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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75573</law_id><section_number>13.1-1011</section_number><catch_line>Articles of organization</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1003.1</reference><reference>13.1-1075</reference><reference>56-1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="12">Virginia Limited Liability Company Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="2">Formation</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> shall set forth: <a id="paragraph-271471" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1011/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A name for the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Name" href="/13.1-1012/">13.1-1012</a>; <a id="paragraph-271472" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1011/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The post office address, including the street and number, if any, of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>&#x2019;s initial registered office, the name of the city or county in which it is located, the name of its initial registered agent at that office, and that the agent is either (i) an individual who is a resident of Virginia and one of the following: a <span class="dictionary">member</span> or <span class="dictionary">manager</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, a <span class="dictionary">member</span> or <span class="dictionary">manager</span> of a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> that is a <span class="dictionary">member</span> or <span class="dictionary">manager</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, an officer or director of a corporation that is a <span class="dictionary">member</span> or <span class="dictionary">manager</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, a general partner of a general or limited partnership that is a <span class="dictionary">member</span> or <span class="dictionary">manager</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, a trustee of a trust that is a <span class="dictionary">member</span> or <span class="dictionary">manager</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, or a <span class="dictionary">member</span> of the Virginia State Bar or (ii) a domestic or foreign stock or nonstock corporation, <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> or <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth; and <a id="paragraph-271473" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1011/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The post office address, including the street and number, if any, of the <span class="dictionary">principal office</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, which may be the same as the registered office, but need not be within the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-271474" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1011/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> may set forth any other matter that under this chapter is permitted to be set forth in an <span class="dictionary">operating agreement</span> of a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>. <a id="paragraph-271475" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1011/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> need not set forth any of the powers enumerated in this chapter. <a id="paragraph-271476" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1011/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> comply with the requirements of <span class="dictionary">law</span> and that all required fees have been paid, it shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a certificate of organization. <a id="paragraph-271477" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1011/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 168; 1992, c. 574; 1993, c. 113; 1997, c. 190; 2000, c. 162; 2001, cc. 517, 541; 2004, c. 314; 2006, c. 748; 2009, c. 763.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
