(a) A limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing an annual report that states:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 61-3-211

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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.
  • 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 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
  • 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
(1) The name of the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership;
(2) The name of its registered agent in this state;
(3) The street address and zip code of its registered office and the name of its registered agent at that office in this state;
(4) The name of at least one (1) general partner; and
(5) In the case of a foreign limited partnership, its jurisdiction of formation and any alternate name adopted under § 61-3-1006(a).
(b) Information in the annual report must be current as of the date the report is signed by the limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership.
(c) Every limited partnership and registered foreign limited partnership shall file the annual report with the secretary of state on or before the first day of the fourth month following the close of the limited partnership’s or registered foreign limited partnership’s fiscal year or upon a date set by rule by the secretary of state.
(d) If an annual report does not contain the information required by this section, the secretary of state must promptly notify the reporting limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership in a record and return the report for correction.
(e) If an annual report contains the name or address of a registered agent that differs from the information shown in the records of the secretary of state immediately before the report becomes effective, the differing information is considered a statement of change under § 61-3-116.
(f) If an annual report contains a street or mailing address for the principal office that differs from the information shown in the records of the secretary of state immediately before the report becomes effective, the differing information is considered a statement of change under § 61-3-116.
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