(a) A limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership may change its registered agent or the address of its registered agent by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of change that states:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 61-3-116

  • 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
  • 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 name of the limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership;
(2) The street address of its current registered office;
(3) If the current registered office is to be changed, the street address of the new registered office and zip code for the office, and the county in which the office is located;
(4) The name of its current registered agent; and
(5) If the current registered agent is to be changed, the name of the new registered agent.
(b) The general or limited partners of a limited partnership need not approve the delivery to the secretary of state for filing of:

(1) A statement of change under this section; or
(2) A similar filing changing the registered agent or registered office, if any, of the partnership in any other jurisdiction.
(c) A statement of change under this section designating a new registered agent is an affirmation of fact by the limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership that the agent has consented to serve.
(d) As an alternative to using the procedure in this section, a limited partnership may amend its certificate of limited partnership.
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