(1) As used in Sections 48-1d-1041 through 48-1d-1046, the term “subject entity” includes a corporation, a business trust or association, a real estate investment trust, a common-law trust, or any other unincorporated business, including a limited liability company, a general partnership, a registered limited liability partnership, or a foreign limited partnership.

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Terms Used In Utah Code 48-1d-1041

  • Business: includes every trade, occupation, and profession. See Utah Code 48-1d-102
  • 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 partnership: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state which would be a partnership if formed under the law of this state. See Utah Code 48-1d-102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Jurisdiction of formation: means , with respect to an entity, the jurisdiction:
         (9)(a) under whose law the entity is formed; or
         (9)(b) in the case of a limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership, in which the partnership's statement of qualification is filed. See Utah Code 48-1d-102
  • 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.
  • Partnership: means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a business for profit formed under this chapter or that becomes subject to this chapter under Part 10, Merger, Interest Exchange, Conversion, and Domestication, or Section 48-1d-1405. See Utah Code 48-1d-102
(2) A subject entity may convert to a domestic partnership by complying with Sections 48-1d-1041 through 48-1d-1046.
(3) By complying with Sections 48-1d-1041 through 48-1d-1046, a domestic partnership may become:

     (3)(a) a domestic entity that is a different type of entity; or
     (3)(b) a foreign entity that is a different type of entity, if the conversion is authorized by the law of the foreign jurisdiction.
(4) By complying with the provisions of Sections 48-1d-1041 through 48-1d-1046 applicable to foreign entities, a foreign entity that is not a foreign partnership may become a domestic partnership if the conversion is authorized by the law of the foreign entity’s jurisdiction of formation.
(5) If a protected agreement contains a provision that applies to a merger of a domestic partnership but does not refer to a conversion, the provision applies to a conversion of the entity as if the conversion were a merger until the provision is amended after January 1, 2014.