Virginia Code 8.01-304: How process served on copartner or partnership, domestic or foreign limited liability partnership, and domestic or foreign limited partnership.
A. Subject to § 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.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 8.01-304
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: includes an individual, his executor, administrator, or other personal representative, or a corporation, partnership, association or any other legal or commercial entity, whether or not a citizen or domiciliary of the Commonwealth and whether or not organized under the laws of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 8.01-285
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- process: shall be deemed to include notice;
2. See Virginia Code 8.01-285
Provided further that process may be served upon a limited partner in any proceeding to enforce a limited partner’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 § 50-73.135 and by substituted service in accordance with subsection B of § 50-73.129, subsection F of § 50-73.134, subsection G of § 50-73.135, or § 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 § 50-73.7 and by substituted service in accordance with subsection B of § 50-73.7, subsection D of § 50-73.58, subsection C of § 50-73.58:1, subsection D of § 50-73.58:2, or subsection E of § 50-73.59, as applicable.
Code 1950, § 8-59.1; 1950, p. 455; 1977, c. 617; 2005, c. 866; 2024, c. 454.