(A) In order for a foreign limited liability company or any one or more of its series to transact business in this state, the foreign limited liability company shall register with the secretary of state. Neither a foreign limited liability company nor any one or more of its series may transact business in this state until the registration has been approved by the secretary of state and the foreign limited liability company or series is otherwise in compliance with sections 1706.51 to 1706.515 of the Revised Code.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 1706.511

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Foreign limited liability company: means an entity that is all of the following:

    (1) An unincorporated association;

    (2) Organized under the laws of a state other than this state or under the laws of a foreign country;

    (3) Organized under a statute pursuant to which an association may be formed that affords to each of its members limited liability with respect to the liabilities of the entity;

    (4) Not required to be registered, qualified, or organized under any statute of this state other than this chapter. See Ohio Code 1706.01

  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • 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 Ohio Code 1706.01

(B) The registration as a foreign limited liability company shall state all of the following:

(1) The name of the foreign limited liability company and, if the name does not comply with section 1706.07 of the Revised Code, the assumed name adopted pursuant to division (A) of section 1706.513 of the Revised Code;

(2) The foreign limited liability company’s jurisdiction of formation;

(3) The name and street address of the foreign limited liability company’s statutory agent and a written acceptance of the appointment that is signed by the agent;

(4) That the foreign limited liability company is a foreign limited liability company;

(5) The information required by division (C) of this section, if applicable.

(C) If a foreign limited liability company establishes or provides for the establishment of one or more series of assets, it shall state all of the following in the registration as a foreign limited liability company:

(1) The fact that it provides for the establishment of one or more series of assets;

(2) Whether the debts, liabilities, and obligations incurred, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to a particular series, if any, shall be enforceable against the assets of that series only, and not against the assets of the foreign limited liability company generally or any other series thereof;

(3) Whether any of the debts, liabilities, obligations, and expenses incurred, contracted for, or otherwise existing with respect to the foreign limited liability company generally or any other series thereof shall be enforceable against the assets of that series.

(D) Upon any change in circumstances that makes any statement contained in its filed registration as a foreign limited liability company no longer true, a foreign limited liability company authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing an appropriate certificate of correction, on a form as prescribed by the secretary of state, so that its statement of foreign qualification is in all respects true.

(E) A foreign limited liability company is authorized to transact business in this state from the effective date of its registration as a foreign limited liability company until the earlier of the effective date of its cancellation of foreign limited liability company or the effective date of the secretary of state’s cancellation of the registration as a foreign limited liability company in accordance with section 1706.09 of the Revised Code.