(a) A certified and executed certificate of limited partnership, any certificate of amendment or cancellation, or of any judicial decree of amendment or cancellation, an application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, or any certificate relating thereto, shall be delivered to the director for filing. A person who executes a certificate as an agent or fiduciary need not exhibit evidence of that person’s authority as a prerequisite to filing. Unless the director finds that any certificate does not conform to law, upon receipt of all filing fees required by law, the director shall:

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-206

  • 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.
  • Certificate of limited partnership: means the certificate required by § 425E-201. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
  • Director: means the director of the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Foreign limited partnership: means a partnership formed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than this State and required by those laws to have one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
  • 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.
  • Person: includes any individual or entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 425E-102
(1) Stamp the document with the word “Filed” and the date of delivery thereof; and
(2) File the document in the director’s office.
(b) Upon the filing of a certificate of amendment or judicial decree of amendment in the office of the director, the certificate of limited partnership shall be amended as set forth therein, and upon the effective date of a certificate of cancellation or a judicial decree thereof, the certificate of limited partnership shall be canceled.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and § 425E-207, a document accepted for filing shall be effective at the time of filing on the date it is filed, as evidenced by the director’s date and time endorsement on the original document.
(d) Articles of conversion and articles of merger may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if so, the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document shall be effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document shall not be later than the thirtieth day after the date it is filed.