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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":false,"refers_to":[{"id":63507,"section_number":"50-73.17","catch_line":"Filing; fees; effective time and date","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.17\/"}],"permalink":{"id":234427,"object_type":"law","relational_id":87254,"identifier":"50-73.21","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.21","url":"\/50-73.21\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.21\/","token":"50\/2.1\/2\/50-73.21","dublin_core":{"Title":"Assumed or fictitious names","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.21","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Notwithstanding any other provision of the law<\/span>, no partnership organized under this chapter which is conducting or transacting business in this Commonwealth under the name of the partnership set forth in a certificate filed pursuant to \u00a7 50-73.17<\/a>, nor any partner<\/span> of that limited partnership<\/span>, shall be required to file any assumed or fictitious name or comparable certificate solely for such conduct or transaction of partnership business.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nASSUMED OR FICTITIOUS NAMES (\u00a7 50-73.21)\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of the law, no partnership organized under\nthis chapter which is conducting or transacting business in this Commonwealth\nunder the name of the partnership set forth in a certificate filed pursuant to\n\u00a7 50-73.17, nor any partner of that limited partnership, shall be required to\nfile any assumed or fictitious name or comparable certificate solely for such\nconduct or transaction of partnership business.\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}}