Q: Can a LLC in a different state buy real estate in the State of Virginia without registering with the State of Virginia

A: The answer is governed by statute. In pertinent part, § 13.1-1059, entitled Transactions not constituting doing business, reads as follows:.

A. The following activities of a foreign limited liability company, among others, do not constitute transacting business within the meaning of this article:...

7. Creating or acquiring indebtedness, deeds of trust, and security interests in real or personal property;

8. Securing or collecting debts or enforcing deeds of trust and security interests in property securing the debts;

9. Owning, without more, real or personal property;

10. Conducting an isolated transaction that is completed within 30 days and that is not one in the course of repeated transactions of a like nature;

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B. The term "transacting business" as used in this section shall have no effect on personal jurisdiction under § 8.01-328.1.

C. The list of activities in subsection A of this section is not exhaustive. This section does not apply in determining the contracts or activities that may subject a foreign limited liability company to service of process or taxation in this Commonwealth or to regulation under any other law of this Commonwealth.

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