Title 50, Partnerships

A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B, the association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit forms a partnership, whether or not the persons intend to form a partnership. B. An association formed under a statute other than this chapter, a…

Property acquired by a partnership is property of the partnership and not of the partners individually.

A. Property is partnership property if acquired in the name of: 1. The partnership; or 2. One or more partners with an indication in the instrument transferring title to the property of the person's capacity as a partner or of the existence of a partnership but without an indicat…

Subject to the effect of a statement of partnership authority under § 50-73.93: 1. Each partner is an agent of the partnership for the purpose of its business. An act of a partner, including the execution of an instrument in the partnership name, for apparently carrying on in the…

A. Partnership property may be transferred as follows: 1. Subject to the effect of a statement of partnership authority under § 50-73.93, partnership property held in the name of the partnership may be transferred by an instrument of transfer executed by a partner in the partners…

A. A partnership may file a statement of partnership authority, which: 1. Shall include: a. The name of the partnership; b. The name of the state or other jurisdiction under whose law it is formed, and if the partnership was previously authorized or registered to transact busines…

A partner or other person named as a partner in a filed statement of partnership authority or in a list maintained by an agent pursuant to subsection B of § 50-73.93 may file a statement of denial stating the name of the partnership and the fact that is being denied, which may in…

A. A partnership is liable for loss or injury caused to a person, or for a penalty incurred, as a result of a wrongful act or omission, or other actionable conduct, of a partner acting in the ordinary course of business of the partnership or with authority of the partnership. B. …

A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B or subsection C, all partners are liable jointly and severally for all obligations of the partnership unless otherwise agreed by the claimant or provided by law. B. A person admitted as a partner into an existing partnership is not …

A. A partnership may sue and be sued in the name of the partnership. B. An action may be brought against the partnership and, except as provided in § 50-73.96, against any or all of the partners in the same action or in separate actions. C. A judgment against a partnership is not…

A. If a person, by words or conduct, purports to be a partner, or consents to being represented by another as a partner, in a partnership or with one or more persons not partners, the purported partner is liable to a person to whom the representation is made, if that person, rely…

A partner has no right to receive, and may not be required to accept, a distribution in kind.

A. A partnership shall keep its books and records, if any, at its principal office. B. A partnership shall provide partners and their agents and attorneys access to its books and records. It shall provide former partners and their agents and attorneys access to books and records …

A. The only fiduciary duties a partner owes to the partnership and the other partners are the duty of loyalty and the duty of care set forth in subsections B and C. B. A partner's duty of loyalty to the partnership and the other partners is limited to the following: 1. To account…

A. A partnership may maintain an action against a partner for a breach of the partnership agreement, or for the violation of a duty to the partnership, causing harm to the partnership. B. A partner may maintain an action against the partnership or another partner for legal or equ…

A. If a partnership for a definite term or particular undertaking is continued, without an express agreement, after the expiration of the term or completion of the undertaking, the rights and duties of the partners remain the same as they were at the expiration or completion, so …

A. Each partner is deemed to have an account that is: 1. Credited with an amount equal to the money plus the value of any other property, net of the amount of any liabilities, the partner contributes to the partnership and the partner's share of the partnership profits; and 2. Ch…

A partner is not a co-owner of partnership property and has no interest in partnership property which can be transferred, either voluntarily or involuntarily.

The only transferable interest of a partner in the partnership is the partner's share of the profits and losses of the partnership and the partner's right to receive distributions. The interest is personal property.

A. A transfer, in whole or in part, of a partner's transferable interest in the partnership: 1. Is permissible; 2. Does not by itself cause the partner's dissociation or a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business; and 3. Does not, as against the other partners or th…

A. On application by a judgment creditor of a partner or of a partner's transferee, a court having jurisdiction may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor to satisfy the judgment. To the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the right to receive any d…

A partner is dissociated from a partnership upon the occurrence of any of the following events: 1. The partnership's having notice of the partner's express will to withdraw as a partner on a later date specified by the partner in the notice or, if no later date is specified, the …

A. A partner has the power to dissociate at any time, rightfully or wrongfully, by express will pursuant to subdivision 1 of § 50-73.109. B. A partner's dissociation is wrongful only if: 1. It is in breach of an express provision of the partnership agreement; or 2. In the case of…

A. If a partner's dissociation results in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, Article 8 applies; otherwise, Article 7 applies. B. Upon a partner's dissociation: 1. The partner's right to participate in the management and conduct of the partnership business t…

