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Va. Code Ann. § 50-73.11 (2026)

Certificate of limited partnership

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A. In order to form a limited partnership, a certificate of limited partnership shall be executed and filed with the Commission and shall set forth:

1. The name of the limited partnership that satisfies the requirements of § 50-73.2;

2. The post office address, including the street and number, if any, of the limited partnership's initial registered office, the name of the city or county in which it is located, the name of its initial registered agent at that office, and that the agent is either (i) an individual who is a resident of Virginia and either a general partner of the limited partnership, an officer or director of a corporate general partner of the limited partnership, a general partner of a partnership or limited partnership that is a general partner of the limited partnership, a member or manager of a limited liability company that is a general partner of the limited partnership, a trustee of a trust that is a general partner of the limited partnership, or a member of the Virginia State Bar or (ii) a domestic or foreign stock or nonstock corporation, limited liability company or registered limited liability partnership authorized to transact business in the Commonwealth;

3. The name and the post office address, including the street and number, if any, of each general partner and, if a general partner is a business entity, the jurisdiction under whose law it is incorporated, organized, or formed and, if the general partner is of record with the Commission, the identification number issued by the Commission to such general partner; and

4. The post office address, including the street and number, if any, of the principal office of the limited partnership, which may be the same as the registered office but need not be within the Commonwealth.

B. The certificate of limited partnership may set forth any other matter that the general partners determine to include therein.

C. A limited partnership is formed at the time of the filing of the certificate of limited partnership with the Commission unless a later date and time are specified in the certificate of limited partnership as provided by § 50-73.17 if, in either case, there has been substantial compliance with the requirements of this section.

1985, c. 607; 1987, c. 702; 1993, c. 292; 2001, cc. 517, 541; 2003, c. 378; 2007, c. 631; 2010, c. 675; 2013, c. 18.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1987–2010 · leading case: Sloan v. Thornton, 457 S.E.2d 60 (Va. 1995).
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Sloan v. Thornton, 457 S.E.2d 60 (Va. 1995). · cites it 2× “Nevertheless, as in the first trial, no evidence was introduced showing compliance with the statutory requirements for admission of a general partner to a limited partnership, Code §§ 50-73.11, -73.27, or for imposition of liability on a limited partner in control pursuant to…”
Levy v. Runnells (In Re Landbank Equity Corp. ), 83 B.R. 362 (E.D. Va. 1987). “§ 50-73.11(B), Va.Code (Repl.Vol.1986). A writing purporting to be a certificate of limited partnership produced at trial was found among Land-bank’s records (Tr.”
Smith v. Smith, 81 Va. Cir. 135 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2010). · cites it 3× “Va. Code § 50-73.11. *143 Lastly, Defendants ask the Court to find that Mrs.”
Va. Code Ann. § 50-73.11(B): 1 case
Levy v. Runnells (In Re Landbank Equity Corp. ), 83 B.R. 362 (E.D. Va. 1987). “§ 50-73.11(B), Va.Code (Repl.Vol.1986). A writing purporting to be a certificate of limited partnership produced at trial was found among Land-bank’s records (Tr.”
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