§ 61-3-201 Formation of limited partnership – Certificate of limited partnership
§ 61-3-202 Amendment or restatement of certificate of limited partnership
§ 61-3-203 Signing of records to be delivered for filing to secretary of state
§ 61-3-204 Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order
§ 61-3-205 Liability for materially false information in filed record
§ 61-3-206 Filing requirements
§ 61-3-207 Effective date and time
§ 61-3-208 Correcting filed record
§ 61-3-209 Duty of secretary of state to file – Review of refusal to file – Delivery of record by secretary of state
§ 61-3-210 Certificate of existence or registration
§ 61-3-211 Annual report for secretary of state

Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 61 > Chapter 3 > Part 2 - Formation; Certificate of Limited Partnership and Filings

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • General partner: means a person that:
    (A) Has become a general partner under §. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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.
  • Limited partner: means a person that:
    (A) Has become a limited partner under §. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Partner: means a limited partner or general partner. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • 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.
  • Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Principal office: means the principal executive office of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership, whether or not the office is located in this state. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • Record: when used as a noun, 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 Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • Registered agent: means an agent of a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership who is authorized to receive service of any process or notice required or permitted by law to be served on the partnership. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • 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
  • Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Sign: means , with present intent to authenticate or adopt a record:
    (A) To execute or adopt a tangible symbol. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105