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§ 521. Law governing

Subject to the Constitution of the United States: (1) the laws of the jurisdiction under which a foreign limited partnership is organized govern its organization and internal affairs and the liability of its limited partners, and (2) a foreign limited partnership may not be denied registration by reason of any difference between those laws and […]

§ 522. Registration

Before transacting business in the Virgin Islands, a foreign limited partnership shall register with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. In order to register, a foreign limited partnership shall submit to the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, in duplicate, an application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, signed and sworn to by a general […]

§ 523. Issuance of registration

(a) If the Lieutenant Governor finds that an application for registration conforms to law and all requisite fees have been paid, he shall: (1) endorse on the application the word “Filed,” and the month, day and year of the filing thereof; (2) file in his office a duplicate original of the application; and (3) issue […]

§ 524. Name

A foreign limited partnership may register with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor under any name, whether or not it is the name under which it is registered in its state of organization, that includes without abbreviation the words “limited partnership” and that could be registered by a domestic limited partnership.

§ 525. Changes and amendments

If any statement in the application for registration of a foreign limited partnership was false when made or any arrangements or other facts described have changed, making the application inaccurate in any respect, the foreign limited partnership shall promptly file in the Office of the Lieutenant Governor a certificate, signed and sworn to by a […]

§ 526. Cancellation of registration

A foreign limited partnership may cancel its registration by filing with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor a certificate of cancellation signed and sworn to by a general partner. A cancellation does not terminate the authority of the Lieutenant Governor to accept service of process on the foreign limited partnership with respect to causes of […]

§ 527. Transaction of business without registration

(a) A foreign limited partnership transacting business in the Virgin Islands may not maintain any action, suit, or proceeding in any court of the Virgin Islands until it has registered in the Virgin Islands. (b) The failure of a foreign limited partnership to register in the Virgin Islands does not impair the validity of any […]

§ 528. Action by Lieutenant Governor

The Lieutenant Governor may bring an action to restrain a foreign limited partnership from transacting business in the Virgin Islands in violation of this chapter.