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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73291</law_id><section_number>13.1-1027</section_number><catch_line>Contributions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1040</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="5">Relationship of Members to Each Other</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">contributions</span> of a <span class="dictionary">member</span> to a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> may be in cash, <span class="dictionary">property</span>, or services rendered or a promissory note or other binding obligation to contribute cash or <span class="dictionary">property</span> or to perform services. <a id="paragraph-263744" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1027/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as provided in the <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> or an <span class="dictionary">operating agreement</span>, a <span class="dictionary">member</span> is obligated to the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> to perform any enforceable promise to contribute cash or <span class="dictionary">property</span> or to perform services, even if he is unable to perform because of death, disability or any other reason. If a <span class="dictionary">member</span> does not make the required <span class="dictionary">contribution</span> of <span class="dictionary">property</span> or services, he is obligated at the option of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> to contribute cash equal to that portion of the value, as stated in the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> records required to be kept by &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Information and records" href="/13.1-1028/">13.1-1028</a>, of such <span class="dictionary">contribution</span> that has not been made. <a id="paragraph-263745" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1027/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Unless otherwise provided in the <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> or an <span class="dictionary">operating agreement</span>, the obligation of a <span class="dictionary">member</span> to make a <span class="dictionary">contribution</span> or return money or other <span class="dictionary">property</span> paid or distributed in violation of this chapter may be compromised only by consent of all the <span class="dictionary">members</span>. Notwithstanding the compromise, a <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> of a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> who extends credit or otherwise acts in reliance on the original obligation may enforce the original obligation to the extent that, in extending credit, the <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> reasonably relied on the obligation of a <span class="dictionary">member</span> to make a <span class="dictionary">contribution</span> or return. A conditional obligation of a <span class="dictionary">member</span> to make a <span class="dictionary">contribution</span> or return money or other <span class="dictionary">property</span> to a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> may not be enforced unless the conditions of the obligation have been satisfied or waived as to or by such <span class="dictionary">member</span>. Conditional obligations include <span class="dictionary">contributions</span> payable upon a discretionary call of a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> prior to the time the call occurs. <a id="paragraph-263746" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1027/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> or an <span class="dictionary">operating agreement</span> may provide in writing that the <span class="dictionary">interest</span> of any <span class="dictionary">member</span> who fails to make any <span class="dictionary">contribution</span> that he is obligated to make shall be subject to specified penalties for, or specified consequences of, such failure. Such <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> or consequence may take the form of reducing or eliminating the defaulting <span class="dictionary">member</span>&#x2019;s proportionate <span class="dictionary">interest</span> in a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, subordinating his <span class="dictionary">interest</span> in the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> to that of nondefaulting <span class="dictionary">members</span>, a forced sale of his <span class="dictionary">interest</span> in the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, forfeiture of his <span class="dictionary">interest</span> in the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, the lending by other <span class="dictionary">members</span> of the amount necessary to meet his commitment, a fixing of the value of his <span class="dictionary">interest</span> in the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> by appraisal or by formula and <span class="dictionary">redemption</span> or sale of his <span class="dictionary">interest</span> in the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> at such value, or other <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> or consequence. <a id="paragraph-263747" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1027/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> No promise by a <span class="dictionary">member</span> to contribute to a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> is enforceable unless set out in a writing signed by the <span class="dictionary">member</span>. <a id="paragraph-263748" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1027/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> The <span class="dictionary">contributions</span> of a corporation to a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> of which such corporation is a <span class="dictionary">member</span> may be in the form of an asset for which an application for a project requiring a certificate has been approved by the Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of Title 32.1. No further approval by such Commissioner shall be required as a condition to the validity of the <span class="dictionary">member</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">contribution</span> of such an asset to the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> if (i) both the <span class="dictionary">member</span> and the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> have their <span class="dictionary">principal offices</span> within the same city or county of the Commonwealth, (ii) such contributing <span class="dictionary">member</span> owns at least one-third of the <span class="dictionary">membership interests</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, and (iii) the <span class="dictionary">assets</span> contributed by such <span class="dictionary">member</span> to the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> comprise not more than ten percent of such <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">member</span>. <a id="paragraph-263749" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1027/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 168; 1995, c. 168; 1999, c. 966.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
