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I, c. 487.","full_text":"A\n\nUnless otherwise provided in the plan of merger or in the laws under which a foreign limited partnership or a domestic or foreign other business entity that is a party to a merger is organized or by which it is governed, after a plan of merger has been approved as required by this article, and at any time before the certificate of merger has become effective, the plan may be abandoned by a domestic limited partnership that is a party to the plan without action by its partners in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan or, if no procedures are set forth in the plan, by a vote of the partners of the limited partnership that is equal to or greater than the vote cast for the plan pursuant to &#xA7; 50-73.48:2, subject to any contractual rights of other parties to the plan of merger.B\n\nIf a merger is abandoned after articles of merger have been filed with the Commission but before the certificate of merger has become effective, in order for the certificate of merger to be abandoned, all parties to the plan of merger shall sign a statement of abandonment and deliver it to the Commission for filing prior to the effective time and date of the certificate of merger. If the Commission finds that the statement of abandonment complies with the requirements of law, it shall issue a certificate of abandonment, effective as of the date and time the statement of abandonment was received by the Commission, and the merger shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become effective.C\n\nThe statement of abandonment shall contain:1\n\nThe name of each domestic and foreign limited partnership and other business entity that is a party to the merger and its jurisdiction of formation and entity type;2\n\nWhen the survivor will be a domestic stock or nonstock corporation created by the merger, the name of the survivor set forth in the articles of merger;3\n\nThe date on which the articles of merger were filed with the Commission;4\n\nThe date and time on which the Commission&#8217;s certificate of merger becomes effective; and5\n\nA statement that the merger is being abandoned in accordance with this section.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":282987,"text":"Unless otherwise provided in the plan of merger or in the laws under which a foreign limited partnership or a domestic or foreign other business entity that is a party to a merger is organized or by which it is governed, after a plan of merger has been approved as required by this article, and at any time before the certificate of merger has become effective, the plan may be abandoned by a domestic limited partnership that is a party to the plan without action by its partners in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan or, if no procedures are set forth in the plan, by a vote of the partners of the limited partnership that is equal to or greater than the vote cast for the plan pursuant to &#xA7; 50-73.48:2, subject to any contractual rights of other parties to the plan of merger.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":282988,"text":"If a merger is abandoned after articles of merger have been filed with the Commission but before the certificate of merger has become effective, in order for the certificate of merger to be abandoned, all parties to the plan of merger shall sign a statement of abandonment and deliver it to the Commission for filing prior to the effective time and date of the certificate of merger. If the Commission finds that the statement of abandonment complies with the requirements of law, it shall issue a certificate of abandonment, effective as of the date and time the statement of abandonment was received by the Commission, and the merger shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become effective.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":282989,"text":"The statement of abandonment shall contain:","type":"section","prefixes":["C"],"prefix":"C","entire_prefix":"C","prefix_anchor":"C","level":1,"prior_prefix":"B","next_prefix":"C1"},"3":{"id":282990,"text":"The name of each domestic and foreign limited partnership and other business entity that is a party to the merger and its jurisdiction of formation and entity type;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","1"],"prefix":"1","entire_prefix":"C1","prefix_anchor":"C1","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C","next_prefix":"C2"},"4":{"id":282991,"text":"When the survivor will be a domestic stock or nonstock corporation created by the merger, the name of the survivor set forth in the articles of merger;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","2"],"prefix":"2","entire_prefix":"C2","prefix_anchor":"C2","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C1","next_prefix":"C3"},"5":{"id":282992,"text":"The date on which the articles of merger were filed with the Commission;","type":"section","prefixes":["C","3"],"prefix":"3","entire_prefix":"C3","prefix_anchor":"C3","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C2","next_prefix":"C4"},"6":{"id":282993,"text":"The date and time on which the Commission&#8217;s certificate of merger becomes effective; and","type":"section","prefixes":["C","4"],"prefix":"4","entire_prefix":"C4","prefix_anchor":"C4","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C3","next_prefix":"C5"},"7":{"id":282994,"text":"A statement that the merger is being abandoned in accordance with this section.","type":"section","prefixes":["C","5"],"prefix":"5","entire_prefix":"C5","prefix_anchor":"C5","level":2,"prior_prefix":"C4"}},"ancestry":[{"id":16609,"edition_id":1,"name":"Merger","identifier":"7.1","label":"article","depth":3,"order_by":1,"parent_id":13364,"metadata":{},"date_created":"2026-06-26 04:27:18","date_modified":"2026-06-26 04:27:18","permalink":{"id":234561,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":16609,"identifier":"7.1","token":"50\/2.1\/7.1","url":"\/50\/2.1\/7.1\/","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":83653,"structure_id":16609,"section_number":"50-73.48:1","catch_line":"Merger","url":"\/50-73.48_1\/","token":"50\/2.1\/7.1\/50-73.48_1","metadata":false},{"id":77791,"structure_id":16609,"section_number":"50-73.48:2","catch_line":"Approval of merger by domestic limited partnership","url":"\/50-73.48_2\/","token":"50\/2.1\/7.1\/50-73.48_2","metadata":false},{"id":84928,"structure_id":16609,"section_number":"50-73.48:3","catch_line":"Articles of merger","url":"\/50-73.48_3\/","token":"50\/2.1\/7.1\/50-73.48_3","metadata":false},{"id":72561,"structure_id":16609,"section_number":"50-73.48:4","catch_line":"Effect of merger","url":"\/50-73.48_4\/","token":"50\/2.1\/7.1\/50-73.48_4","metadata":false},{"id":79005,"structure_id":16609,"section_number":"50-73.48:5","catch_line":"Abandonment of merger","url":"\/50-73.48_5\/","token":"50\/2.1\/7.1\/50-73.48_5","metadata":false}],"previous_section":{"id":72561,"structure_id":16609,"section_number":"50-73.48:4","catch_line":"Effect of merger","url":"\/50-73.48_4\/","token":"50\/2.1\/7.1\/50-73.48_4","metadata":false},"metadata":false,"official_url":"https:\/\/law.lis.virginia.gov\/vacode\/50-73.48:5\/","history_text":false,"references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":77791,"section_number":"50-73.48:2","catch_line":"Approval