Michigan Laws 449.1902 – Registration required; application
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Before transacting business in this state, a foreign limited partnership shall register with the administrator. In order to register, a foreign limited partnership shall submit to the administrator an application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, signed and sworn to by a general partner and setting forth all of the following:
(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.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 449.1902
- Administrator: means the chief officer of the Michigan department of commerce or his or her designated representative. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
- Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate, and the certificate as amended or restated, referred to in section 201. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Foreign limited partnership: means a partnership formed under the laws of any state other than this state and having as partners 1 or more general partners and 1 or more limited partners. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
- General partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and named in the certificate of limited partnership as a general partner. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
- Partner: means a limited or general partner. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Michigan Laws 449.1101
(2) The state and date of its formation and the names and addresses of the governmental departments, agencies, or authorities in such state with which its certificate of limited partnership is currently on file and from which copies may be obtained.
(3) The general character of the business it proposes to transact in this state.
(4) The name and address of any agent for service of process on the foreign limited partnership whom the foreign limited partnership elects to appoint. 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.
(5) A statement that the administrator is appointed the agent of the foreign limited partnership for service of process if an agent has not been appointed under subdivision (4) or, if appointed, the agent has resigned or the agent’s authority has been revoked or if the agent cannot be found or served with the exercise of reasonable diligence, and the name and business or residence address of a general partner to whom the administrator is to send copies of any process served on the administrator.
(6) 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.
(7) If the certificate of limited partnership filed in the foreign limited partnership’s state of organization is not required to include the names and business or residence addresses of the partners, a list of the name and addresses.