                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

NAME (§ 50-73.56)

A. No certificate of registration shall be issued to a foreign limited
partnership unless the name of such limited partnership satisfies the
requirements of § 50-73.2. If the name of a limited partnership does not
satisfy the requirements of § 50-73.2, in order to obtain or maintain a
certificate of registration:

   1. The foreign limited partnership may add to its name for use in this
   Commonwealth the words &#8220;limited partnership&#8221; or &#8220;a limited
   partnership,&#8221; or the abbreviation &#8220;L.P.&#8221; or
   &#8220;LP,&#8221; or, in the case of a limited partnership that is also
   registered as a foreign limited liability partnership in Virginia, a word,
   abbreviation or designation to bring its name into compliance with the
   requirements of clause (ii) of subdivision A 2 of &#xA7; 50-73.78; or

   2. If its real name is unavailable, the foreign limited partnership may use a
   designated name that is available and that satisfies the requirements of
   &#xA7; 50-73.2 if it informs the Commission of the designated name.

B. No foreign limited partnership registered with the Commission under this
article which is conducting or transacting business in this Commonwealth under
the designated name of the partnership set forth in the application for
registration filed pursuant to &#xA7; 50-73.54, nor any partner of that limited
partnership, shall be required to file any assumed or fictitious name or
comparable certificate solely for such conduct or transaction of partnership
business.

C. A foreign limited partnership that is registered with the Commission prior to
July 1, 2002, under a name other than the name under which it is registered in
its state or other jurisdiction of formation may continue to be so registered
until the name in its application for registration is amended or its certificate
of registration is canceled.

HISTORY: 1985, c. 607; 1990, c. 343; 2002, c. 441.