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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>54475</law_id><section_number>13.1-1056.2</section_number><catch_line>Involuntary cancellation of certificate of registration</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><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="10">Foreign Limited Liability Companies</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth of any <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> may be canceled involuntarily by <span class="dictionary">order</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> when it finds that the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span>: <a id="paragraph-199952" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Has continued to exceed or abuse the authority conferred upon it by <span class="dictionary">law</span>; <a id="paragraph-199953" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Has failed to maintain a registered office or a registered agent in the Commonwealth as required by <span class="dictionary">law</span>; <a id="paragraph-199954" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Has failed to file any document required by this chapter to be filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; <a id="paragraph-199955" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> No longer exists under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the state or other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of its organization; or <a id="paragraph-199956" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Has been convicted for a violation of 8 U.S.C. &#xA7; 1324a (f), as amended, for actions of its <span class="dictionary">members</span> or <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">managers</span></span> constituting a pattern or practice of employing unauthorized aliens in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-199957" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Before entering any such <span class="dictionary">order</span> the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall <span class="dictionary">issue</span> a rule against the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> giving it an opportunity to be heard and show cause why such an <span class="dictionary">order</span> should not be entered. The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> may <span class="dictionary">issue</span> the rule on its own <span class="dictionary">motion</span> or on <span class="dictionary">motion</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>. <a id="paragraph-199958" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The authority of a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> to transact business in the Commonwealth ceases on the date shown on the <span class="dictionary">order</span> canceling its certificate of registration. <a id="paragraph-199959" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>&#x2019;s cancellation of a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span>&#x2019;s certificate of registration appoints the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span>&#x2019;s agent for <span class="dictionary">service of process</span> in any proceeding based on a <span class="dictionary">cause of action</span> arising during the time the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> was registered to transact business in the Commonwealth. <span class="dictionary">Service of process</span> on the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> under this subsection is service on the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> and shall be made on the clerk in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Service of process on the Clerk of the State Corporation Commission as statutory agent" href="/12.1-19.1/">12.1-19.1</a>. <a id="paragraph-199960" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Cancellation of a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span>&#x2019;s certificate of registration does not terminate the authority of the registered agent of the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span>. <a id="paragraph-199961" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="F"><p><span class="prefix-number">F.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> convicted of the <span class="dictionary">offense</span> listed in subdivision A 5 shall immediately report such <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> and file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> an authenticated copy of the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> or record of <span class="dictionary">conviction</span>. A certificate of registration canceled pursuant to subdivision A 5 shall not be eligible for reinstatement for a period of not less than one year. <a id="paragraph-199962" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1056.2/#F"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2008, c. 108; 2009, c. 167.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
