§ 8.01-304 — How process served on copartner or partnership, domestic or foreign limited liability partnership, and domestic or foreign limited partnership

Virginia § 8.01-304

• Jurisdiction: Virginia
• Title 8.01: Civil Remedies and Procedure
• Ch. 8: Process
• Art. 4: Who to Be Served

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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.

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.

Legislative History

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