                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW PROCESS SERVED ON COPARTNER OR PARTNERSHIP, DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN LIMITED
LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP, AND DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (§ 8.01-304)

A. Subject to &#xA7; 8.01-286.1, process against a copartner or partnership may
be served upon a general partner, and it shall be deemed service upon the
partnership and upon each partner individually named in the action, provided the
person served is not a plaintiff in the suit and provided the matter in suit is
a partnership matter.
			Provided further that process may be served upon a limited partner in any
proceeding to enforce a limited partner&#8217;s liability to the partnership.

B. A domestic or foreign limited liability partnership may also be served by
personal service on its registered agent as provided in &#xA7; 50-73.135 and by
substituted service in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 50-73.129,
subsection F of &#xA7; 50-73.134, subsection G of &#xA7; 50-73.135, or &#xA7;
50-73.140, as applicable.

C. A domestic or foreign limited partnership may also be served by personal
service on its registered agent as provided in subsection A of &#xA7; 50-73.7
and by substituted service in accordance with subsection B of &#xA7; 50-73.7,
subsection D of &#xA7; 50-73.58, subsection C of &#xA7; 50-73.58:1, subsection D
of &#xA7; 50-73.58:2, or subsection E of &#xA7; 50-73.59, as applicable.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-59.1; 1950, p. 455; 1977, c. 617; 2005, c. 866; 2024,
c. 454.