1. Application. A foreign limited partnership may apply for a certificate of authority to transact business in this State by delivering an application to the Secretary of State for filing. The application must state:
A. The name of the foreign limited partnership and, if the name does not comply with section 1308, the name under which it proposes to apply for authority to do business pursuant to section 1415, subsection 1; [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
B. The name of the State or other jurisdiction under whose law the foreign limited partnership is organized and its date of formation; [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
C. The street and mailing address of the foreign limited partnership’s principal office and, if the laws of the jurisdiction under which the foreign limited partnership is organized require the foreign limited partnership to maintain an office in that jurisdiction, the street and mailing address of the required office; [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
D. The information required by Title 5, section 105, subsection 1; [PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. F, §27 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).]
E. The name and street and mailing address of each of the foreign limited partnership’s general partners; and [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]
F. Whether the foreign limited partnership is a foreign limited liability limited partnership. [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

[PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. F, §27 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1412

  • Foreign limited liability limited partnership: means a foreign limited partnership whose general partners have limited liability for the obligations of the foreign limited partnership under a provision similar to section 1354, subsection 3. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302
  • 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 Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302
  • 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 Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302
  • 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 Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Sec. 1302
2. Certificate of existence or similar record. A foreign limited partnership shall deliver with the completed application under subsection 1 a certificate of existence or a record of similar import signed by the Secretary of State or other official having custody of the limited partnership’s publicly filed records in the State or other jurisdiction under whose law the foreign limited partnership is organized. The certificate of existence must have been made not more than 90 days prior to delivery of the application for filing.

[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. C, §2 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 2005, c. 543, §C2 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. F, §27 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).
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