§ 8514. Execution of certificates.
(a) General rule.--Each certificate or other document required or permitted by this chapter to be delivered to the Department of State for filing shall be signed in the following manner:
(1) An original certificate of limited partnership must be signed by all general partners named therein.
(2) A certificate of amendment must be signed by at least one general partner and by each other general partner designated in the certificate as a new general partner.
(3) A certificate of cancellation must be signed by all general partners or liquidating trustees or, if there is no general partner or liquidating trustee, by a majority in interest of the limited partners.
(4) A certificate of change of registered office must be signed by a general partner.
(5) A certificate of summary of record must be signed by all general partners.
(6) A certificate of withdrawal must be signed by the person withdrawing.
(7) A certificate of termination must be signed by a general partner.
(8) A statement of merger, interest exchange, conversion, division or domestication must be signed by a general partner.
(9) A foreign registration statement must be signed by a general partner.
(10) An amendment of a foreign registration statement must be signed by a general partner.
(11) A statement of withdrawal by a foreign limited partnership must be signed by a general partner.
(12) (Deleted by amendment).
(b) Attorney-in-fact.--Except as otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, any person may sign a certificate or other document affecting the existence, organization or internal affairs of a limited partnership by an attorney-in-fact or fiduciary. It shall not be necessary to present to or file in the department the original or a copy of any document evidencing the authority of an attorney-in-fact or fiduciary.
(Dec. 7, 1994, P.L.703, No.106, eff. 60 days; Oct. 22, 2014, P.L.2640, No.172, eff. July 1, 2015)
2014 Amendment. Act 172 amended subsec. (a).
Cross References. Section 8514 is referred to in sections 8506, 8511, 8512, 8513, 8519, 8520, 8524, 8532 of this title.
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