How process served on copartner or partnership, domestic or foreign limited liability partnership, and domestic or foreign limited partnership
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-304
in effectA. 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 .
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