{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/50-73.52_3.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/50-73.52_3.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/50-73.52_3.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/50-73.52_3.html"}],"law_id":67316,"edition_id":1,"section_id":67316,"structure_id":13848,"section_number":"50-73.52:3","catch_line":"Court proceedings","history":"2006, c. 912.","full_text":"A\n\nA dissolved limited partnership that has published a notice under § 50-73.52:2 may file an application with the circuit court of the city or county where the dissolved limited partnership’s principal office, or, if none in the Commonwealth, its registered office, is or was last located for a determination of the amount and form of security to be provided for payment of claims that are contingent or have not been made known to the dissolved limited partnership or that are based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution but that, based on the facts known to the dissolved limited partnership, are reasonably estimated to arise after the effective date of dissolution. Provision need not be made for any claim that is or is reasonably anticipated to be barred under subsection C of § 50-73.52:2.B\n\nWithin 10 days after the filing of the application, notice of the proceeding shall be given by the dissolved limited partnership to each claimant holding a contingent claim whose contingent claim is shown on the records of the dissolved limited partnership.C\n\nThe court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent all claimants whose identities are unknown in any proceeding brought under this section. The reasonable fees and expenses of such guardian, including all reasonable expert witness fees, shall be paid by the dissolved limited partnership.D\n\nProvision by the dissolved limited partnership for security in the amount and the form ordered by the court under subsection A shall satisfy the dissolved limited partnership’s obligations with respect to claims that do not meet the definition of a claim in subsection D of § 50-73.52:1, and such claims may not be enforced against a partner who received assets in liquidation.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":243958,"text":"A dissolved limited partnership that has published a notice under § 50-73.52:2 may file an application with the circuit court of the city or county where the dissolved limited partnership’s principal office, or, if none in the Commonwealth, its registered office, is or was last located for a determination of the amount and form of security to be provided for payment of claims that are contingent or have not been made known to the dissolved limited partnership or that are based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution but that, based on the facts known to the dissolved limited partnership, are reasonably estimated to arise after the effective date of dissolution. 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This law was first created in 2006. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 912<\/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":60611,"section_number":"50-73.52:2","catch_line":"Other claims against dissolved limited partnership","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.52_2\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":87133,"section_number":"50-73.52:1","catch_line":"Known claims against dissolved limited partnership","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.52_1\/"},{"id":60611,"section_number":"50-73.52:2","catch_line":"Other claims against dissolved limited partnership","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.52_2\/"}],"permalink":{"id":234609,"object_type":"law","relational_id":67316,"identifier":"50-73.52:3","token":"50\/2.1\/8\/50-73.52_3","url":"\/50-73.52_3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.52_3\/","token":"50\/2.1\/8\/50-73.52_3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Court proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.52:3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A dissolved limited partnership<\/span> that has published a notice under § 50-73.52:2<\/a> may file an application with the circuit<\/span> court<\/span> of the city or county where the dissolved limited partnership<\/span>’s principal office<\/span>, or, if none in the Commonwealth, its registered office, is or was last located for a determination of the amount and form of security to be provided for payment of claims that are contingent or have not been made known to the dissolved limited partnership<\/span> or that are based on an event occurring after the effective date of dissolution but that, based on the facts<\/span> known to the dissolved limited partnership<\/span>, are reasonably estimated to arise after the effective date of dissolution. Provision need not be made for any claim that is or is reasonably anticipated to be barred under subsection C of § 50-73.52:2<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Within 10 days after the filing of the application, notice of the proceeding shall be given by the dissolved limited partnership<\/span> to each claimant holding a contingent claim<\/span> whose contingent claim<\/span> is shown on the records of the dissolved limited partnership<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The court<\/span> may appoint a guardian ad litem<\/span> to represent all claimants whose identities are unknown in any proceeding brought under this section. The reasonable fees and expenses of such guardian, including all reasonable expert witness<\/span> fees, shall be paid by the dissolved limited partnership<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Provision by the dissolved limited partnership<\/span> for security in the amount and the form ordered by the court<\/span> under subsection A shall satisfy the dissolved limited partnership<\/span>’s obligations with respect to claims that do not meet the definition of a claim in subsection D of § 50-73.52:1<\/a>, and such claims may not be enforced against a partner<\/span> who received assets<\/span> in liquidation<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nCOURT PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 50-73.52:3)\n\nA. A dissolved limited partnership that has published a notice under §\n50-73.52:2 may file an application with the circuit court of the city or county\nwhere the dissolved limited partnership’s principal office, or, if none in\nthe Commonwealth, its registered office, is or was last located for a\ndetermination of the amount and form of security to be provided for payment of\nclaims that are contingent or have not been made known to the dissolved limited\npartnership or that are based on an event occurring after the effective date of\ndissolution but that, based on the facts known to the dissolved limited\npartnership, are reasonably estimated to arise after the effective date of\ndissolution. Provision need not be made for any claim that is or is reasonably\nanticipated to be barred under subsection C of § 50-73.52:2.\n\nB. Within 10 days after the filing of the application, notice of the proceeding\nshall be given by the dissolved limited partnership to each claimant holding a\ncontingent claim whose contingent claim is shown on the records of the dissolved\nlimited partnership.\n\nC. The court may appoint a guardian ad litem to represent all claimants whose\nidentities are unknown in any proceeding brought under this section. The\nreasonable fees and expenses of such guardian, including all reasonable expert\nwitness fees, shall be paid by the dissolved limited partnership.\n\nD. Provision by the dissolved limited partnership for security in the amount and\nthe form ordered by the court under subsection A shall satisfy the dissolved\nlimited partnership’s obligations with respect to claims that do not meet\nthe definition of a claim in subsection D of § 50-73.52:1, and such claims\nmay not be enforced against a partner who received assets in liquidation.\n\nHISTORY: 2006, c. 912.","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}}