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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>346547</law_id><section_number>13.1-1270</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="17" identifier="14">Virginia Business Trust Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="7" identifier="12">Domestication and Conversion</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> When a <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span>&#x2019;s certificate of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> in this Commonwealth becomes effective, with respect to that business trust: <a id="paragraph-1292218" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1270/#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 property remains in the business trust without reversion or impairment; <a id="paragraph-1292219" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1270/#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 business trust; <a id="paragraph-1292220" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1270/#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 business trust as if the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> did not occur; <a id="paragraph-1292221" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1270/#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 trust</span> attached to the articles of <span class="dictionary">domestication</span> constitute the <span class="dictionary">articles of trust</span> of the business trust; and <a id="paragraph-1292222" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1270/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> The business trust is deemed to:
				a. Be formed under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of this Commonwealth for all purposes;<br/><br/>				b. Be the same business trust as the business trust 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 formed or formerly domiciled; and<br/><br/>				c. Have been formed on the date it was originally formed or organized. <a id="paragraph-1292223" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1270/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">trustee</span> of a <span class="dictionary">foreign business trust</span> that domesticates into this Commonwealth who, prior to the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>, was liable for the liabilities or obligations of the business trust is not released from those liabilities or obligations by reason of the <span class="dictionary">domestication</span>. <a id="paragraph-1292224" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1270/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2002, c. 621.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
