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Whenever any such person accepts service of process, a photographic copy of such instrument shall be attached to the return.B\n\nWhenever a domestic or foreign limited partnership fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent in the Commonwealth, or whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the clerk of the Commission shall be an agent of the limited partnership upon whom service may be made in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.C\n\nThis section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a domestic or foreign limited partnership.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":209171,"text":"A domestic or foreign limited partnership’s registered agent is the limited partnership’s agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the 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 3 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1991, chapter 672; in 2001, chapters 517<\/a> and 541<\/a>; in 2007, chapter 631<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":72248,"section_number":"28.2-401","catch_line":"Service of process for nonresident individuals, foreign corporations, general and limited partnerships","order_by":null,"url":"\/28.2-401\/"},{"id":79428,"section_number":"50-73.77","catch_line":"Transition and savings provisions","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.77\/"},{"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":false,"permalink":{"id":234279,"object_type":"law","relational_id":57121,"identifier":"50-73.7","token":"50\/2.1\/1\/50-73.7","url":"\/50-73.7\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.7\/","token":"50\/2.1\/1\/50-73.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Service on limited partnership","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> A domestic or foreign limited partnership<\/span>’s registered agent is the limited partnership’s agent for service of process<\/span>, notice, or demand required or permitted by law<\/span> to be served on the limited partnership. The registered agent, by instrument in writing, acknowledged before a notary public, may designate a natural person<\/span> or persons<\/span> in the office of the registered agent upon whom any such process, notice or demand may be served. Whenever any such person<\/span> accepts service of process<\/span>, a photographic copy of such instrument shall be attached to the return. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Whenever a domestic or foreign limited partnership<\/span> fails to appoint or maintain a registered agent in the Commonwealth, or whenever its registered agent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then the clerk of the Commission<\/span> shall be an agent of the limited partnership upon whom service may be made in accordance with § 12.1-19.1<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a domestic or foreign limited partnership<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSERVICE ON LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (\u00a7 50-73.7)\n\nA. A domestic or foreign limited partnership’s registered agent is the\nlimited partnership’s agent for service of process, notice, or demand\nrequired or permitted by law to be served on the limited partnership. The\nregistered agent, by instrument in writing, acknowledged before a notary public,\nmay designate a natural person or persons in the office of the registered agent\nupon whom any such process, notice or demand may be served. Whenever any such\nperson accepts service of process, a photographic copy of such instrument shall\nbe attached to the return.\n\nB. Whenever a domestic or foreign limited partnership fails to appoint or\nmaintain a registered agent in the Commonwealth, or whenever its registered\nagent cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office, then\nthe clerk of the Commission shall be an agent of the limited partnership upon\nwhom service may be made in accordance with § 12.1-19.1.\n\nC. This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required\nmeans, of serving a domestic or foreign limited partnership.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 607; 1991, c. 672; 2001, cc. 517, 541; 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}}