Florida Statutes 605.0907 – Amendment to certificate of authority
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(1) A foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver for filing an amendment to its certificate of authority to reflect the change of any of the following:
(a) Its name on the records of the department.
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 605.0907
- 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.
- Authorized representative: means :(a) In the case of the formation of a limited liability company, a person authorized by a prospective member of the limited liability company to form the company by executing and filing its articles of organization with the department. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Department: means the Department of State. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Foreign limited liability company: means an unincorporated entity that was formed in a jurisdiction other than this state and is denominated by that law as a limited liability company. 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- Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or another legal or commercial entity. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- 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
(b) Its jurisdiction of formation.(c) The name and street address in this state of the company’s registered agent in this state, unless the change was timely made in accordance with s. 605.0114 or s. 605.0116.(d) Any person identified in accordance with s. 605.0902(1)(e), or a change in the title or capacity or address of that person.(2) The amendment must be filed within 90 days after the occurrence of a change described in subsection (1), must be signed by an authorized representative of the foreign limited liability company, and must state the following:(a) The name of the foreign limited liability company as it appears on the records of the department.(b) Its jurisdiction of formation.(c) The date the foreign limited liability company was authorized to transact business in this state.(d) If the name of the foreign limited liability company has been changed, the name relinquished and its new name.(e) If the amendment changes the jurisdiction of formation of the foreign limited liability company, a statement of that change.(3) Subject to subsection (4), a foreign limited liability company authorized to do business in this state may make application to the department to obtain an amended certificate of authority to add, remove, or change the name, title, capacity, or address of a person who has the authority to manage the foreign limited liability company.(4) The requirements of s. 605.0902 for obtaining an original certificate of authority apply to obtaining an amended certificate under this section unless the official having custody of the foreign limited liability company’s publicly filed records in its jurisdiction of formation did not require an amendment to effectuate the change on its records.