Wisconsin Statutes 179.0211 – Certificate of status
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 179.0211
- 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.
- 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
- 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: includes all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; "year" alone means "year of our Lord". See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) Any person may obtain from the department, upon request, a certificate of status for a limited partnership or registered foreign limited partnership.
(2) A certificate of status shall include all of the following information:
(a) The domestic partnership’s partnership name or the foreign partnership’s partnership name and fictitious name, if any, used in this state.
(b) Whether each of the following is true:
1. The domestic partnership is a limited partnership whose governing law is the law of this state, or the foreign limited partnership is authorized to transact business in this state.
2. The domestic partnership or the foreign partnership has, during its most recently completed report year, filed with the department an annual report required by s. 179.0212.
3. The domestic partnership has not filed a statement of dissolution or statement of termination.
4. The foreign partnership has not filed a statement of withdrawal of its foreign registration under s. 179.1011 and, if not, the effective date of its registration statement.
(c) The domestic partnership’s effective date of its certificate of limited partnership and the period of its duration if less than perpetual.
(3) The certificate of status may include other facts of record in the department that are requested.
(4) Subject to any qualification stated in a certificate of status issued by the department, the certificate is conclusive evidence that the limited partnership or the foreign limited partnership is in existence or is authorized to transact business in this state.
(5) Upon request, by telephone or otherwise, the department shall confirm by telephone any of the information required in a certificate of status under sub. (2) and may confirm any other information permitted under sub. (3).