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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73065</law_id><section_number>13.1-1078</section_number><catch_line>Surrender of articles of organization upon 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> Whenever a <span class="dictionary">domestic <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> has approved, in the manner required by this article, a plan of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> providing for the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> to be domesticated under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>, the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> shall deliver to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> for filing <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> surrender setting forth: <a id="paragraph-263085" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#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">limited liability company</span> immediately before the filing of the <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> surrender; <a id="paragraph-263086" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> is to be domesticated and the name of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> upon its <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of that <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span>; <a id="paragraph-263087" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#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>; <a id="paragraph-263088" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#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 plan of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> was adopted by the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Action on plan of domestication by a domestic limited liability company" href="/13.1-1076/">13.1-1076</a>; <a id="paragraph-263089" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> A statement that the <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> surrender are being filed in connection with the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> as a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> to be organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of another <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> and that the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> is surrendering its certificate of organization under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-263090" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> A statement that the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and appoints the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> as its 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 it was organized in the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-263091" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> A mailing address to which the clerk may mail a copy of any process served on him under subdivision 6; and <a id="paragraph-263092" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#A7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> A commitment by the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> to notify the clerk of the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> in the future of any change in the mailing address of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>. <a id="paragraph-263093" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#A8"><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 <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> surrender 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">organization surrender</span>. <a id="paragraph-263094" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> shall automatically cease to be a <span class="dictionary">domestic <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> when the certificate of <span class="dictionary">organization surrender</span> becomes effective. <a id="paragraph-263095" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> If the former <span class="dictionary">domestic <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> intends to continue to transact business in the Commonwealth, then, within thirty days after the effective date of the certificate of <span class="dictionary">organization surrender</span>, it shall deliver to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> an application for a certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Application for certificate of registration" href="/13.1-1052/">13.1-1052</a> together with a copy of its instrument of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> and <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> and all amendments thereto, duly authenticated by the Secretary of State or other official having <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> records in the state or other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> under whose <span class="dictionary">laws</span> it is organized or domesticated. <a id="paragraph-263096" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1078/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2006, c. 912; 2009, c. 201; 2016, c. 288.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
