{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-50-73.53","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 50-73.53","heading":"Authority to transact business required; governing law","body":"A. A foreign limited partnership may not transact business in the Commonwealth until it obtains a certificate of registration from the Commission.B. Subject to the Constitution of this Commonwealth, (i) the laws of the state or other jurisdiction under which a foreign limited partnership is formed govern its formation and internal affairs and the liability of its limited partners, and (ii) a foreign limited partnership may not be denied a certificate of registration by reason of any difference between those laws and the laws of this Commonwealth. However, a foreign limited partnership holding a valid certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth shall have no greater rights and privileges than a domestic limited partnership. The certificate of registration shall not be deemed to authorize the foreign limited partnership to exercise any of its powers or purposes that a domestic limited partnership is forbidden by law to exercise in the Commonwealth.1985, c. 607; 2007, c. 631.","path":["Title 50. PARTNERSHIPS","Chapter 2.1. VIRGINIA REVISED UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT","Article 9. FOREIGN LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/50-73.53/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:16:59Z","sha256":"ae846aab951c2f9b2eabef936c72760c31c7458db4efc6ada0dd86a437ae071d","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-50-73.52-7","next":"us-va/va.-code-50-73.54"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}