Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 25 Partnerships - Section 25.10.490 Registration

§ 25.10.490. Registration

Before transacting business in this state, a foreign limited partnership shall register with the secretary of state. In order to register, a foreign limited partnership shall submit to the secretary of state, in duplicate, an application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, signed and sworn to by a general partner and setting forth:

(1) The name of the foreign limited partnership as set forth in its certificate of limited partnership and, if different, the name under which it proposes to register and transact business in this state;

(2) The state, province, or other jurisdiction under which the foreign limited partnership was organized and the date of its formation;

(3) The name and address of any agent for service of process on the foreign limited partnership whom the foreign limited partnership appoints pursuant to RCW 25.10.040(2) and (3). The agent must be an individual resident of this state, a domestic corporation, or a foreign corporation having a place of business in, and authorized to do business in this state;

(4) A statement that the secretary of state is appointed the agent of the foreign limited partnership for service of process if the agent's authority has been revoked or if the agent cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence;

(5) The address of the office required to be maintained in the state or other jurisdiction of its organization by the laws of that state or other jurisdiction or, if not so required, of the principal office of the foreign limited partnership;

(6) The name and business address of each general partner;

(7) The addresses of the office at which a list is kept of the names and addresses of the limited partners and their capital contributions, together with an undertaking by the foreign limited partnership to keep those records until the foreign limited partnership's registration in this state is canceled; and

(8) If the foreign limited partnership was organized under laws of a jurisdiction other than another state, a copy of a written partnership agreement, in English language.

[1987 c 55 § 33; 1981 c 51 § 49.]

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