Title 13.1. Corporations
Chapter 12. Virginia Limited Liability Company Act
§ 13.1-1051. Authority to transact business required; governing law.
A. A foreign limited liability company may not transact business in the Commonwealth until it obtains a certificate of registration from the Commission.
B. Subject to the Constitution of the Commonwealth:
1. Except as provided in §§ 13.1-1099.8 and 13.1-1099.10, the laws of the state or other jurisdiction under which a foreign limited liability company is formed govern its formation and internal affairs and the liability of its members and managers; and
2. A foreign limited liability company may not be denied a certificate of registration by reason of any difference between those laws and the laws of the Commonwealth.
However, a foreign limited liability company holding a valid certificate of registration to transact business in the Commonwealth shall have no greater rights and privileges than a domestic limited liability company. The certificate of registration shall not be deemed to authorize the foreign limited liability company to exercise any of its powers or purposes that a domestic limited liability company is forbidden by law to exercise in the Commonwealth.
