(1) After a plan of conversion of a domestic corporation has been adopted and approved as required by this chapter, or a domestic or foreign eligible entity, other than a domestic corporation, that is the converting eligible entity has approved a conversion as required by its organic law, articles of conversion must be signed by the converting eligible entity as required by s. 607.0120 and must:

(a) State the name, jurisdiction of formation, and type of entity of the converting eligible entity;

Terms Used In Florida Statutes 607.11933

  • Articles of incorporation: includes original, amended, and restated articles of incorporation, articles of share exchange, and articles of merger, and all amendments thereto. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Conversion: means a transaction pursuant to ss. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Converted eligible entity: means the converting eligible entity as it continues in existence after a conversion. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Converting eligible entity: means the domestic corporation that approves a plan of conversion pursuant to…. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the Florida Department of State. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Domestic: means , with respect to an entity, an entity governed as to its internal affairs by the laws of this state. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • domestic corporation: means a corporation for profit, which is not a foreign corporation, incorporated under this chapter. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Effective date: means , when referring to a document accepted for filing by the department, the date and time determined in accordance with…. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Eligible entity: means :
    1. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Entity: includes corporation and foreign corporation; unincorporated association; business trust, estate, limited liability company, partnership, trust, and two or more persons having a joint or common economic interest; and state, United States, and foreign governments. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Foreign: means , with respect to an entity, an entity governed as to its internal affairs by the organic law of a jurisdiction other than this state. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Interest: means :
    (a) A share in a corporation for profit;
    (b) A membership in a nonprofit corporation;
    (c) A partnership interest in a general partnership, including a limited liability partnership;
    (d) A partnership interest in a limited partnership, including a limited liability limited partnership;
    (e) A membership interest in a limited liability company;
    (f) A share or beneficial interest in a real estate investment trust;
    (g) A member's interest in a limited cooperative association;
    (h) A beneficial interest in a statutory trust, business trust, or common law business trust; or
    (i) A governance interest or distributional interest in another entity. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • 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 607.01401
  • Organic law: means the laws of the jurisdiction in which the entity was formed. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • 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.
  • Public organic record: means a record, the filing of which by a governmental body is required to form an entity, and an amendment to or restatement of such record. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Type of entity: means a generic form of entity either:
    (a) Recognized at common law; or
    (b) Formed under an organic law, regardless of whether some entities formed under that organic law are subject to provisions of that law that create different categories of the form of entity. See Florida Statutes 607.01401
(b) State the name, jurisdiction of formation, and type of entity of the converted eligible entity;
(c) If the converting eligible entity is:

1. A domestic corporation, state that the plan of conversion was approved in accordance with this chapter; or
2. A domestic or foreign eligible entity other than a domestic corporation, state that the conversion was approved by the eligible entity in accordance with its organic law; and
(d) If the converted eligible entity is:

1. A domestic corporation or a domestic or foreign eligible entity that is not a domestic corporation, attach the public organic record of the converted eligible entity, except that provisions that would not be required to be included in a restated public organic record may be omitted; or
2. A domestic limited liability partnership, attach the filing or filings required to become a domestic limited liability partnership.
(2) If the converted eligible entity is a domestic corporation, its articles of incorporation must satisfy the requirements of s. 607.0202, except that provisions that would not be required to be included in restated articles of incorporation may be omitted from the articles of incorporation. If the converted eligible entity is a domestic eligible entity that is not a domestic corporation, its public organic record, if any, must satisfy the applicable requirements of the organic law of this state, except that the public organic record does not need to be signed.
(3) The articles of conversion shall be delivered to the department for filing, and shall take effect at the effective date determined in accordance with s. 607.0123.
(4)(a) If the converted eligible entity is a domestic eligible entity, the conversion becomes effective when the articles of conversion are effective.
(b) If the converted eligible entity is a foreign eligible entity, the conversion becomes effective at the later of:

1. The date and time provided by the organic law of that eligible entity; or
2. When the articles of conversion take effect.
(5) Articles of conversion required to be filed under this section may be combined with any filing required under the organic law of a domestic eligible entity that is the converting eligible entity or the converted eligible entity if the combined filing satisfies the requirements of both this section and the other organic law.
(6) If the converting eligible entity is a foreign eligible entity that is authorized to transact business in this state under a provision of law similar to ss. 607.1501–607.1532, its foreign qualification shall be canceled automatically on the effective date of its conversion.
(7) A copy of the articles of conversion, certified by the department, may be filed in the official records of any county in this state in which the converting eligible entity holds an interest in real property.
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