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<law><law_id>786599</law_id><section_number>50-73.25</section_number><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><edition url="https://vacode.org/2016/" id="11" last_updated="2016-07-24" current="TRUE">2016</edition><structure><unit level="1" identifier="50" url="https://vacode.org/2016/50/">Partnerships</unit><unit level="2" identifier="2.1" url="https://vacode.org/2016/50/2.1/">Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act</unit><unit level="3" identifier="3" url="https://vacode.org/2016/50/2.1/3/">Limited Partners</unit></structure><catch_line>Person erroneously believing himself limited partner</catch_line><history>1985, c. 607; 1987, c. 702.</history><order_by/><metadata/><court_decisions/><official_url>http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/50-73.25/</official_url><refers_to/><url>/50-73.25/</url><token>50/2.1/3/50-73.25</token><referred_to_by/><text><section id="2537524" prefix="A"><text>Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a person who makes a contribution to a partnership and erroneously but in good faith believes that he has become a limited partner in the partnership is not a general partner in the partnership and is not bound by its obligations by reason of making the contribution, receiving distributions from the partnership, or exercising any rights of a limited partner, if, on ascertaining the mistake, he:</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section><section id="2537525" prefix="1"><text> Causes an appropriate certificate of limited partnership or a certificate of amendment to be executed and filed; or</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section><section>1</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A1</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A1</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2537526" prefix="2"><text> Withdraws from future equity participation in the partnership by executing and filing with the Commission a certificate declaring his withdrawal under the provisions of this section.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>A</section><section>2</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>A2</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>A2</prefix_anchor><level>2</level></section><section id="2537527" prefix="B"><text>A person who makes a contribution of the kind described in subsection A of this section is liable as a general partner to any third party who transacts business with the partnership prior to the occurrence of either of the events referred to in subsection A of this section if: (i) such person knew or should have known either that no certificate has been filed or that the certificate inaccurately refers to him as a general partner and (ii) the other person actually believed in good faith that the person was a general partner at the time of the transaction and acted in reliance on such belief.</text><type>section</type><prefixes><section>B</section></prefixes><entire_prefix>B</entire_prefix><prefix_anchor>B</prefix_anchor><level>1</level></section></text></law>
