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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>72561</law_id><section_number>50-73.48:4</section_number><catch_line>Effect of merger</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="50">Partnerships</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="7.1">Merger</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>When a merger takes effect:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The separate existence of every <span class="dictionary">domestic limited partnership</span> that is a <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger except the surviving <span class="dictionary">domestic limited partnership</span>, if any, ceases; <a id="paragraph-261270" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.48_4/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The title to all real estate and other property owned by each <span class="dictionary">domestic limited partnership</span> <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger is vested in the surviving domestic or <span class="dictionary">foreign partnership</span>, limited partnership, limited liability company, business trust or corporation without reversion or impairment; <a id="paragraph-261271" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.48_4/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> The surviving domestic or <span class="dictionary">foreign partnership</span>, limited partnership, limited liability company, business trust or corporation has all liabilities of each <span class="dictionary">domestic limited partnership</span> <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger; <a id="paragraph-261272" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.48_4/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> A proceeding pending by or against any <span class="dictionary">domestic limited partnership</span> <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger may be continued as if the merger had not occurred, or the surviving domestic or <span class="dictionary">foreign partnership</span>, limited partnership, limited liability company, business trust or corporation may be substituted in the proceeding for the <span class="dictionary">domestic limited partnership</span> whose existence ceased; <a id="paragraph-261273" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.48_4/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> If a <span class="dictionary">domestic limited partnership</span> is the surviving <span class="dictionary">entity</span> of the merger, the <span class="dictionary">certificate of limited partnership</span> and <span class="dictionary">partnership agreement</span> of that limited partnership is amended to the extent provided in the plan of merger; and <a id="paragraph-261274" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.48_4/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="6"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The former holders of <span class="dictionary">partnership interests</span> of every <span class="dictionary">domestic limited partnership</span> <span class="dictionary">party</span> to the merger are entitled only to the rights provided in the plan of merger. <a id="paragraph-261275" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.48_4/#6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1992, c. 575; 1997, c. 190; 2003, c. 340.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
