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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59342</law_id><section_number>13.1-1090</section_number><catch_line>Powers and duration of protected series</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1089</reference><reference>13.1-1093</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="16">Protected Series</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> A <span class="dictionary">protected series</span> of a series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> has the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name. <a id="paragraph-217512" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1090/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as otherwise provided in subsections C and D, a <span class="dictionary">protected series</span> of a series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> has the same powers and purpose as the series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>. <a id="paragraph-217513" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1090/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">protected series</span> of a series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> ceases to exist not later than when the series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> ceases to exist. <a id="paragraph-217514" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1090/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">protected series</span> of a series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> shall not: <a id="paragraph-217515" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1090/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Be a <span class="dictionary">member</span> of the series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>; <a id="paragraph-217516" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1090/#D1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Establish a <span class="dictionary">protected series</span>; or <a id="paragraph-217517" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1090/#D2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Except as permitted by a <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth other than this article, have any purpose or power that the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth other than this article prohibits a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> from doing or having. <a id="paragraph-217518" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1090/#D3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