of merger by domestic limited partnership","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.48_2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":234579,"object_type":"law","relational_id":79005,"identifier":"50-73.48:5","token":"50\/2.1\/7.1\/50-73.48_5","url":"\/50-73.48_5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.48_5\/","token":"50\/2.1\/7.1\/50-73.48_5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Abandonment of merger","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.48:5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> Unless otherwise provided in the plan of merger or in the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> under which a <span class=\"dictionary\">foreign limited partnership<\/span> or a domestic or foreign <span class=\"dictionary\">other business entity<\/span> that is a <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> to a merger is organized or by which it is governed, after a plan of merger has been approved as required by this article, and at any time before the certificate of merger has become effective, the plan may be abandoned by a <span class=\"dictionary\">domestic limited partnership<\/span> that is a <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> to the plan without action by its <span class=\"dictionary\">partners<\/span> in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan or, if no procedures are set forth in the plan, by a vote of the <span class=\"dictionary\">partners<\/span> of the limited partnership that is equal to or greater than the vote cast for the plan pursuant to &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Approval of merger by domestic limited partnership\" href=\"\/50-73.48_2\/\">50-73.48:2<\/a>, subject to any contractual rights of other parties to the plan of merger. <a id=\"paragraph-282987\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/50-73.48_5\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> If a merger is abandoned after articles of merger have been filed with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> but before the certificate of merger has become effective, in <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> for the certificate of merger to be abandoned, all parties to the plan of merger shall sign a statement of abandonment and deliver it to the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> for filing prior to the effective time and date of the certificate of merger. If the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span> finds that the statement of abandonment complies with the requirements of <span class=\"dictionary\">law<\/span>, it shall <span class=\"dictionary\">issue<\/span> a certificate of abandonment, effective as of the date and time the statement of abandonment was received by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>, and the merger shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become effective. <a id=\"paragraph-282988\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/50-73.48_5\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> The statement of abandonment shall contain: <a id=\"paragraph-282989\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/50-73.48_5\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The name of each domestic and <span class=\"dictionary\">foreign limited partnership<\/span> and <span class=\"dictionary\">other business entity<\/span> that is a <span class=\"dictionary\">party<\/span> to the merger and its <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction of formation<\/span> and entity type; <a id=\"paragraph-282990\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/50-73.48_5\/#C1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> When the survivor will be a domestic stock or nonstock corporation created by the merger, the name of the survivor set forth in the articles of merger; <a id=\"paragraph-282991\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/50-73.48_5\/#C2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The date on which the articles of merger were filed with the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>; <a id=\"paragraph-282992\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/50-73.48_5\/#C3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> The date and time on which the <span class=\"dictionary\">Commission<\/span>&#8217;s certificate of merger becomes effective; and <a id=\"paragraph-282993\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/50-73.48_5\/#C4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> A statement that the merger is being abandoned in accordance with this section. <a id=\"paragraph-282994\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/50-73.48_5\/#C5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nABANDONMENT OF MERGER (\u00a7 50-73.48:5)\n\nA. Unless otherwise provided in the plan of merger or in the laws under which a\nforeign limited partnership or a domestic or foreign other business entity that\nis a party to a merger is organized or by which it is governed, after a plan of\nmerger has been approved as required by this article, and at any time before the\ncertificate of merger has become effective, the plan may be abandoned by a\ndomestic limited partnership that is a party to the plan without action by its\npartners in accordance with any procedures set forth in the plan or, if no\nprocedures are set forth in the plan, by a vote of the partners of the limited\npartnership that is equal to or greater than the vote cast for the plan pursuant\nto &#xA7; 50-73.48:2, subject to any contractual rights of other parties to the\nplan of merger.\n\nB. If a merger is abandoned after articles of merger have been filed with the\nCommission but before the certificate of merger has become effective, in order\nfor the certificate of merger to be abandoned, all parties to the plan of merger\nshall sign a statement of abandonment and deliver it to the Commission for\nfiling prior to the effective time and date of the certificate of merger. If the\nCommission finds that the statement of abandonment complies with the\nrequirements of law, it shall issue a certificate of abandonment, effective as\nof the date and time the statement of abandonment was received by the\nCommission, and the merger shall be deemed abandoned and shall not become\neffective.\n\nC. The statement of abandonment shall contain:\n\n   1. The name of each domestic and foreign limited partnership and other\n   business entity that is a party to the merger and its jurisdiction of\n   formation and entity type;\n\n   2. When the survivor will be a domestic stock or nonstock corporation created\n   by the merger, the name of the survivor set forth in the articles of merger;\n\n   3. The date on which the articles of merger were filed with the Commission;\n\n   4. The date and time on which the Commission&#8217;s certificate of merger\n   becomes effective; and\n\n   5. A statement that the merger is being abandoned in accordance with this\n   section.\n\nHISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 487.","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}}