CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW PROCESS SERVED ON COPARTNER OR PARTNERSHIP (§ 8.01-304)

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.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-59.1; 1950, p. 455; 1977, c. 617; 2005, c. 866.