                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS; PROFESSIONAL LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES; AND
REGISTERED LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS (§ 54.1-3902)

A. No professional corporation organized or qualifying under the provisions of
Chapter 7 (&#xA7; 13.1-542.1 et seq.) of Title 13.1, professional limited
liability company organized or qualifying under the provisions of Chapter 13
(&#xA7; 13.1-1100 et seq.) of Title 13.1, or registered limited liability
partnership registered under the provisions of Article 9.1 (&#xA7; 50-73.132 et
seq.) of Chapter 2.2 of Title 50 shall render the professional services of
attorneys in this Commonwealth unless the professional corporation, professional
limited liability company, or registered limited liability partnership is
registered under this section.

B. A professional corporation organized or qualifying under the provisions of
Chapter 7 (§ 13.1-542.1 et seq.) of Title 13.1, a professional limited
liability company organized or qualifying under the provisions of Chapter 13 (§
13.1-1100 et seq.) of Title 13.1, or a registered limited liability partnership
registered under the provisions of Article 9.1 (§ 50-73.132 et seq.) of Chapter
2.2 of Title 50 shall be issued a professional corporation, a professional
limited liability company, or a registered limited liability partnership
registration certificate by the Virginia State Bar upon application and payment
of a registration fee of $100, provided that:

   1. Each member, manager, partner, employee, or agent of the professional
   corporation, the professional limited liability company, or the registered
   limited liability partnership who will practice law in Virginia is an active
   member of the Virginia State Bar, or otherwise legally authorized to practice
   law in Virginia, except that nothing herein shall prohibit a nonlicensed
   individual from serving as secretary, treasurer, office manager, or business
   manager of any such corporation, limited liability company, or registered
   limited liability partnership; and

   2. The name of the professional corporation, the professional limited
   liability company, or the registered limited liability partnership and the
   conduct of its practice conform with the ethical standards which the
   shareholders, members, managers, partners, employees, and agents are required
   to observe in the practice of law or patent law as defined in &#xA7; 54.1-3901
   in this Commonwealth and that, in the case of a corporation, the corporate
   name complies with subsection A of &#xA7; 13.1-630; in the case of a limited
   liability company, the limited liability company name complies with subsection
   A of &#xA7; 13.1-1012; and, in the case of a registered limited liability
   partnership, the registered limited liability partnership name complies with
   &#xA7; 50-73.133.

C. Professional corporation, professional limited liability company, and
registered limited liability partnership registration certificates shall be
renewed biennially for a fee of $50.

HISTORY: 1962, c. 389, § 54-42.1; 1968, c. 10; 1973, c. 484, § 54-42.2; 1974,
c. 597; 1981, cc. 103, 516; 1982, c. 633; 1988, c. 765; 1992, c. 574; 1995, c.
116; 2000, c. 355; 2006, cc. 198, 230; 2022, c. 234.