Subject to § 8.01-286.1, process against a copartner or partnership may be served upon a general partner, and it shall be deemed service upon the partnership and upon each partner individually named in the action, provided the person served is not a plaintiff in the suit and provided the matter in suit is a partnership matter.\nProvided further that process may be served upon a limited partner in any proceeding to enforce a limited partner's liability to the partnership.\nCode 1950, § 8-59.1; 1950, p. 455; 1977, c. 617; 2005, c. 866.
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