Section 10-9C-902 (Effective January 1, 2010) Application for certificate of authority.
Section 10-9C-902
(Effective January 1, 2010) Application for certificate of authority.
(a) Before transacting business in this state, a foreign limited partnership shall register with the Secretary of State. A foreign limited partnership shall apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state by delivering an application to the Secretary of State, which may be on forms furnished by the Secretary of State, for filing. The application must state:
(1) the name of the foreign limited partnership and, if the name does not comply with Section 10-9C-108, an alternate name adopted pursuant to Section 10-9C-905(a).
(2) the name of the state or other jurisdiction under whose law the foreign limited partnership is organized;
(3) the street and mailing address of the foreign limited partnership's principal office and, if the laws of the jurisdiction under which the foreign limited partnership is organized require the foreign limited partnership to maintain an office in that jurisdiction, the street and mailing address of the required office;
(4) the name and street and mailing address of the foreign limited partnership's initial agent for service of process in this state;
(5) the name and street and mailing address of each of the foreign limited partnership's general partners; and
(6) whether the foreign limited partnerships is a foreign limited liability limited partnership.
(b) A foreign limited partnership shall deliver with the completed application a certificate of existence or a record of similar import signed by the Secretary of State or other official having custody of the foreign limited partnership's publicly filed records in the state or other jurisdiction under whose law the foreign limited partnership is organized.
(c) A foreign limited partnership shall pay a fee in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars ($150) for filing the certificate of limited partnership, processing the application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, and issuing the certificate of registration to transact business in this state.
(d) A limited partnership shall not be deemed to be transacting business in this state for the purposes of this section solely by reason of offers on sales of interests in such limited partnership in this state.
(Act 2009-621, §1.)