Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 178.0909

  • Following: when used by way of reference to any statute section, means the section next following that in which the reference is made. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
  • 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.
   (1)    A limited liability partnership or registered foreign limited liability partnership may change its registered agent or registered office as provided in s. 178.0913 (5) or by delivering to the department for filing a statement of change that states all of the following:
      (a)    The name of the partnership or foreign partnership.
      (b)    The information that is to be in effect as a result of the filing of the statement of change.
   (2)   The partners of a limited liability partnership need not approve the filing of any of the following:
      (a)    A statement of change under this section.
      (b)    A similar filing changing the registered agent or registered office, if any, of the partnership in any other jurisdiction.
   (3)   A statement of change under this section designating a new registered agent is an affirmation of fact by the limited liability partnership or registered foreign limited liability partnership that the agent has consented to serve.
   (4)   As an alternative to using the procedure in this section, a limited liability partnership may amend its statement of qualification.