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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346397</law_id><section_number>13.1-1079</section_number><catch_line>Effect of domestication</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="44" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="15" identifier="12">Virginia Limited Liability Company Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="8" identifier="14">Domestication</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> When a <span class="dictionary">foreign limited liability company</span>&#x2019;s certificate of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> in this Commonwealth becomes effective, with respect to that <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>: <a id="paragraph-1291356" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1079/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The title to all real estate and other <span class="dictionary">property</span> remains in the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> without reversion or impairment; <a id="paragraph-1291357" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1079/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The liabilities remain the liabilities of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>; <a id="paragraph-1291358" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1079/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A proceeding pending may be continued by or against the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> as if the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> did not occur; <a id="paragraph-1291359" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1079/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> attached to the articles of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> constitute the <span class="dictionary">articles of organization</span> of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>; and <a id="paragraph-1291360" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1079/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> is deemed to:
				a. Be organized under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth for all purposes;<br/><br/>				b. Be the same <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> as the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> that existed under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> or <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> in which it was originally organized or formerly domesticated; and<br/><br/>				c. Have been organized on the date it was originally formed or organized. <a id="paragraph-1291361" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1079/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">member</span> of a <span class="dictionary">foreign limited liability company</span> that domesticates into this Commonwealth who, prior to the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>, was liable for the liabilities or obligations of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> is not released from those liabilities or obligations by reason of the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>. <a id="paragraph-1291362" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1079/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2006, c. 912.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
