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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>59684</law_id><section_number>13.1-1099.8</section_number><catch_line>Claim seeking to disregard limitation of liability</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1051</reference><reference>13.1-1093</reference><reference>13.1-1099.21</reference><reference>13.1-1099.23</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> Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, a claim seeking to disregard a limitation in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limitations on liability" href="/13.1-1099.7/">13.1-1099.7</a> is governed by the principles of <span class="dictionary">law</span> and <span class="dictionary">equity</span>, including a principle providing a right to a <span class="dictionary">creditor</span> or holding a <span class="dictionary">person</span> liable for a debt, obligation, or other liability of another <span class="dictionary">person</span>, that would apply if each <span class="dictionary">protected series</span> of a series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> were a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> formed separately from the series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> and distinct from the series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> and any other <span class="dictionary">protected series</span> of the series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>. <a id="paragraph-218566" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1099.8/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The failure of a series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> or a <span class="dictionary">protected series</span> to observe formalities relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its activities and affairs is not a ground to disregard a limitation in subsection A of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limitations on liability" href="/13.1-1099.7/">13.1-1099.7</a> but may be a ground to disregard a limitation in subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Limitations on liability" href="/13.1-1099.7/">13.1-1099.7</a>. <a id="paragraph-218567" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1099.8/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> This section applies to a claim seeking to disregard a limitation of liability applicable to a <span class="dictionary">foreign series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span></span> or <span class="dictionary">foreign protected series</span> and comparable to a limitation stated in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Limitations on liability" href="/13.1-1099.7/">13.1-1099.7</a>, if: <a id="paragraph-218568" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1099.8/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The claimant is a resident of the Commonwealth or transacting business or registered to transact business in the Commonwealth; or <a id="paragraph-218569" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1099.8/#C1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The claim is to establish or enforce a liability arising under a <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth other than this chapter or from an act or omission in the Commonwealth. <a id="paragraph-218570" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1099.8/#C2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
