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Only members or managers duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional services within this Commonwealth shall supervise and direct the provision of professional services within this Commonwealth, or delegate to their agents, officers, and employees or delegate by a management agreement or another agreement with, or otherwise to, other persons managerial duties and tasks related to the professional limited liability company’s operations.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":295194,"text":"Unless the articles of organization or an operating agreement provides for management of a professional limited liability company by a manager or managers, management of a professional limited liability company shall be vested in its members. 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This law was first created in 1992. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 574 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 1992 \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 2007, chapter 629<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":149087,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82390,"identifier":"13.1-1118","token":"13.1\/13\/13.1-1118","url":"\/13.1-1118\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/13.1-1118\/","token":"13.1\/13\/13.1-1118","dublin_core":{"Title":"Management","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 13.1-1118","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Unless the articles of organization or an operating agreement provides for management of a professional limited liability company by a manager or managers, management of a professional limited liability company shall be vested in its members. If the articles of organization or an operating agreement provides for management of a professional limited liability company by a manager or managers, the manager shall be an individual or professional business entity duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional services within this Commonwealth that the professional limited liability company was organized for the purpose of rendering. Only members or managers duly licensed or otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional services within this Commonwealth shall supervise and direct the provision of professional services within this Commonwealth, or delegate to their agents, officers, and employees or delegate by a management agreement or another agreement with, or otherwise to, other persons managerial duties and tasks related to the professional limited liability company’s operations.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nMANAGEMENT (\u00a7 13.1-1118)\n\nUnless the articles of organization or an operating agreement provides for\nmanagement of a professional limited liability company by a manager or managers,\nmanagement of a professional limited liability company shall be vested in its\nmembers. If the articles of organization or an operating agreement provides for\nmanagement of a professional limited liability company by a manager or managers,\nthe manager shall be an individual or professional business entity duly licensed\nor otherwise legally authorized to render the same professional services within\nthis Commonwealth that the professional limited liability company was organized\nfor the purpose of rendering. Only members or managers duly licensed or\notherwise legally authorized to render the same professional services within\nthis Commonwealth shall supervise and direct the provision of professional\nservices within this Commonwealth, or delegate to their agents, officers, and\nemployees or delegate by a management agreement or another agreement with, or\notherwise to, other persons managerial duties and tasks related to the\nprofessional limited liability company’s operations.\n\nHISTORY: 1992, c. 574; 2007, c. 629.","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}}