(A) A limited liability company or foreign limited liability company may deliver to the secretary of state for filing a certificate of correction to correct a record previously delivered by the limited liability company or foreign limited liability company to the secretary of state and filed by the secretary of state if at the time of filing the record contained incorrect or inaccurate information or was defectively signed.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 1706.173

  • Foreign limited liability company: means an entity that is all of the following:

    (1) An unincorporated association;

    (2) Organized under the laws of a state other than this state or under the laws of a foreign country;

    (3) Organized under a statute pursuant to which an association may be formed that affords to each of its members limited liability with respect to the liabilities of the entity;

    (4) Not required to be registered, qualified, or organized under any statute of this state other than this chapter. See Ohio Code 1706.01

  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in written or paper form through an automated process. See Ohio Code 1706.01
  • 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 Ohio Code 1706.01

(B) A certificate of correction under division (A) of this section shall not state a delayed effective date and shall do all of the following:

(1) Describe the record to be corrected, including its filing date, or attach a copy of the record as filed;

(2) Specify the inaccurate information or the defect in the signing;

(3) Correct the incorrect or inaccurate information or defective signature.

(C) When filed by the secretary of state, a certificate of correction is effective retroactively as of the effective date of the record the statement corrects, but the statement is effective when filed as to persons that previously relied on the uncorrected record and would be adversely affected by the correction.