Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-118. Change of registered agent or address for registered agent by limited partnership
(a) A limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership may change its registered agent or the address of its registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that states:
(1) The name of the partnership or foreign partnership; and
(2) The information that is to be in effect as a result of the filing of the statement of change.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-118
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Foreign limited partnership: means an unincorporated entity formed under the law of a jurisdiction other than this state which would be a limited partnership if formed under the law of this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
- 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.
- 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: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, general cooperative association, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, cooperative housing corporation, workers' cooperative, producers' cooperative, consumer's cooperative, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
- Registered agent: means an agent of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership which is authorized to receive service of any process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the partnership. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
- Registered foreign limited partnership: means a foreign limited partnership that is registered to do business in this state pursuant to a statement of registration filed by the secretary of state. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 7-13.1-102
(b) The general or limited partners of a limited partnership need not approve the delivery to the secretary of state for filing of:
(1) A statement of change under this section; or
(2) A similar filing changing the registered agent or registered office, if any, of the partnership in any other jurisdiction.
(c) A statement of change under this section designating a new registered agent is an affirmation of fact by the limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership that the agent has consented to serve.
(d) Any person who designates a registered agent without the registered agent’s authority is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, may be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or by imprisonment of not more than one year, or both.
History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 121, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 122, § 2, effective January 1, 2023.