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This law was first created in 1985. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 607 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1985 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1987, chapter 702.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1461299,"object_type":"law","relational_id":366852,"identifier":"50-73.63","token":"50\/2.1\/10\/50-73.63","url":"\/50-73.63\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/50-73.63\/","token":"50\/2.1\/10\/50-73.63","dublin_core":{"Title":"Proper plaintiff","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 50-73.63","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

In a derivative action, the plaintiff<\/span> shall be a partner<\/span> at the time of bringing the action and (i) shall have been a partner<\/span> at the time of the transaction of which he complains or (ii) his status as a partner<\/span> shall have devolved upon him by operation of law<\/span> or pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement<\/span> from a person<\/span> who was a partner<\/span> at the time of the transaction.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nPROPER PLAINTIFF (\u00a7 50-73.63)\n\nIn a derivative action, the plaintiff shall be a partner at the time of bringing\nthe action and (i) shall have been a partner at the time of the transaction of\nwhich he complains or (ii) his status as a partner shall have devolved upon him\nby operation of law or pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement from a\nperson who was a partner at the time of the transaction.\n\nHISTORY: 1985, c. 607; 1987, c. 702.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}