Florida Statutes 605.1055 – Articles of domestication
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(1) The articles of domestication must be filed with the department. The articles of domestication must contain the following:
(a) The date on which the domesticating entity was first formed, incorporated, created, or otherwise came into being.
Terms Used In Florida Statutes 605.1055
- Articles of domestication: means the articles of domestication required under…. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Articles of organization: means the articles of organization required under…. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- 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
- Domesticated limited liability company: means the domesticating entity as it continues in existence after a domestication. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Domesticating entity: means a non-United States entity that approves a domestication pursuant to the law of its jurisdiction of formation. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Domestication: means a transaction authorized under ss. See Florida Statutes 605.0102
- Entity: means :
1. 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- 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) The name of the domesticating entity immediately before the filing of the articles of domestication.(c) The articles of organization of the domesticated limited liability company, as an attachment.(d) The effective date of the domestication as a limited liability company, if the effective date of the domestication is not the same as the date of filing of the articles of domestication, subject to the limitations contained in s. 605.0207.(e) The jurisdiction that constituted the seat, siege social, or principal place of business or central administration of the domesticating entity, or any other equivalent thereto under the law of the jurisdiction of formation, immediately before the filing of the articles of domestication.(f) A statement that the domestication has been approved in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the domesticating entity.(2) In addition to the requirements of subsection (1), articles of domestication may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.(3) The articles of domestication which are filed with the department must be accompanied by a certificate of status or equivalent document, if any, from the domesticating entity’s jurisdiction of formation.(4) The articles of domestication and the articles of organization of a domesticated limited liability company must satisfy the requirements of the law of this state, and may be executed by an authorized representative and registered agent in accordance with this chapter.