(a) When a foreign limited partnership that has had its registration revoked desires to cancel its registration it may do so without first being reinstated by filing with the secretary of state a certificate of cancellation of registration following administrative revocation of registration accompanied by a confirmation of good standing by the department of revenue. The certificate of cancellation of certificate of registration must set forth:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 61-3-1014
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: 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 current name of the foreign limited partnership and, if different, the name under which the foreign limited partnership transacts business in this state; the date of revocation of foreign limited partnership registration; and the name of the jurisdiction under the laws of which the foreign limited partnership is formed;(2) That the foreign limited partnership is not transacting business in this state and that it surrenders its authority to transact business in this state;(3) That the foreign limited partnership either continues its registered agent in this state, or revokes the authority of its registered agent to accept service on its behalf and appoints the secretary of state as its agent for service of process in any proceeding based on a cause of action arising during the time it was authorized to transact business in this state;(4) A mailing address to which the secretary of state may mail a copy of any process served on the secretary of state under subdivision (a)(3); and(5) A commitment to notify the secretary of state in the future of any change in the mailing address set forth under subdivision (a)(4).(b) After cancellation of the registration of the foreign limited partnership, service of process on the secretary of state or the continued registered agent under this section is service on the foreign limited partnership. Upon receipt of process, the secretary of state shall comply with § 61-3-121. However, the mailing address set forth under subdivision (a)(4), as it may be changed under subdivision (a)(5), shall be deemed to be the principal executive office of the foreign limited partnership, for purposes of the compliance with § 61-3-121 by the secretary of state.
