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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>366815</law_id><section_number>50-73.46:1</section_number><catch_line>Partner&amp;#8217;s transferable interest subject to charging order</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="107" identifier="50">Partnerships</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="2.1">Virginia Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="7" identifier="7">Assignment of Partnership Interests</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> On application by a <span class="dictionary">judgment creditor</span> of a <span class="dictionary">partner</span> or of a <span class="dictionary">partner</span>&#x2019;s assignee, a <span class="dictionary">court</span> having <span class="dictionary">jurisdiction</span> may charge the transferable interest of the <span class="dictionary">judgment debtor</span> to satisfy the judgment. To the extent so charged, the <span class="dictionary">judgment creditor</span> has only the right to receive any distribution or distributions to which the <span class="dictionary">judgment debtor</span> would otherwise have been entitled in respect of the interest. <a id="paragraph-1365656" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.46_1/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> A charging <span class="dictionary">order</span> constitutes a <span class="dictionary">lien</span> on the <span class="dictionary">judgment debtor</span>&#x2019;s transferable interest in the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>. <a id="paragraph-1365657" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.46_1/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> This chapter does not deprive a <span class="dictionary">partner</span> or a <span class="dictionary">partner</span>&#x2019;s assignee of a right under exemption <span class="dictionary">laws</span> with respect to the <span class="dictionary">judgment debtor</span>&#x2019;s interest in the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>. <a id="paragraph-1365658" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.46_1/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> The entry of a charging <span class="dictionary">order</span> is the exclusive remedy by which a <span class="dictionary">judgment creditor</span> of a <span class="dictionary">partner</span> or of a <span class="dictionary">partner</span>&#x2019;s assignee may satisfy a judgment out of the <span class="dictionary">judgment debtor</span>&#x2019;s transferable interest in the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>. <a id="paragraph-1365659" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.46_1/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="E"><p><span class="prefix-number">E.</span> No creditor of a <span class="dictionary">partner</span> or of a <span class="dictionary">partner</span>&#x2019;s assignee shall have any right to obtain <span class="dictionary">possession</span> of, or otherwise exercise legal or <span class="dictionary">equitable</span> remedies with respect to, the property of the <span class="dictionary">limited partnership</span>. <a id="paragraph-1365660" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/50-73.46_1/#E"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2004, c. 601; 2006, c. 912.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>FIRST UNION NAT. BANK OF VIRGINIA v. Craun</name><case_number>Civ. A. 93-0056-H</case_number><citation>853 F. Supp. 209</citation><date>1994-05-13</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1517558/first-union-nat-bank-of-virginia-v-craun/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 853 F.Supp. 209 (1994) .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>District Court, W.D. Virginia</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
