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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":54645,"section_number":"50-73.140","catch_line":"Effect of failure of foreign registered limited liability partnership to register","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.140\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":54645,"section_number":"50-73.140","catch_line":"Effect of failure of foreign registered limited liability partnership to register","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.140\/"}],"permalink":{"id":235007,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57246,"identifier":"50-73.141","token":"50\/2.2\/9.1\/50-73.141","url":"\/50-73.141\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.141\/","token":"50\/2.2\/9.1\/50-73.141","dublin_core":{"Title":"Applicability of chapter to foreign and interstate commerce","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.141","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A registered limited liability partnership<\/span> may conduct its business<\/span>, carry on its operations, and have and exercise the powers granted by this chapter in any state<\/span>, territory, district, or possession<\/span> of the United States<\/span> or in any foreign country. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> It is the policy of this Commonwealth that registered limited liability partnerships<\/span> formed pursuant to agreements governed by the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth be recognized outside this Commonwealth and that the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth governing registered limited liability partnerships<\/span> transacting business<\/span> outside this Commonwealth be granted the protection of full faith and credit under the Constitution of the United States<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> It is the policy of this Commonwealth that in the case of a registered limited liability partnership<\/span> the relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership, and the liability of partners for debts, obligations and liabilities chargeable to the partnership, shall be subject to and governed by the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Subject to any statutes<\/span> for the regulation and control of specific types of business<\/span>, foreign registered limited liability partnerships<\/span><\/span> may do business<\/span> in this Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> It is the policy of this Commonwealth that in the case of a foreign registered limited liability partnership<\/span><\/span> (whether or not registered under § 50-73.140<\/a>) the relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership, and the liability of partners for debts, obligations and liabilities chargeable to the partnership, shall be subject to and governed by the laws<\/span> of the jurisdiction<\/span> that govern the agreement under which it was formed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER TO FOREIGN AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE (\u00a7 50-73.141)\n\nA. A registered limited liability partnership may conduct its business, carry on\nits operations, and have and exercise the powers granted by this chapter in any\nstate, territory, district, or possession of the United States or in any foreign\ncountry.\n\nB. It is the policy of this Commonwealth that registered limited liability\npartnerships formed pursuant to agreements governed by the laws of this\nCommonwealth be recognized outside this Commonwealth and that the laws of this\nCommonwealth governing registered limited liability partnerships transacting\nbusiness outside this Commonwealth be granted the protection of full faith and\ncredit under the Constitution of the United States.\n\nC. It is the policy of this Commonwealth that in the case of a registered\nlimited liability partnership the relations among the partners and between the\npartners and the partnership, and the liability of partners for debts,\nobligations and liabilities chargeable to the partnership, shall be subject to\nand governed by the laws of this Commonwealth.\n\nD. Subject to any statutes for the regulation and control of specific types of\nbusiness, foreign registered limited liability partnerships may do business in\nthis Commonwealth.\n\nE. It is the policy of this Commonwealth that in the case of a foreign\nregistered limited liability partnership (whether or not registered under §\n50-73.140) the relations among the partners and between the partners and the\npartnership, and the liability of partners for debts, obligations and\nliabilities chargeable to the partnership, shall be subject to and governed by\nthe laws of the jurisdiction that govern the agreement under which it was\nformed.\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}}