(a) A partnership may deliver to the secretary of state for filing a statement of partnership authority. The statement:
(1) Must include the name of the partnership; and if the partnership is not a limited liability partnership, the street and mailing addresses of its principal office;
(2) With respect to any position that exists in or with respect to the partnership, may state the authority, or limitations on the authority, of all persons holding the position to:
(A) Execute an instrument transferring real property held in the name of the partnership; or
(B) Enter into other transactions on behalf of, or otherwise act for or bind, the partnership; and
(3) May state the authority, or limitations on the authority, of a specific person to:
(A) Execute an instrument transferring real property held in the name of the partnership; or
(B) Enter into other transactions on behalf of, or otherwise act for or bind, the partnership.
(b) To amend or cancel a statement of authority filed by the secretary of state, a partnership must deliver to the secretary of state for filing an amendment or cancellation stating:
(1) The name of the partnership;
(2) If the partnership is not a limited liability partnership, the street and mailing addresses of the partnership’s principal office;
(3) If the partnership is a limited liability partnership, the name and street and mailing addresses of its registered agent;
(4) The date the statement being affected became effective; and
(5) The contents of the amendment or a declaration that the statement is canceled.
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 30-23-303

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
    • (c) A statement of authority affects only the power of a person to bind a partnership to persons that are not partners.
    (d) Subject to subsection (c) of this section and section 30-23-103(4)(a), Idaho Code, and except as otherwise provided in subsections (f), (g) and (h) of this section, a limitation on the authority of a person or a position contained in an effective statement of authority is not by itself evidence of any person’s knowledge or notice of the limitation.
    (e) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, a grant of authority not pertaining to transfers of real property and contained in an effective statement of authority is conclusive in favor of a person that gives value in reliance on the grant, except to the extent that if the person gives value:
    (1) The person has knowledge to the contrary;
    (2) The statement has been canceled or restrictively amended under subsection (b) of this section; or
    (3) A limitation on the grant is contained in another statement of authority that became effective after the statement containing the grant became effective.
    (f) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, an effective statement of authority that grants authority to transfer real property held in the name of the partnership is conclusive in favor of a person that gives value in reliance on the grant without knowledge to the contrary, except to the extent that when the person gives value:
    (1) The statement has been canceled or restrictively amended under subsection (b) of this section; or
    (2) A limitation on the grant is contained in another statement of authority that became effective after the statement containing the grant became effective.
    (g) Subject to subsection (c) of this section, if an effective statement of authority containing a limitation on the authority to transfer real property held in the name of a partnership is filed by the secretary of state, all persons are deemed to know of the limitation.
    (h) Subject to subsection (i) of this section, an effective statement of dissolution is a cancellation of any filed statement of authority for the purposes of subsection (f) of this section and is a limitation on authority for purposes of subsection (g) of this section.
    (i) After a statement of dissolution becomes effective, a partnership may deliver to the secretary of state for filing a statement of authority that is designated as a post-dissolution statement of authority. The statement operates as provided in subsections (f) and (g) of this section.
    (j) Unless canceled earlier, an effective statement of authority is canceled by operation of law five (5) years after the date on which the statement, or its most recent amendment, becomes effective.
    (k) An effective statement of denial operates as a restrictive amendment under this section.