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However, a foreign limited partnership holding a valid certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth shall have no greater rights and privileges than a domestic limited partnership. 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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 2007, chapter 631<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":234631,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65881,"identifier":"50-73.53","token":"50\/2.1\/9\/50-73.53","url":"\/50-73.53\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.53\/","token":"50\/2.1\/9\/50-73.53","dublin_core":{"Title":"Authority to transact business required; governing law","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.53","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A foreign limited partnership<\/span> may not transact business in the Commonwealth until it obtains a certificate of registration from the Commission<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Subject to the Constitution of this Commonwealth, (i) the laws<\/span> of the state<\/span> or other jurisdiction<\/span> under which a foreign limited partnership<\/span> is formed govern its formation and internal affairs and the liability of its limited partners<\/span>, and (ii) a foreign limited partnership<\/span> may not be denied a certificate of registration by reason of any difference between those laws<\/span> and the laws<\/span> of this Commonwealth. However, a foreign limited partnership<\/span> holding a valid certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth shall have no greater rights and privileges<\/span> than a domestic limited partnership<\/span>. The certificate of registration shall not be deemed to authorize the foreign limited partnership<\/span> to exercise any of its powers or purposes that a domestic limited partnership<\/span> is forbidden by law<\/span> to exercise in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTHORITY TO TRANSACT BUSINESS REQUIRED; GOVERNING LAW (\u00a7 50-73.53)\n\nA. A foreign limited partnership may not transact business in the Commonwealth\nuntil it obtains a certificate of registration from the Commission.\n\nB. Subject to the Constitution of this Commonwealth, (i) the laws of the state\nor other jurisdiction under which a foreign limited partnership is formed govern\nits formation and internal affairs and the liability of its limited partners,\nand (ii) a foreign limited partnership may not be denied a certificate of\nregistration by reason of any difference between those laws and the laws of this\nCommonwealth. However, a foreign limited partnership holding a valid certificate\nof registration to transact business in the Commonwealth shall have no greater\nrights and privileges than a domestic limited partnership. The certificate of\nregistration shall not be deemed to authorize the foreign limited partnership to\nexercise any of its powers or purposes that a domestic limited partnership is\nforbidden by law to exercise in the Commonwealth.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 607; 2007, c. 631.","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}}