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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>73456</law_id><section_number>13.1-1099.16</section_number><catch_line>Merger authorized; parties restricted</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1088</reference><reference>13.1-1099.15</reference><reference>13.1-1099.17</reference><reference>13.1-1099.18</reference><reference>13.1-1099.19</reference><reference>13.1-1099.20</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><p>A series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> may be <span class="dictionary">party</span> to a merger in accordance with Article 13 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/13.1-1069.1/">13.1-1069.1</a> et seq.), this section, and &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Plan of merger" href="/13.1-1099.17/">13.1-1099.17</a> through <a class="law" title="Application of &#xA7; 13.1-1099.10 after merger" href="/13.1-1099.20/">13.1-1099.20</a> only if:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Each <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger is a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>; and <a id="paragraph-264344" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1099.16/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The <span class="dictionary">surviving company</span> is not created in the merger. <a id="paragraph-264345" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1099.16/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
