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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69949</law_id><section_number>13.1-928.2</section_number><catch_line>Entity conversion of foreign corporation authorized to transact business in Commonwealth</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="10">Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="14">Foreign Corporations</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Whenever a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> that is authorized to <span class="dictionary">transact business</span> in the Commonwealth converts to another type of entity, the surviving or resulting entity shall, within 30 days after such <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> becomes effective, file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a copy of the instrument of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> duly authenticated by the Secretary of <span class="dictionary">State</span> or other official having <span class="dictionary">custody</span> of corporate records in the <span class="dictionary">state</span> or other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> under whose <span class="dictionary">laws</span> such <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> was effected; and <a id="paragraph-252741" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-928.2/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> If the surviving or resulting entity is not continuing to <span class="dictionary">transact business</span> in the Commonwealth or is not a <span class="dictionary">foreign limited liability company</span>, business trust, limited partnership, or <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>, then, within 30 days after such <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span>, it shall comply on behalf of the predecessor corporation with the provisions of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Withdrawal of foreign corporation" href="/13.1-929/">13.1-929</a>; or <a id="paragraph-252742" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-928.2/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> If the surviving or resulting entity is a <span class="dictionary">foreign limited liability company</span>, business trust, limited partnership, or <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> and is to continue to <span class="dictionary">transact business</span> in the Commonwealth, then, within such 30 days, it shall <span class="dictionary">deliver</span> to the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> an application for a certificate of registration to <span class="dictionary">transact business</span> in the Commonwealth or, in the case of a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span>, a statement of registration. <a id="paragraph-252743" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-928.2/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Upon the <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> of a <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> that is authorized to <span class="dictionary">transact business</span> in the Commonwealth, all property in the Commonwealth owned by the <span class="dictionary">foreign corporation</span> shall pass to the surviving or resulting entity except as otherwise provided by the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the <span class="dictionary">state</span> or other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> by which it is governed, but only from and after the time when a duly authenticated copy of the instrument of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> is filed with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-252744" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-928.2/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2004, c. 274.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
