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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 292<\/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":57246,"section_number":"50-73.141","catch_line":"Applicability of chapter to foreign and interstate commerce","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.141\/"},{"id":74972,"section_number":"8.01-304","catch_line":"How process served on copartner or partnership, domestic or foreign limited liability partnership, and domestic or foreign limited partnership","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-304\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":71702,"section_number":"12.1-19.1","catch_line":"Service of process on the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission as statutory agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/12.1-19.1\/"},{"id":80469,"section_number":"50-73.135","catch_line":"Registered office and registered agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.135\/"},{"id":57246,"section_number":"50-73.141","catch_line":"Applicability of chapter to foreign and interstate commerce","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.141\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235003,"object_type":"law","relational_id":54645,"identifier":"50-73.140","token":"50\/2.2\/9.1\/50-73.140","url":"\/50-73.140\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.140\/","token":"50\/2.2\/9.1\/50-73.140","dublin_core":{"Title":"Effect of failure of foreign registered limited liability partnership to register","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.140","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The failure of a foreign registered limited liability partnership<\/span><\/span> to file a statement<\/span> of registration or to maintain that registration or to appoint and maintain a registered agent in this Commonwealth as required in \u00a7 50-73.135<\/a> shall not impair the validity of any contract<\/span> or act of the foreign registered limited liability partnership<\/span><\/span> and shall neither prevent the foreign registered limited liability partnership<\/span><\/span> from defending any action or proceeding in any court<\/span> of this Commonwealth nor affect the application of the laws<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> governing the agreement under which it was formed as provided in subsection E of \u00a7 50-73.141<\/a>, but the foreign registered limited liability partnership<\/span><\/span> may not maintain any action or proceeding in any court<\/span> of this Commonwealth until it has filed an application for registration. A foreign registered limited liability partnership<\/span><\/span>, by transacting business<\/span> in this Commonwealth without registration, appoints the clerk of the Commission<\/span> as its agent for service of process<\/span> with respect to causes of action arising out of the transaction of business<\/span> in this Commonwealth. Service on that foreign registered limited liability partnership<\/span><\/span> shall be made on the clerk of the Commission<\/span> in accordance with \u00a7 12.1-19.1<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEFFECT OF FAILURE OF FOREIGN REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP TO\nREGISTER (\u00a7 50-73.140)\n\nThe failure of a foreign registered limited liability partnership to file a\nstatement of registration or to maintain that registration or to appoint and\nmaintain a registered agent in this Commonwealth as required in \u00a7 50-73.135\nshall not impair the validity of any contract or act of the foreign registered\nlimited liability partnership and shall neither prevent the foreign registered\nlimited liability partnership from defending any action or proceeding in any\ncourt of this Commonwealth nor affect the application of the laws of the\njurisdiction governing the agreement under which it was formed as provided in\nsubsection E of \u00a7 50-73.141, but the foreign registered limited liability\npartnership may not maintain any action or proceeding in any court of this\nCommonwealth until it has filed an application for registration. A foreign\nregistered limited liability partnership, by transacting business in this\nCommonwealth without registration, appoints the clerk of the Commission as its\nagent for service of process with respect to causes of action arising out of the\ntransaction of business in this Commonwealth. Service on that foreign registered\nlimited liability partnership shall be made on the clerk of the Commission in\naccordance with \u00a7 12.1-19.1.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 292.","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}}