A. If a partner is dissociated from a partnership without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business under § 50-73.117, the partnership shall cause the dissociated partner's interest in the partnership to be purchased for a buyout price determined pursu…

A. For one year after a partner dissociates without resulting in a dissolution and winding up of the partnership business, the partnership, including a surviving partnership under Article 9, is bound by an act of the dissociated partner which would have bound the partnership unde…

A. A partner's dissociation does not of itself discharge the partner's liability for a partnership obligation incurred before dissociation. A dissociated partner is not liable for a partnership obligation incurred after dissociation, except as otherwise provided in subsection B. …

A. A dissociated partner named as a partner in a filed statement of partnership authority or in a list maintained by an agent pursuant to subsection B of § 50-73.93 or a partnership that has filed a statement of partnership authority that has not been canceled may file a statemen…

Continued use of a partnership name, or a dissociated partner's name as part thereof, by partners continuing the business does not of itself make the dissociated partner liable for an obligation of the partners or the partnership continuing the business.

A partnership is dissolved, and its business shall be wound up, only upon the occurrence of any of the following events: 1. In a partnership at will, the partnership's having notice from a partner, other than a partner who is dissociated under subdivisions 2 through 12 of § 50-73…

A. Subject to subsection B, a partnership continues after dissolution only for the purpose of winding up its business. The partnership is terminated when the winding up of its business is completed. B. At any time after the dissolution of a partnership and before the winding up o…

A. After dissolution, a partner who has not wrongfully dissociated may participate in winding up the partnership's business, but on application of any partner, partner's legal representative, or transferee, the circuit court, for good cause shown, may order judicial supervision o…

Subject to § 50-73.121, a partnership is bound by a partner's act after dissolution that: 1. Is appropriate for winding up the partnership business; or 2. Would have bound the partnership under § 50-73.91 before dissolution, if the other party to the transaction did not have noti…

A. After dissolution, a partner who has not wrongfully dissociated may file a statement of dissolution for a partnership that has filed a statement of partnership authority that has not been canceled stating the name of the partnership, the identification number issued by the Com…

A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section or in subsection C of § 50-73.96, after dissolution a partner is liable to the other partners for the partner's share of any partnership liability incurred under § 50-73.120. B. A partner who, with knowledge of the d…

A. In winding up a partnership's business, the assets of the partnership, including the contributions of the partners required by this section, shall be applied to discharge its obligations to creditors, including, to the extent permitted by law, partners who are creditors. Any s…

In this article: "General partner" means a partner in a partnership and a general partner in a limited partnership. "Limited partner" means a limited partner in a limited partnership. "Limited partnership" means a limited partnership created under the Virginia Revised Uniform Lim…

A. A limited partnership may be converted to a partnership pursuant to this section. B. Notwithstanding a provision to the contrary in a limited partnership agreement, the terms and conditions of a conversion of a limited partnership to a partnership shall be approved by all of t…

A. A limited partnership that has been converted pursuant to this article is for all purposes the same entity that existed before the conversion. B. When a conversion takes effect: 1. All property owned by the converting limited partnership remains vested in the resulting partner…

A. Pursuant to a written plan of merger approved as provided in subsection C, a partnership may be merged with one or more domestic or foreign partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, business trusts, or corporations if: 1. The merger is not prohibited by …

A. When a merger takes effect: 1. The separate existence of every partnership or limited partnership that is a party to the merger, other than the surviving entity, ceases; 2. All property owned by each of the merged partnerships or limited partnerships vests in the surviving ent…

A. After a plan of merger is approved, the surviving partnership or limited partnership shall file with the Commission a statement of merger on behalf of the partnerships that have filed either a statement of partnership authority or a statement of registration as a registered li…

A. This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among States enacting it. B. This chapter shall be construed in furtherance of the policies of giving maximum effect to the princip…

This chapter may be cited as the Virginia Uniform Partnership Act (1996).

A. Before January 1, 2000, this chapter governs only a partnership formed: 1. On and after July 1, 1997, unless that partnership is continuing the business of a dissolved partnership under § 50-41 of the Uniform Partnership Act as it existed on July 1, 1997; and 2. Before July 1,…

Before January 1, 2000, a limited partnership voluntarily may elect, in the manner provided in its partnership agreement or by law for amending the partnership agreement, to be governed by this chapter. The provisions of this chapter relating to the liability of the partnership's…