(a) A foreign limited partnership doing business in this state may not maintain any action, suit or proceeding in this state until it has registered in this state and has paid to this state all fees for the years or parts thereof during which it did business in this state without having registered.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 61-2-907

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Foreign limited partnership: includes a partnership formed under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the state of Tennessee and having as partners one (1) or more general partners and one (1) or more limited partners. See Tennessee Code 61-2-101
  • General partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a general partner in accordance with the partnership agreement and is so named in the certificate of limited partnership or similar instrument under which the limited partnership is organized, if so required. See Tennessee Code 61-2-101
  • Limited partner: means a person who has been admitted to a limited partnership as a limited partner as provided in §. See Tennessee Code 61-2-101
  • 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.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) The failure of a foreign limited partnership to register in this state does not impair:

(1) The validity of any contract or act of the foreign limited partnership;
(2) The right of any other party to the contract to maintain any action, suit or proceeding on the contract; or
(3) The foreign limited partnership from defending any action, suit or proceeding in any court of this state.
(c) A limited partner of a foreign limited partnership is not liable as a general partner of the foreign limited partnership solely by reason of the limited partnership having done business in this state without registration.
(d) Any foreign limited partnership doing business in this state without first having registered shall be fined and shall pay to the secretary of state two hundred dollars ($200) for each year or part thereof during which the foreign limited partnership failed to register in this state.
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