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If the court finds that it is proper for the certificate to be executed and that any person so designated has failed or refused to execute the certificate, it shall order the plaintiff to prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate certificate.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":206891,"text":"If a person required by \u00a7 50-73.15 to execute any certificate fails or refuses to do so, any other person, who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal, may petition any circuit court, with general equity jurisdiction in the city or county where the office of the registered agent is located, to direct the execution of the certificate. If the court finds that it is proper for the certificate to be executed and that any person so designated has failed or refused to execute the certificate, it shall order the plaintiff to prepare and file with the Commission an appropriate certificate.","type":"section","prefixes":[""],"prefix":"","entire_prefix":"","prefix_anchor":"","level":1}},"ancestry":[{"id":13365,"edition_id":1,"name":"Formation: Certificate of Limited Partnership","identifier":"2","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13364,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:43","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:43","permalink":{"id":234369,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13365,"identifier":"2","token":"50\/2.1\/2","url":"\/50\/2.1\/2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":13364,"edition_id":1,"name":"Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act","identifier":"2.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":1,"parent_id":12957,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:43","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:43","permalink":{"id":234243,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":13364,"identifier":"2.1","token":"50\/2.1","url":"\/50\/2.1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":12957,"edition_id":1,"name":"Partnerships","identifier":"50","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":1,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","date_modified":"2026-06-26 03:44:04","permalink":{"id":234229,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":12957,"identifier":"50","token":"50","url":"\/50\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":54341,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.11","catch_line":"Certificate of limited partnership","url":"\/50-73.11\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.11","metadata":false},{"id":79917,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.11:1","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/50-73.11_1\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.11_1","metadata":false},{"id":85560,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.11:2","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/50-73.11_2\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.11_2","metadata":false},{"id":56436,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.11:3","catch_line":"Conversion of general partnership to limited partnership","url":"\/50-73.11_3\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.11_3","metadata":false},{"id":73707,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.11:4","catch_line":"Effect of conversion; entity unchanged","url":"\/50-73.11_4\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.11_4","metadata":false},{"id":60036,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.12","catch_line":"Amendment of certificate","url":"\/50-73.12\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.12","metadata":false},{"id":56306,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.13","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/50-73.13\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.13","metadata":false},{"id":83201,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.14","catch_line":"Repealed","url":"\/50-73.14\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.14","metadata":false},{"id":59951,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.15","catch_line":"Execution of documents; penalty","url":"\/50-73.15\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.15","metadata":false},{"id":56523,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.16","catch_line":"Execution by judicial act","url":"\/50-73.16\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.16","metadata":false},{"id":63507,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.17","catch_line":"Filing; fees; effective time and date","url":"\/50-73.17\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.17","metadata":false},{"id":84784,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.18","catch_line":"Liability for false statement in certificate","url":"\/50-73.18\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.18","metadata":false},{"id":59728,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.19","catch_line":"Scope of notice","url":"\/50-73.19\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.19","metadata":false},{"id":56043,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.20","catch_line":"Delivery of certificates to limited partners","url":"\/50-73.20\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.20","metadata":false},{"id":87254,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.21","catch_line":"Assumed or fictitious names","url":"\/50-73.21\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.21","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":59951,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.15","catch_line":"Execution of documents; penalty","url":"\/50-73.15\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.15","metadata":false},"next_section":{"id":63507,"structure_id":13365,"section_number":"50-73.17","catch_line":"Filing; fees; effective time and date","url":"\/50-73.17\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.17","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/50-73.16\/","history_text":"<p>This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 607 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 1985 \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 1987, chapter 702.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84784,"section_number":"50-73.18","catch_line":"Liability for false statement in certificate","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.18\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59951,"section_number":"50-73.15","catch_line":"Execution of documents; penalty","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.15\/"}],"permalink":{"id":234407,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56523,"identifier":"50-73.16","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.16","url":"\/50-73.16\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.16\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.16","dublin_core":{"Title":"Execution by judicial act","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.16","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>If a <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> required by \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Execution of documents; penalty\" href=\"\/50-73.15\/\">50-73.15<\/a> to execute any certificate fails or refuses to do so, any other <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span>, who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal, may <span class=\"dictionary\">petition<\/span> any <span class=\"dictionary\">circuit<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span>, with general <span class=\"dictionary\">equity<\/span> <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> in the city or county where the office of the registered agent is located, to direct the execution of the certificate. If the <span class=\"dictionary\">court<\/span> finds that it is proper for the certificate to be executed and that any <span class=\"dictionary\">person<\/span> so designated has failed or refused to execute the certificate, it shall <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> the <span class=\"dictionary\">plaintiff<\/span> to prepare and file with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> an appropriate certificate.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXECUTION BY JUDICIAL ACT (\u00a7 50-73.16)\n\nIf a person required by \u00a7 50-73.15 to execute any certificate fails or refuses\nto do so, any other person, who is adversely affected by the failure or refusal,\nmay petition any circuit court, with general equity jurisdiction in the city or\ncounty where the office of the registered agent is located, to direct the\nexecution of the certificate. If the court finds that it is proper for the\ncertificate to be executed and that any person so designated has failed or\nrefused to execute the certificate, it shall order the plaintiff to prepare and\nfile with the Commission an appropriate certificate.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 607; 1987, c. 702.","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}}