Filing requirements; required provisions of application for 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 an application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, signed by a general partner, and a signed certificate of acceptance of a resident agent. The application for registration must set forth:
1. The name of the foreign limited partnership and, if different, the name under which it proposes to register and transact business in this State;
2. The state and date of its formation;
3. The name and address of the resident agent whom the foreign limited partnership elects to appoint;
4. A statement that the Secretary of State is appointed the agent of the foreign limited partnership for service of process if the resident agent’s authority has been revoked or if the resident agent cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence;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 of its organization by the laws of that state or, if not so required, of the principal office of the foreign limited partnership;
6. The name and business address of each general partner; and
7. The address of the office at which is kept a list 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partnership to keep those records until the foreign limited partnership’s registration in this State is cancelled or withdrawn.
Last modified: February 26, 2006