1. A partnership shall file with the secretary of state an application or a renewal application, to become or to continue as a registered limited liability partnership, as the case may be, stating the name of the partnership; the address of its principal office, if the partnership's principal office is not located in this state; the address of a registered office and the name and address of a registered agent for service of process in this state, which the partnership is required to maintain; the number of partners; a brief statement of the business in which the partnership is engaged; and that the partnership is applying to become or renew its status as a registered limited liability partnership.
2. The application or renewal application shall be executed by a majority in interest of the partners or by one or more partners authorized to execute an application or renewal application.
3. The application or renewal application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars.
4. The secretary of state shall register as a registered limited liability partnership, or shall renew the registration of any registered limited liability partnership, any partnership that submits a completed application or renewal application with the required fee.
5. Registration is effective for one year after the date an application is filed, unless voluntarily withdrawn by filing with the secretary of state a written withdrawal notice executed by a majority in interest of the partners or by one or more partners authorized to execute a withdrawal notice. Registration as a registered limited liability partnership is renewed if, during the sixty-day period preceding or the one- year period following the date the application or renewal application otherwise would have expired, the partnership files with the secretary of state a renewal application. A renewal application filed pursuant to this subsection expires one year after the date the previous registration period would have expired if the renewal had not been filed.
6. The status of a partnership as a registered limited liability partnership shall not be affected by changes after the filing of an application or a renewal application in the information stated in the application or renewal application.
7. The secretary of state shall provide forms for application and renewal of registration pursuant to this section.
94 Acts, ch 1049, §9
Referred to in § 486.2
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