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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66295</law_id><section_number>50-73.131</section_number><catch_line>Statement of merger</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1060</reference><reference>13.1-1250</reference><reference>13.1-766.1</reference><reference>50-73.128</reference><reference>50-73.57:2</reference><reference>50-73.79</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="50">Partnerships</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2.2">Virginia Uniform Partnership Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Conversions and Mergers</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> After a plan of merger is approved, the surviving partnership or <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> shall file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of merger on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">partnerships</span> that have filed either a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of partnership authority or a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration as a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> that is not canceled. <a id="paragraph-240747" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.131/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of merger executed by each <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger shall contain: <a id="paragraph-240748" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.131/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The name of each partnership or <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> that is a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger; <a id="paragraph-240749" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.131/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The name of the surviving entity into which the other <span class="dictionary">partnerships</span> or <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> were merged; <a id="paragraph-240750" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.131/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The identification number issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to each partnership that has filed a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of partnership authority that has not been canceled; <a id="paragraph-240751" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.131/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The street address of the surviving entity&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">principal office</span> and of an office in this Commonwealth, if any; and <a id="paragraph-240752" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.131/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Whether the surviving entity is a partnership or a <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>. <a id="paragraph-240753" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.131/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection D, for the purposes of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Transfer of partnership property" href="/50-73.92/">50-73.92</a>, <span class="dictionary">property</span> of the surviving partnership or <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> which before the merger was held in the name of another <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger is <span class="dictionary">property</span> held in the name of the surviving entity upon filing a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of merger. <a id="paragraph-240754" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.131/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> For the purposes of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Transfer of partnership property" href="/50-73.92/">50-73.92</a>, real <span class="dictionary">property</span> of the surviving partnership or <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> which before the merger was held in the name of another <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger is <span class="dictionary">property</span> held in the name of the surviving entity upon recording a certified copy of the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of merger in the office for recording <span class="dictionary">transfers</span> of that real <span class="dictionary">property</span>. <a id="paragraph-240755" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.131/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> A filed and, if appropriate, recorded <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of merger, executed and declared to be accurate pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Execution, filing, and recording of statements; effective time and date; refunds; penalty" href="/50-73.83/">50-73.83</a>, stating the name of a partnership or <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> that is a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger in whose name <span class="dictionary">property</span> was held before the merger and the name of the surviving entity, but not containing all of the other information required by subsection B, operates with respect to the partnerships or <span class="dictionary">limited partnerships</span> named to the extent provided in subsections C and D. <a id="paragraph-240756" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.131/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, c. 292; 2000, c. 58; 2003, c. 567; 2007, c. 631; 2013, c. 18.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
