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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78386</law_id><section_number>50-73.96</section_number><catch_line>Partner&amp;#8217;s liability</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>50-73.114</reference><reference>50-73.122</reference><reference>50-73.123</reference><reference>50-73.126</reference><reference>50-73.129</reference><reference>50-73.78</reference><reference>50-73.88</reference><reference>50-73.97</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="3">Relations of Partners to Persons Dealing With Partnership</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as otherwise provided in subsection B or subsection C, all partners are liable jointly and severally for all obligations of the <span class="dictionary">partnership</span> unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by <span class="dictionary">law</span>. <a id="paragraph-280942" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.96/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A <span class="dictionary">person</span> admitted as a partner into an existing <span class="dictionary">partnership</span> is not personally liable for any <span class="dictionary">partnership</span> obligation incurred before the <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s admission as a partner. <a id="paragraph-280943" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.96/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> A <span class="dictionary">person</span> is not, solely by reason of being a partner, liable, directly or indirectly, including by way of indemnification, contribution, assessment or otherwise, for debts, obligations or liabilities of, or chargeable to, the partnership, whether sounding in <span class="dictionary">tort</span>, <span class="dictionary">contract</span> or otherwise, that are incurred, created or assumed by the partnership while the partnership is a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>. <a id="paragraph-280944" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.96/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> A <span class="dictionary">person</span> is not, solely by reason of being a partner, a proper <span class="dictionary">party</span> to a proceeding by or against a <span class="dictionary">registered limited liability partnership</span>, the <span class="dictionary">object</span> of which is to recover <span class="dictionary">damages</span>, collect the debts or liabilities or enforce the obligations of the partnership with respect to which the partner is not liable under subsection C. <a id="paragraph-280945" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.96/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, c. 292.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
