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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>75807</law_id><section_number>50-73.51</section_number><catch_line>Winding up</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>50-73.24</reference><reference>50-73.52:4</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="2.1">Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Dissolution</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The winding up of a <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> shall be completed when all debts, liabilities, and obligations of the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> have been paid and discharged or reasonably adequate provision therefor has been made, and all of the remaining property and <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> have been distributed to the <span class="dictionary">partners</span>. <a id="paragraph-272211" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.51/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Except as provided in the <span class="dictionary">partnership agreement</span>, the <span class="dictionary">general partners</span> who have not wrongfully dissolved a <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> or, if none, the <span class="dictionary">limited partners</span>, or a <span class="dictionary">person</span> or <span class="dictionary">persons</span> approved by the <span class="dictionary">limited partners</span>, or if there is more than one class of <span class="dictionary">limited partners</span>, then as approved by each such class, by the affirmative vote of <span class="dictionary">limited partners</span> holding more than 50 percent of the then current interests in the profits of the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> owned by all <span class="dictionary">limited partners</span> or by the <span class="dictionary">limited partners</span> in each class, as appropriate, may wind up the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>&#x2019;s affairs; however, the <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">court</span> of the locality in which the registered office is located, on cause shown, may wind up the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>&#x2019;s affairs on application of any <span class="dictionary">partner</span>, his legal representative, or assignee, and in connection therewith, may appoint one or more <span class="dictionary">liquidating trustees</span>. <a id="paragraph-272212" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.51/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Upon dissolution of a <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span> and until the effective date of a certificate of cancellation filed pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Certificate of cancellation" href="/50-73.52_4/">50-73.52:4</a>, the <span class="dictionary">liquidating trustees</span>, in the name and on behalf of the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>, may (i) <span class="dictionary">prosecute</span> and defend suits, whether civil, criminal or administrative, (ii) wind up the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>&#x2019;s business, (iii) dispose of and convey the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>&#x2019;s property, (iv) discharge or make reasonable provision for the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>&#x2019;s liabilities, and (v) distribute to the partners any remaining <span class="dictionary">assets</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>, all without affecting the liability of <span class="dictionary">limited partners</span> and without imposing the liability of a <span class="dictionary">general partner</span> on a <span class="dictionary">liquidating trustee</span>. <a id="paragraph-272213" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.51/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1985, c. 607; 1987, c. 702; 1990, c. 343; 1997, c. 188; 2008, c. 586.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
