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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>63348</law_id><section_number>50-73.138</section_number><catch_line>Registration of foreign registered limited liability partnerships</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-766.1</reference><reference>50-73.48:3</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="9.1">Registered Limited Liability Partnerships</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Before transacting <span class="dictionary">business</span> in the Commonwealth, a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span> shall register with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>. An applicant for registration as a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span> shall file with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> a certificate of status from the filing office in the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> in which the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span> is registered and a <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration as a foreign limited liability partnership setting forth the information described in subsection B. <a id="paragraph-230858" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#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 as a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span> shall set forth the following: <a id="paragraph-230859" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#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 the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span> and, if the name of the <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span> does not comply with &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Name of registered limited liability partnership" href="/50-73.133/">50-73.133</a>, a designated name for use in the Commonwealth that satisfies the requirements of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Name of registered limited liability partnership" href="/50-73.133/">50-73.133</a>; <a id="paragraph-230860" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#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 <span class="dictionary">state</span> or other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> under whose <span class="dictionary">law</span> it is formed and registered as a limited liability partnership, and if the <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> was previously authorized or registered to transact <span class="dictionary">business</span> in the Commonwealth as a foreign corporation, limited liability company, <span class="dictionary">business</span> trust, limited partnership, or <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>, with respect to every such prior authorization or registration, (i) the name of the entity; (ii) the entity type; (iii) the <span class="dictionary">state</span> or other <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> of incorporation, organization or formation; and (iv) the entity identification number issued to it by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; <a id="paragraph-230861" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> If the partnership is of record with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, the identification number issued by the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> to the partnership; <a id="paragraph-230862" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The address, including the street and number, if any, of its <span class="dictionary">principal office</span>; <a id="paragraph-230863" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The post office address, including the street and number, if any, of its initial registered office, which in the case of a foreign limited partnership registered pursuant to Chapter 2.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/50-73.1/">50-73.1</a> et seq.) of this title shall be identical to the foreign limited partnership&#x2019;s registered office address on record with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>; <a id="paragraph-230864" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The name of the city or county in which the registered office is located; <a id="paragraph-230865" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The name of its initial registered agent at that office, which in the case of a foreign limited partnership registered pursuant to Chapter 2.1 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/50-73.1/">50-73.1</a> et seq.) of this title shall be identical to the foreign limited partnership&#x2019;s registered agent on record with the <span class="dictionary">Commission</span>, and that the agent is either (i) an individual who is a resident of Virginia and is either a general partner of the <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>, an officer or director of a corporate general partner of the <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>, a general partner of a general partner of the <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>, a member or manager of a limited liability company that is a general partner of the <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>, a trustee of a trust that is a general partner of the <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>, or a member of the Virginia <span class="dictionary">State</span> Bar or (ii) a domestic or foreign stock or nonstock corporation, limited liability company, or <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span> authorized to transact <span class="dictionary">business</span> in the Commonwealth; and <a id="paragraph-230866" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#B7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> That the partnership thereby applies for status as a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span>. <a id="paragraph-230867" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#B8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Commission</span> shall register as a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span> any partnership that submits a completed <span class="dictionary">statement</span> of registration with the required fee. <a id="paragraph-230868" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The registration of a <span class="dictionary">foreign <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span></span> shall continue until its registration is canceled pursuant to subsection C of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Registered limited liability partnership annual continuation reports; automatic cancellation of registration; restoration of status" href="/50-73.134/">50-73.134</a>, subsection F of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Registered office and registered agent" href="/50-73.135/">50-73.135</a>, &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Effect of cancellation of limited partnership certificate or registration" href="/50-73.137_1/">50-73.137:1</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-230869" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.138/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, c. 292; 2002, c. 441; 2003, c. 378; 2004, c. 274; 2009, c. 716.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
