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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>68742</law_id><section_number>50-73.136</section_number><catch_line>Amendment of statement of registration; effect of statement of registration</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>50-73.134</reference><reference>50-73.136</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="9.1">Registered Limited Liability Partnerships</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection D or any other provision of this chapter, the status of a partnership as a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> or a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span>, and the liability of the partners thereof, shall not be affected by (i) errors in the information stated in the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration, if the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> was filed in good faith, or (ii) changes after the filing of a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration in the information stated in the <span class="dictionary">statement</span>. <a id="paragraph-248860" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.136/#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 registration or any amendment thereto may also serve as a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of partnership authority under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Statement of partnership authority" href="/50-73.93/">50-73.93</a>, a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of denial under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Statement of denial" href="/50-73.94/">50-73.94</a>, a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of dissociation under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Statement of dissociation" href="/50-73.115/">50-73.115</a>, or a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of dissolution under &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Statement of dissolution" href="/50-73.121/">50-73.121</a> if (i) the title of the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> indicates each purpose for which it is filed and (ii) if the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration otherwise meets the requirements of the particular other <span class="dictionary">statement</span> and, to the extent that it serves as such an other <span class="dictionary">statement</span>, it may be amended, canceled or limited, in accordance with &#xA7;&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Statement of partnership authority" href="/50-73.93/">50-73.93</a>, <a class="law" title="Statement of denial" href="/50-73.94/">50-73.94</a>, <a class="law" title="Statement of dissociation" href="/50-73.115/">50-73.115</a> and <a class="law" title="Statement of dissolution" href="/50-73.121/">50-73.121</a>, but any amendment, cancellation or limitation shall not affect the validity of the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration of the partnership as a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>, which may be amended only as provided in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Amendment of statement of registration; effect of statement of registration" href="/50-73.136/">50-73.136</a> or canceled in accordance with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Cancellation of a registered limited liability partnership" href="/50-73.137/">50-73.137</a> or <a class="law" title="Withdrawal of a foreign registered limited liability partnership" href="/50-73.139/">50-73.139</a>. <a id="paragraph-248861" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.136/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The filing of a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration shall be conclusive as to third parties, and it shall be incontestable by third parties that all conditions <span class="dictionary">precedent</span> to registration as a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> or <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span> have been met. <a id="paragraph-248862" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.136/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration for a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> or foreign limited liability partnership is amended by filing an amendment thereto with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. The amendment shall set forth: the name of the <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> or <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span>, the date of filing of the initial <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration; in the case of a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span>, the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which it is registered as a limited liability partnership; and the amendment to the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration. An amendment to the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration shall be filed by a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> or <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span> not later than thirty days after (i) a change in the name of the partnership or (ii) the partnership has knowledge that a <span class="dictionary">material</span> <span class="dictionary">statement</span> in the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration was false or inaccurate when made or that any <span class="dictionary">facts</span> described therein have changed, making the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration inaccurate in any <span class="dictionary">material</span> respect. An amendment to the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration may be filed for any other proper purpose. Unless otherwise provided in this chapter or in the amendment to the <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration, an amendment to a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration shall be effective at the time of its filing with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. <a id="paragraph-248863" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.136/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> Whenever a limited partnership that is registered as a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> files a certificate of amendment to its certificate of limited partnership to change its name or the address of its <span class="dictionary">principal office</span>, or whenever a foreign limited partnership that is registered as a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> files an amended application pursuant to subsection B of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Amendments; amended applications for registration" href="/50-73.57/">50-73.57</a> to <span class="dictionary">amend</span> its name or the address of its <span class="dictionary">principal office</span> in its application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, the domestic or foreign limited partnership&#x2019;s <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration as a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> shall be deemed likewise amended. <a id="paragraph-248864" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.136/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, c. 292; 2000, c. 58; 2009, c. 716; 2013, c. 18.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
