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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347160</law_id><section_number>13.1-944.6</section_number><catch_line>Effect of entity conversion</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="13" identifier="10">Virginia Nonstock Corporation Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="19" identifier="17.1">Conversion to a Limited Liability Company</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> When an <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> under this article becomes effective, with respect to that entity: <a id="paragraph-1295617" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.6/#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 <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span> without reversion or impairment; <a id="paragraph-1295618" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.6/#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">resulting entity</span>; <a id="paragraph-1295619" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.6/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> A pending <span class="dictionary">proceeding</span> may be continued by or against the <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span> as if the conversion did not occur; <a id="paragraph-1295620" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.6/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> The articles of organization attached to the articles of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> constitute the articles of organization of the <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span>; <a id="paragraph-1295621" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.6/#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">membership interests</span>, if any, of the <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> are reclassified into <span class="dictionary">LLC membership interests</span> in accordance with the plan of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span>, and the <span class="dictionary">members</span> of the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> are entitled only to the rights provided in the plan of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span>; <a id="paragraph-1295622" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.6/#A5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> The <span class="dictionary">resulting entity</span> is deemed to:
				a. Be a limited liability company for all purposes;<br/><br/>				b. Be the same entity without interruption as the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> that existed before the conversion; and<br/><br/>				c. Have been organized on the date that the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> was originally incorporated, organized, or formed; and <a id="paragraph-1295623" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.6/#A6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> The <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> shall cease to be a <span class="dictionary">corporation</span> when the certificate of <span class="dictionary">entity conversion</span> becomes effective. <a id="paragraph-1295624" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.6/#A7"><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">converting entity</span> who, before the conversion, was liable for the liabilities or obligations of the <span class="dictionary">converting entity</span> is not released from those liabilities or obligations by reason of the conversion. <a id="paragraph-1295625" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-944.6/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2012, c. 706; 2015, c. 623; 2016, c. 288.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
