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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>80660</law_id><section_number>13.1-1086</section_number><catch_line>Effect of entity conversion</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="15">Conversion</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> When an <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> under this article becomes effective, with respect to that entity: <a id="paragraph-289075" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The title to all real estate and other <span class="dictionary">property</span> remains in the <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span> without reversion or impairment; <a id="paragraph-289076" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The liabilities of the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> remain the liabilities of the <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span>; and <a id="paragraph-289077" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A proceeding pending may be continued by or against the <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span> as if the conversion did not occur. <a id="paragraph-289078" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> When the <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span> is a <span class="dictionary">domestic stock corporation</span> or business trust: <a id="paragraph-289079" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> or <span class="dictionary">articles of trust</span> attached to the articles of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> constitute the <span class="dictionary">articles of incorporation</span> or <span class="dictionary">articles of trust</span> of the <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span>; <a id="paragraph-289080" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">interests</span> of the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> are reclassified into shares or beneficial <span class="dictionary">interests</span> of the <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span> in accordance with the plan of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span>; and the <span class="dictionary">members</span> of the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> are entitled only to the rights provided in the plan of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span>; <a id="paragraph-289081" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span> is deemed to:
				a. Be a <span class="dictionary">domestic stock corporation</span> or business trust, as the case may be, for all purposes;
				b. Be the same stock corporation or business trust without interruption as the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> that existed before the conversion; and
				c. Have been incorporated or formed on the date that the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> was originally incorporated, organized, or formed; <a id="paragraph-289082" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> shall cease to be a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> when the certificate of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> becomes effective; and <a id="paragraph-289083" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">member</span> of a <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> who, before the conversion, was liable for the liabilities or obligations of the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> is not released from those liabilities or obligations by reason of the conversion. <a id="paragraph-289084" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> When the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> is a partnership or a limited partnership: <a id="paragraph-289085" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> attached to the articles of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> constitute the <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> of the <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span>; <a id="paragraph-289086" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The eligible interests of the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> are reclassified into <span class="dictionary">membership interests</span> in accordance with the plan of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span>; and the partners of the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> are entitled only to the rights provided in the plan of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span>; <a id="paragraph-289087" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span> is deemed to:
				a. Be a <span class="dictionary">domestic <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> for all purposes;
				b. Be the same <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> without interruption as the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> that existed before the conversion; and
				c. Have been organized on the date that the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> was originally formed, organized, or incorporated; <a id="paragraph-289088" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#C3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> shall cease to be a partnership or limited partnership when the certificate of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> becomes effective; <a id="paragraph-289089" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#C4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> is a partnership, a statement of partnership authority filed by the partnership that has not been canceled shall be deemed canceled when the certificate of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> becomes effective; <a id="paragraph-289090" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#C5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> is a limited partnership, its <span class="dictionary">certificate of limited partnership</span> shall be deemed canceled when the certificate of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> becomes effective; <a id="paragraph-289091" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#C6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> If the partnership or limited partnership is registered as a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>, that status shall be deemed canceled when the certificate of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> becomes effective; and <a id="paragraph-289092" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#C7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Any partner of a <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> who, before the conversion, was liable for the liabilities or obligations of the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> is not released from those liabilities or obligations by reason of the conversion. <a id="paragraph-289093" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1086/#C8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2016, c. 288.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
