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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-039802
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-A12B
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180212
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180212

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Sotherly Hotels Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001301236
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32379
		FILM NUMBER:		18595645

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		410 W. FRANCIS STREET
		CITY:			WILLIAMSBURG
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23185
		BUSINESS PHONE:		757-229-5648

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		410 W. FRANCIS STREET
		CITY:			WILLIAMSBURG
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23185

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Sotherly Hotel Inc.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20130416

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MHI Hospitality CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040823

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SOTHERLY HOTELS LP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001313536
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	HOTELS & MOTELS [7011]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-A12B
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36091
		FILM NUMBER:		18595644

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		410 W. FRANCIS STREET
		CITY:			WILLIAMSBURG
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23185
		BUSINESS PHONE:		757-229-5648

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		410 W. FRANCIS STREET
		CITY:			WILLIAMSBURG
		STATE:			VA
		ZIP:			23185

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MHI HOSPITALITY LP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20050106
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FOR
REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sotherly
Hotels Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Maryland</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-1531029</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State of incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sotherly Hotels LP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">20-1965427</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State of incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>410 W. Francis Street </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Act: </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes Due 2021 of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sotherly Hotels LP,</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fully
and Unconditionally Guaranteed by Sotherly</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Hotels Inc.</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General
Instruction A.(c), please check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to
Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), please check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-220369</FONT> and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-220369-01</FONT></FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities to be registered pursuant
to Section&nbsp;12(g) of the Act: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>None </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Description of Registrants&#146; Securities to be Registered. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The description of the 7.25% Senior
Unsecured Notes due 2021 of Sotherly Hotels LP (the &#147;Operating Partnership&#148;), fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Sotherly Hotels Inc. (collectively with the Operating Partnership, the &#147;Registrants&#148;), registered hereby is
incorporated by reference from the &#147;Description of the Notes and Guarantee&#148; in the Registrants&#146; prospectus supplement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on February&nbsp;9, 2018 pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933 and under the heading &#147;Description of Debt Securities and Related Guarantees&#148; in the accompanying prospectus that constitutes a part of the Registrants&#146; Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (Registration Nos. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-220369</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-220369-01),</FONT></FONT> filed with the Commission on
September&nbsp;7, 2017 and declared effective by the Commission on September&nbsp;20, 2017. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Exhibits. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1301236/000119312518039544/d419772dex41.htm">Indenture, dated as of February&nbsp;
12, 2018, among Sotherly Hotels Inc., Sotherly Hotels LP and Wilmington Trust, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrants&#146; Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on February&nbsp;12, 2018).
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1301236/000119312518039544/d419772dex42.htm">First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February&nbsp;
12, 2018, among Sotherly Hotels Inc., Sotherly Hotels LP and Wilmington Trust, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrants&#146; Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on February&nbsp;12, 2018).
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1301236/000119312518039544/d419772dex42.htm">Form of 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 (included as Exhibit A to the First Supplemental Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrants&#146;
 Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed on February&nbsp;12, 2018 and incorporated by reference hereto). </A></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of Section&nbsp;12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrants have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date:
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>by its General Partner,</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ David R. Folsom</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">David R. Folsom</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ David R. Folsom</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">David R. Folsom</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Its:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">President and Chief Operating Officer</TD></TR>
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