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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69420</law_id><section_number>13.1-1048</section_number><catch_line>Winding up</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1050</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="9">Dissolution</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The winding up of a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> shall be completed when all debts, liabilities, and obligations of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> have been paid and discharged or reasonably adequate provision therefor has been made, and all of the remaining <span class="dictionary">property</span> and <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> have been distributed to the <span class="dictionary">members</span>. <a id="paragraph-251069" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1048/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Unless otherwise provided in the <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> or an <span class="dictionary">operating agreement</span>, upon the dissolution of a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, the <span class="dictionary">members</span> may wind up the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>&#x2019;s affairs; however, the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the locality in which the registered office of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> is located, on cause shown, may wind up the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>&#x2019;s affairs on application of any <span class="dictionary">member</span>, his legal representative, or <span class="dictionary">assignee</span>, and in connection therewith, may appoint one or more liquidating trustees. <a id="paragraph-251070" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1048/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Upon dissolution of a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> and until the effective date of a certificate of cancellation issued pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Articles of cancellation" href="/13.1-1050/">13.1-1050</a>, the liquidating trustees, in the name and on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, may (i) <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span> and defend suits, whether civil, criminal or administrative, (ii) wind up the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>&#x2019;s business, (iii) dispose of and convey the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">property</span>, (iv) discharge or make reasonable provision for the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>&#x2019;s liabilities, and (v) distribute to the <span class="dictionary">members</span> any remaining <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, all without affecting the liability of <span class="dictionary">members</span> and without imposing the liability of a general partner on a liquidating trustee. <a id="paragraph-251071" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1048/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1991, c. 168; 1995, c. 168; 2002, c. 288; 2004, c. 601; 2006, c. 748; 2008, c. 108.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
