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Va. Code Ann. § 50-73.79 (2026)

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"Business" includes every trade, occupation, and profession.

"Commission" means the State Corporation Commission of Virginia.

"Debtor in bankruptcy" means a person who is the subject of:

(i) an order for relief under Title 11 of the United States Code or a comparable order under a successor statute of general application; or

(ii) a comparable order under federal, state, or foreign law governing insolvency.

"Distribution" means a transfer of money or other property from a partnership to a partner in the partner's capacity as a partner or to the partner's transferee.

"Foreign registered limited liability partnership" means a limited liability partnership or registered limited liability partnership, or the functional equivalent thereof, formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of any state or jurisdiction other than this Commonwealth and registered as a limited liability partnership under the laws of that state or jurisdiction.

"Partnership" means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit formed under § 50-73.88, predecessor law, or comparable law of another jurisdiction, and includes, for all purposes of the laws of this Commonwealth, a registered limited liability partnership.

"Partnership agreement" means the agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, among the partners concerning the partnership, including amendments to the partnership agreement.

"Partnership at will" means a partnership in which the partners have not agreed to remain partners until the expiration of a definite term or the completion of a particular undertaking.

"Partnership interest" or "partner's interest in the partnership" means all of a partner's interests in the partnership, including the partner's transferable interest and all management and other rights.

"Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.

"Principal office" means the office, in or out of the Commonwealth, where the chief executive offices of a domestic or foreign partnership or registered limited liability partnership are located.

"Property" means all property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein.

"Registered limited liability partnership" means a partnership formed pursuant to an agreement governed by the laws of this Commonwealth and registered under § 50-73.132.

"State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

"Statement" means a statement of partnership authority under § 50-73.93, a statement of denial under § 50-73.94, a statement of dissociation under § 50-73.115, a statement of dissolution under § 50-73.121, a statement of merger under § 50-73.131, a statement of registration as a registered limited liability partnership under § 50-73.132, a statement of registration as a foreign registered limited liability partnership under § 50-73.138, an amendment or cancellation of any of the foregoing or a renewal of a statement of partnership authority.

"Transfer" includes an assignment, conveyance, lease, mortgage, deed, and encumbrance.

1996, c. 292; 2003, c. 567; 2006, c. 912; 2007, c. 631.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 11 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 2000–2024 · leading case: Prototype Prods., Inc. v. Reset, Inc., 844 F. Supp. 2d 691 (E.D. Va. 2012).
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Prototype Prods., Inc. v. Reset, Inc., 844 F. Supp. 2d 691 (E.D. Va. 2012). · cites it 2× “” See Va.Code Ann. § 50-73.79. There is no evidence that Reset has formed that type of agreement with Laser Devices, ATK, or Lewis Machine.”
In Re Garrison-Ashburn L.C., 253 B.R. 700 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2000). “§ 50-73.79 et seq. See, e.g., §§ 50-73.29, 50-73.”
WAKA, L.L.C. v. Humphrey, 73 Va. Cir. 310 (Fairfax Cir. Ct. 2007). · cites it 3× “owes a duty to the company, but the L.L.C. Act does not impose fiduciary obligations towards, among, or between members.”
Russell Realty Assocs. v. Russell, 724 S.E.2d 690 (Va. 2012). · cites it 2× “117(5) in 1996 as part of the Virginia Uniform Partnership Act (1996) (the Act), Code §§ 50-73.79, et seq. See 1996 Acts ch.”
Danial Selario, etc. v. Cynthia Sullivan (Va. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 5× “” Code §§ 50-73.79, -73.88. A “partnership at will” exists when “the partners have not agreed to remain partners until the expiration of a definite term or the completion of a particular undertaking.”
Danette Mertz v. Cynthia Sullivan (Va. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 5× “” Code §§ 50-73.79, -73.88. A “partnership at will” exists when “the partners have not agreed to remain partners until the expiration of a definite term or the completion of a particular undertaking.”
Cynthia Sullivan v. Danial Selario, as Adm'r of the Est. of Christopher Selario, e (Va. Ct. App. 2024). · cites it 5× “” Code §§ 50-73.79, -73.88. A “partnership at will” exists when “the partners have not agreed to remain partners until the expiration of a definite term or the completion of a particular undertaking.”
Coffey v. Tyler Staffing Servs., Inc. (W.D. Va. 2021). · cites it 3× “Coffey further alleges that these marketing references to business partnerships are sufficient to create a legal partnership under Virginia’s Uniform Partnership Act, Va. Code § 50-73.79, et seq. ECF No. 154 at 32-33.”
Phyllis Adele Johnson (Bankr. W.D. Va. 2020). · cites it 2× “In Virginia, “[t]he Virginia Uniform Partnership Act (the ‘Act’), Code §§ 50-73.79 to -73.149, ‘governs relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership’ except as provided in a partnership agreement and to the extent that the agreement does not violate…”
Lucas v. Med. Facilities of Am., Inc., 74 Va. Cir. 206 (Roanoke County Cir. Ct. 2007). · cites it 3× “” The order will allow the Salem Health defendants 21 days (or any other reasonable amount of time the defendants asks for) within which to file answers.”
In Re Perts, 384 B.R. 418 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2008). · cites it 2× “Va.Code (1950) § 50-73.79 now in effect, defines a partnership to mean “an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit.”
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