{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-47-9-17","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 47-9-17","heading":"Admission of limited partners.","body":"(a) A person becomes a limited partner on the later of:\n(1) The date the original certificate of limited partnership is filed; or\n(2) The date stated in the records of the limited partnership as the date that person becomes a limited partner.\n(b) After the filing of a limited partnership's original certificate of limited partnership, a person may be admitted as an additional limited partner:\n(1) In the case of a person acquiring a partnership interest directly from the limited partnership, upon the compliance with the partnership agreement or, if the partnership agreement does not so provide, upon the written consent of all partners; and\n(2) In the case of an assignee of a partnership interest of a partner who has the power, as provided in section forty- two of this article, to grant the assignee the right to become a limited partner, upon the exercise of that power and compliance with any conditions limiting the grant or exercise of that power.","path":["CHAPTER 47. REGULATION OF TRADE.","ARTICLE 9. UNIFORM LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/47-9-17/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:08Z","sha256":"4879842e8a581ec9521b734ea53522a97131f4c096f9b1b2618a7b1f52cd471b","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-47-9-16","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-47-9-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}