(a) A foreign limited partnership whose name does not comply with § 61-3-112 shall not register to do business in this state until the foreign limited partnership adopts, for the purpose of doing business in this state, an alternate name that complies with § 61-3-112. After registering to do business in this state with an alternate name, a foreign limited partnership shall do business in this state under:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 61-3-1006

  • 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.
  • Registered foreign limited partnership: means a foreign limited partnership that is registered to do business in this state pursuant to a statement of registration filed by the secretary of state. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • 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 Tennessee Code 61-3-101
(1) The alternate name; or
(2) The foreign limited partnership’s name, with the addition of the foreign limited partnership’s jurisdiction of formation.
(b) If a registered foreign limited partnership changes its name to one that does not comply with § 61-3-112, the foreign limited partnership must not do business in this state until it complies with subsection (a) by amending its registration to adopt an alternate name that complies with § 61-3-112.
  Previous section
Next section  
 Part 10 Contents