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:

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 321.0902

  • 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.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • state: extends to and includes the District of Columbia and the several territories. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) the name of the foreign limited partnership and, if the foreign limited partnership chooses, an alternate name adopted pursuant to section 321.0905(a);

(2) the name of the state or other jurisdiction under whose law the foreign limited partnership is organized;

(3) 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;

(4) the name and street and mailing address of the foreign limited partnership’s initial agent for service of process in this state;

(5) the name and street and mailing address of each of the foreign limited partnership’s general partners;

(6) whether the foreign limited partnership is a foreign limited liability limited partnership; and

(7) that the foreign limited partnership has complied with the organizational laws in the jurisdiction in which it is organized.