Filing requirements; required and optional provisions of certificate of registration.
1. To become a registered limited-liability partnership, a partnership shall file with the Secretary of State a certificate of registration stating each of the following:
(a) The name of the partnership.
(b) The street address of its principal office.
(c) The name of the person designated as the partnership’s resident agent, the street address of the resident agent where process may be served upon the partnership and the mailing address of the resident agent if it is different than his street address.
(d) The name and business address of each managing partner in this State.
(e) A brief statement of the professional service rendered by the partnership.
(f) That the partnership thereafter will be a registered limited-liability partnership.
(g) Any other information that the partnership wishes to include.
2. The certificate of registration must be signed by a majority in interest of the partners or by one or more partners authorized to sign such a certificate.
3. The certificate of registration must be accompanied by a fee of $175.
4. The Secretary of State shall register as a registered limited-liability partnership any partnership that submits a completed certificate of registration with the required fee.
5. The registration of a registered limited-liability partnership is effective at the time of the filing of the certificate of registration.
Last modified: February 26, 2006