{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/50-73.58_1.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/50-73.58_1.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/50-73.58_1.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/50-73.58_1.html"}],"law_id":60122,"edition_id":1,"section_id":60122,"structure_id":13654,"section_number":"50-73.58:1","catch_line":"Automatic cancellation of certificate of registration","history":"2008, c. 586; 2013, c. 18.","full_text":"A\n\nWhether or not the notice described in subsection B of § 50-73.69 is mailed, if any foreign limited partnership fails to pay its annual registration fee on or before December 31 of the year assessed, such foreign limited partnership shall automatically cease to be authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth and its certificate of registration shall be automatically canceled as of that day.B\n\nIf any foreign limited partnership whose registered agent has filed with the Commission a statement of resignation pursuant to § 50-73.6 fails to file a statement of change pursuant to § 50-73.5 within 31 days after the date on which the statement of resignation was filed, the Commission shall mail notice to the limited partnership of impending cancellation of its certificate of registration. If the limited partnership fails to file the statement of change as of the last day of the second month immediately following the month in which the impending cancellation notice was mailed, the certificate shall be automatically canceled as of that day.C\n\nThe automatic cancellation of a foreign limited partnership’s certificate of registration constitutes the appointment of the clerk of the Commission as the foreign limited partnership’s agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign limited partnership was registered to transact business in the Commonwealth. Service of process on the clerk of the Commission under this subsection is service on the foreign limited partnership and shall be made on the clerk in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.D\n\nCancellation of a foreign limited partnership’s certificate of registration does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the foreign limited partnership.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":219986,"text":"Whether or not the notice described in subsection B of § 50-73.69 is mailed, if any foreign limited partnership fails to pay its annual registration fee on or before December 31 of the year assessed, such foreign limited partnership shall automatically cease to be authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth and its certificate of registration shall be automatically canceled as of that day.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":219987,"text":"If any foreign limited partnership whose registered agent has filed with the Commission a statement of resignation pursuant to § 50-73.6 fails to file a statement of change pursuant to § 50-73.5 within 31 days after the date on which the statement of resignation was filed, the Commission shall mail notice to the limited partnership of impending cancellation of its certificate of registration. If the limited partnership fails to file the statement of change as of the last day of the second month immediately following the month in which the impending cancellation notice was mailed, the certificate shall be automatically canceled as of that day.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":219988,"text":"The automatic cancellation of a foreign limited partnership’s certificate of registration constitutes the appointment of the clerk of the Commission as the foreign limited partnership’s agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the foreign limited partnership was registered to transact business in the Commonwealth. 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This law was first created in 2008. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 586<\/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. 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 2013, chapter 18<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":74972,"section_number":"8.01-304","catch_line":"How process served on copartner or partnership, domestic or foreign limited liability partnership, and domestic or foreign limited partnership","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-304\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":69732,"section_number":"50-73.5","catch_line":"Change of registered office or registered agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.5\/"},{"id":69046,"section_number":"50-73.6","catch_line":"Resignation of registered agent","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.6\/"},{"id":58960,"section_number":"50-73.69","catch_line":"Penalty for failure to timely pay annual registration fee","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.69\/"}],"permalink":{"id":234667,"object_type":"law","relational_id":60122,"identifier":"50-73.58:1","token":"50\/2.1\/9\/50-73.58_1","url":"\/50-73.58_1\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.58_1\/","token":"50\/2.1\/9\/50-73.58_1","dublin_core":{"Title":"Automatic cancellation of certificate of registration","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.58:1","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Whether or not the notice described in subsection B of § 50-73.69<\/a> is mailed, if any foreign limited partnership<\/span> fails to pay its annual registration fee on or before December 31 of the year assessed, such foreign limited partnership<\/span> shall automatically cease to be authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth and its certificate of registration shall be automatically canceled as of that day. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> If any foreign limited partnership<\/span> whose registered agent has filed with the Commission<\/span> a statement of resignation pursuant to § 50-73.6<\/a> fails to file a statement of change pursuant to § 50-73.5<\/a> within 31 days after the date on which the statement of resignation was filed, the Commission<\/span> shall mail notice to the limited partnership of impending cancellation of its certificate of registration. If the limited partnership fails to file the statement of change as of the last day of the second month immediately following the month in which the impending cancellation notice was mailed, the certificate shall be automatically canceled as of that day. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> The automatic cancellation of a foreign limited partnership<\/span>’s certificate of registration constitutes the appointment of the clerk of the Commission<\/span> as the foreign limited partnership<\/span>’s agent for service of process<\/span> in any proceeding based on a cause of action<\/span> arising during the time the foreign limited partnership<\/span> was registered to transact business in the Commonwealth. Service of process<\/span> on the clerk of the Commission<\/span> under this subsection is service on the foreign limited partnership<\/span> and shall be made on the clerk in accordance with § 12.1-19.1<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Cancellation of a foreign limited partnership<\/span>’s certificate of registration does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the foreign limited partnership<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAUTOMATIC CANCELLATION OF CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION (\u00a7 50-73.58:1)\n\nA. Whether or not the notice described in subsection B of § 50-73.69 is\nmailed, if any foreign limited partnership fails to pay its annual registration\nfee on or before December 31 of the year assessed, such foreign limited\npartnership shall automatically cease to be authorized to transact business in\nthe Commonwealth and its certificate of registration shall be automatically\ncanceled as of that day.\n\nB. If any foreign limited partnership whose registered agent has filed with the\nCommission a statement of resignation pursuant to § 50-73.6 fails to file a\nstatement of change pursuant to § 50-73.5 within 31 days after the date on\nwhich the statement of resignation was filed, the Commission shall mail notice\nto the limited partnership of impending cancellation of its certificate of\nregistration. If the limited partnership fails to file the statement of change\nas of the last day of the second month immediately following the month in which\nthe impending cancellation notice was mailed, the certificate shall be\nautomatically canceled as of that day.\n\nC. The automatic cancellation of a foreign limited partnership’s\ncertificate of registration constitutes the appointment of the clerk of the\nCommission as the foreign limited partnership’s agent for service of\nprocess in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time the\nforeign limited partnership was registered to transact business in the\nCommonwealth. Service of process on the clerk of the Commission under this\nsubsection is service on the foreign limited partnership and shall be made on\nthe clerk in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.\n\nD. Cancellation of a foreign limited partnership’s certificate of\nregistration does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the\nforeign limited partnership.\n\nHISTORY: 2008, c. 586; 2013, c. 18.","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}}