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This law was first created in 1996. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 292<\/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":68306,"section_number":"50-73.113","catch_line":"Dissociated partner's power to bind partnership","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.113\/"},{"id":76746,"section_number":"50-73.120","catch_line":"Partner's power to bind partnership after dissolution","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.120\/"},{"id":61925,"section_number":"50-73.121","catch_line":"Statement of dissolution","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.121\/"},{"id":62308,"section_number":"50-73.92","catch_line":"Transfer of partnership property","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.92\/"},{"id":55472,"section_number":"50-73.99","catch_line":"Partner's rights and duties","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.99\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":59704,"section_number":"50-73.93","catch_line":"Statement of partnership authority","order_by":null,"url":"\/50-73.93\/"}],"permalink":{"id":234777,"object_type":"law","relational_id":78463,"identifier":"50-73.91","token":"50\/2.2\/3\/50-73.91","url":"\/50-73.91\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.91\/","token":"50\/2.2\/3\/50-73.91","dublin_core":{"Title":"Partner agent of partnership","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.91","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Subject to the effect of a statement<\/span> of partnership<\/span> authority under \u00a7 50-73.93<\/a>:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Each partner is an agent of the partnership<\/span> for the purpose of its business<\/span>. An act of a partner, including the execution of an instrument in the partnership<\/span> name, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership<\/span> business<\/span> or business<\/span> of the kind carried on by the partnership<\/span> binds the partnership<\/span>, unless the partner had no authority to act for the partnership<\/span> in the particular matter and the person<\/span> with whom the partner was dealing knew or had received a notification that the partner lacked authority. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> An act of a partner which is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership<\/span> business<\/span> or business<\/span> of the kind carried on by the partnership<\/span> binds the partnership<\/span> only if the act was authorized by the other partners. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPARTNER AGENT OF PARTNERSHIP (\u00a7 50-73.91)\n\nSubject to the effect of a statement of partnership authority under \u00a7 50-73.93:\n\n1. Each partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business.\nAn act of a partner, including the execution of an instrument in the partnership\nname, for apparently carrying on in the ordinary course the partnership business\nor business of the kind carried on by the partnership binds the partnership,\nunless the partner had no authority to act for the partnership in the particular\nmatter and the person with whom the partner was dealing knew or had received a\nnotification that the partner lacked authority.\n\n2. An act of a partner which is not apparently for carrying on in the ordinary\ncourse the partnership business or business of the kind carried on by the\npartnership binds the partnership only if the act was authorized by the other\npartners.\n\nHISTORY: 1996, c. 292.","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}}