{"data":{"id":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-304","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"Va. Code § 8.01-304","heading":"How process served on copartner or partnership, domestic or foreign limited liability partnership, and domestic or foreign limited partnership","body":"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.Code 1950, § 8-59.1; 1950, p. 455; 1977, c. 617; 2005, c. 866; 2024, c. 454.","path":["Title 8.01. Civil Remedies and Procedure","Chapter 8. Process","Article 4. Who to Be Served"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/8.01-304/","current_through":"9/4/2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:39Z","sha256":"a4b426d65883defb361ffedc389636471de98ba0ffd90b9baa892187b3bc48c0","source_id":"us-va","stale":true,"prev":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-303","next":"us-va/va.-code-8.01-304.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}