Florida Statutes 605.1045 – Articles of conversion
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(1) After a plan of conversion is approved, articles of conversion signed by the converting entity must be delivered to the department for filing.
(2) The articles of conversion must contain the following:
(a) The name, jurisdiction of formation, and type of entity of the converting entity.
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 605.1045
- Appraisal: A determination of property value.
- Articles of conversion: means the articles of conversion required under…. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Conversion: means a transaction authorized under ss. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Converted entity: means the converting entity as it continues in existence after a conversion. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Converting entity: means the domestic entity that approves a plan of conversion pursuant to…. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Department: means the Department of State. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Entity: means :1. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Filing entity: means an entity whose formation requires the filing of a public organic record. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Interest: means :
(a) A share in a business corporation;(b) A membership in a nonprofit corporation;(c) A partnership interest in a general partnership;(d) A partnership interest in a limited partnership;(e) A membership interest in a limited liability company;(f) A share or beneficial interest in a real estate investment trust;(g) A member's interest in a limited cooperative association;(h) A beneficial interest in a statutory trust, business trust, or common law business trust; or(i) A governance interest or distributional interest in another entity. See Florida Statutes 605.0102- 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:
(a) The jurisdiction under whose organic law the entity is formed, incorporated, or created or otherwise comes into being; however, for these purposes, if an entity exists under the law of a jurisdiction different from the jurisdiction under which the entity originally was formed, incorporated, or created or otherwise came into being, then the jurisdiction under which the entity then exists is treated as the jurisdiction of formation; or(b) In the case of a limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership, the jurisdiction in which the partnership's statement of qualification or equivalent document is filed. See Florida Statutes 605.0102- Member: means a person who:
(a) Is a member of a limited liability company under…. See Florida Statutes 605.0102- 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.
- Plan: means a plan of merger, plan of interest exchange, plan of conversion, or plan of domestication, as appropriate in the particular context. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Plan of conversion: means a plan under…. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Public organic record: means a record, the filing of which by a governmental body is required to form an entity, and an amendment to or restatement of that record. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Type of entity: means a generic form of entity that is:
(a) Recognized at common law; or(b) Formed under an organic law, whether or not some of the entities formed under that organic law are subject to provisions of that law which create different categories of the form of entity. See Florida Statutes 605.0102(b) The name, jurisdiction of formation, and type of entity of the converted entity.(c) If the converting entity is a domestic limited liability company, a statement that the plan of conversion has been approved in accordance with ss. 605.1041–605.1046, or if the converting entity is a foreign entity, a statement that the conversion was approved by the foreign converting entity in accordance with the law of its jurisdiction of formation and by each member of the converting entity who as a result of the conversion will have interest holder liability under s. 605.1043(1)(b) and whose approval is required.(d) If the converted entity is a domestic filing entity, the text of its public organic record, as an attachment.(e) If the converted entity is a domestic limited liability partnership, the text of its statement of qualification, as an attachment.(f) If the converted entity is a foreign entity that does not have a certificate of authority to transact business in this state, a mailing address and an e-mail address to which a party seeking to effectuate service of process may send any process served on the Secretary of State pursuant to s. 605.0117 and chapter 48.(g) A statement that the converted entity has agreed to pay to the members of any limited liability company with appraisal rights the amount to which such members are entitled under ss. 605.1006 and 605.1061–605.1072.(h) The effective date of the conversion, if the effective date of the conversion is not the same as the date of filing of the articles of conversion, subject to the limitations contained in s. 605.0207.(3) In addition to the requirements of subsection (2), articles of conversion may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.(4) A conversion becomes effective when the articles of conversion become effective, unless the articles of conversion specify an effective time or a delayed effective date that complies with s. 605.0207.(5) A copy of the articles of conversion, certified by the department, may be filed in the official records of any county in this state in which the converted entity holds an interest in real property.