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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67363</law_id><section_number>13.1-1077</section_number><catch_line>Articles of domestication</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="14">Domestication</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> After the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> of a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> to a <span class="dictionary">domestic <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> is approved in the manner required by the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> is organized, the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> shall deliver to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for filing articles of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> setting forth: <a id="paragraph-244102" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1077/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> immediately before the filing of the articles of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> and the name of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> upon its <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> as a <span class="dictionary">domestic <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span>, which shall satisfy the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Name" href="/13.1-1012/">13.1-1012</a>; <a id="paragraph-244103" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1077/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The date on which the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> was originally formed, organized, or incorporated, and its original name, <span class="dictionary">entity</span> type, and <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction of formation</span>, organization, or incorporation, and, for each subsequent change of <span class="dictionary">entity</span> type or <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction of formation</span>, organization, or incorporation made before the filing of the articles of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>, the effective date of the change and the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>&#x2019;s name, <span class="dictionary">entity</span> type, and <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction of formation</span>, organization, or incorporation upon consummation of the change; <a id="paragraph-244104" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1077/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The plan of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>, including the full text of the amended and restated <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> of the <span class="dictionary">domestic <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> that comply with the requirements of this chapter, as they will be in effect upon consummation of the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>; and <a id="paragraph-244105" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1077/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A statement that the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> is permitted by the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the jurisdiction in which the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> is organized and that the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> has complied with those <span class="dictionary">laws</span> in effecting the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>. <a id="paragraph-244106" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1077/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> finds that the articles of <span class="dictionary">domestication</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 <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>. <a id="paragraph-244107" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1077/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The certificate of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> shall become effective pursuant to subsection D of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Issuance of certificate by Commission; recordation of documents" href="/13.1-1004/">13.1-1004</a>. <a id="paragraph-244108" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1077/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span>&#x2019;s existence as a <span class="dictionary">domestic <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> shall begin when the certificate of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> is effective. Upon becoming effective, the certificate of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> shall be conclusive <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> that all conditions <span class="dictionary">precedent</span> required to be performed by the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> have been complied with and that the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> has been organized under this chapter. <a id="paragraph-244109" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1077/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> is authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth under Article 10 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Authority to transact business required; governing law" href="/13.1-1051/">13.1-1051</a> et seq.), its certificate of registration shall be canceled automatically on the effective time and date of the certificate of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-244110" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1077/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2006, c. 912; 2012, c. 130; 2013, c. 17; 2016, c. 288.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
