concerning the series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span> and a process, notice, demand, or other record concerning a <span class=\"dictionary\">protected series<\/span> of the series <span class=\"dictionary\">limited liability company<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-207019\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/13.1-1097\/#D\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREGISTERED OFFICE AND REGISTERED AGENT (\u00a7 13.1-1097)\n\nA. The registered office and registered agent in the Commonwealth for a series\nlimited liability company are the registered office and registered agent in the\nCommonwealth for each protected series of the series limited liability company.\n\nB. A person that ceases to be the registered agent for a series limited\nliability company ceases to be the registered agent for each protected series of\nthe series limited liability company.\n\nC. A person that ceases to be the registered agent for a protected series of a\nseries limited liability company, other than a protected series that has been\ncanceled, ceases to be the registered agent of the series limited liability\ncompany and of any other protected series of the series limited liability\ncompany.\n\nD. Except as otherwise agreed by a series limited liability company and its\nregistered agent, the agent is not obligated to distinguish between a process,\nnotice, demand, or other record concerning the series limited liability company\nand a process, notice, demand, or other record concerning a protected series of\nthe series limited liability company.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 636.","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}}