1. A limited partnership or a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing a biennial report that states all of the following:

 a. The name of the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership.
 b. The street and mailing address of its registered office and the name and street and mailing address of its registered agent for service of process in this state.
 c. In the case of a limited partnership, the street and mailing address of its principal office.
 d. In the case of a foreign limited partnership, the state or other jurisdiction under whose law the foreign limited partnership is formed and any alternate name adopted under section 488.905, subsection 1.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 488.210

  • delivered: means any method of delivery used in conventional commercial practice, including delivery in person, by mail, commercial delivery, and electronic transmission. See Iowa Code 488.102
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Foreign limited partnership: means a partnership formed under the laws of a jurisdiction other than Iowa and required by those laws to have one or more general partners and one or more limited partners. See Iowa Code 488.102
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Principal office: means the office where the principal executive office of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership is located, whether or not the office is located in this state. See Iowa Code 488.102
  • Registered office: means :
     a. See Iowa Code 488.102
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • 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 Iowa Code 488.102
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See Iowa Code 4.1
 2. Information in a biennial report must be current as of the date the biennial report is delivered to the secretary of state for filing.
 3. If a biennial report does not contain the information required in subsection 1, the secretary of state shall promptly notify the reporting limited partnership or foreign limited partnership and return the report to it for correction. If the report is corrected to contain the information required in subsection 1 and delivered to the secretary of state within thirty days after the effective date of the notice, it is timely delivered.
 4. If a filed biennial report contains an address of a registered office or the name or address of a registered agent for service of process which differs from the information shown in the records of the secretary of state immediately before the filing, the differing information in the biennial report is considered a statement of change under section 488.115.
 5. The first biennial report shall be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1 and April 1 of the first odd-numbered year following the calendar year in which a limited partnership was formed or a foreign limited partnership was authorized to transact business. Subsequent biennial reports must be delivered to the secretary of state between January 1 and April 1 of the following odd-numbered calendar years. A filing fee for the biennial report shall be determined by the secretary of state. For purposes of this section, each biennial report shall contain information related to the two-year period immediately preceding the calendar year in which the report is filed.
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