Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-1003 – Annual report
(a) A limited liability partnership, and a foreign limited liability partnership authorized to transact business in the State of Delaware, shall file an annual report with the Secretary of State which contains:
(1) The name of the limited liability partnership and the state or other jurisdiction under whose laws the foreign limited liability partnership is formed and the number of partners of the partnership as of the date of the filing of the annual report or, in the case of a delinquent annual report, the number of partners as of June 1 of the year such annual report was due; and
(2) The address of the registered office and the name and address of the registered agent for service of process required to be maintained by § 15-111 of this title.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-1003
- Business: includes every trade, occupation and profession, the holding or ownership of property and any other activity for profit. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Certificate: means a certificate of conversion to partnership under § 15-901 of this title, a certificate of conversion to a non-Delaware entity under § 15-903 of this title, a certificate of merger or consolidation or a certificate of ownership and merger under § 15-902 of this title, a certificate of partnership domestication under § 15-904 of this title, a certificate of transfer and a certificate of transfer and domestic continuance under § 15-905 of this title, a certificate of correction and a corrected certificate under § 15-118 of this title, and a certificate of termination of a certificate with a future effective date or time and a certificate of amendment of a certificate with a future effective date or time under § 15-105(i) of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Foreign limited liability partnership: means a partnership that:
(i) Is formed under laws other than the laws of the State of Delaware; and
(ii) Has the status of a limited liability partnership under those laws. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- 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.
- Limited liability partnership: means a domestic partnership that has filed a statement of qualification under § 15-1001 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Partnership: means an association of 2 or more persons formed under § 15-202 of this title, predecessor law or comparable law of another jurisdiction to carry on any business, purpose or activity. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- 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.
- Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
- State: means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Statement: means a statement of partnership existence under § 15-303 of this title, a statement of denial under § 15-304 of this title, a statement of dissociation under § 15-704 of this title, a statement of dissolution under § 15-805 of this title, a statement of qualification under § 15-1001 of this title, a statement of foreign qualification under § 15-1102 of this title, and an amendment or cancellation of any of the foregoing under § 15-105 of this title and a statement of correction and a corrected statement under § 15-118 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 15-101
- Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) An annual report must be filed by June 1 of each year following the calendar year in which a statement of qualification filed by a partnership becomes effective or a foreign partnership becomes authorized to transact business in the State of Delaware.
(c) On or before March 31 of each year, the Secretary of State shall mail to each partnership at its registered office set forth in the last filed statement of qualification or statement of foreign qualification or annual report a notice specifying that the annual report together with applicable fees shall be due on June 1 of the current year and stating that the statement of qualification or statement of foreign qualification of the partnership shall be revoked unless such report is filed and such filing fee is paid on or before June 1 of the following year. The Secretary of State shall not issue a certificate of good standing with respect to any limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership which has not filed an annual report and paid the required filing fee pursuant to this section or with respect to any limited liability partnership or foreign limited liability partnership if its statement of qualification or statement of foreign qualification (as applicable) is canceled or revoked. The statement of qualification or statement of foreign qualification of any such partnership that fails to file such annual report or pay such required filing fee on or before June 1 of the following year shall be revoked.
(d) A revocation under subsection (c) of this section only affects a partnership’s status as a limited liability partnership and is not an event of dissolution of the partnership.
(e) A partnership whose statement of qualification or statement of foreign qualification has been revoked pursuant to subsection (c) of this section may apply to the Secretary of State for reinstatement after the effective date of the revocation. The application must state:
(1) The name of the partnership and the effective date of the revocation; and
(2) That the ground for revocation either did not exist or has been corrected.
(f) A reinstatement under subsection (e) relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the revocation, and the partnership’s status as a limited liability partnership continues as if the revocation had never occurred.
72 Del. Laws, c. 151, § ?1; 73 Del. Laws, c. 223, § ?3; 75 Del. Laws, c. 50, §§ ?30, 31; 76 Del. Laws, c. 106, § ?20; 78 Del. Laws, c. 271, § ?11;