- On request of any person, the secretary of state must issue a certificate of existence for a limited partnership or a certificate of registration for a registered foreign limited partnership.
- A certificate under subsection (a) must state:
- The limited partnership’s name or the registered foreign limited partnership’s name used in this state;
- In the case of a limited partnership:
- That a certificate of limited partnership has been filed and has taken effect;
- The date the certificate became effective;
- The period of the partnership’s duration if the records of the secretary of state reflect that its period of duration is less than perpetual; and
- That:
- No statement of administrative dissolution, or statement of termination has been filed; and
- The records of the secretary of state do not otherwise reflect that the partnership has been dissolved or terminated;
- In the case of a registered foreign limited partnership, that the registered foreign limited partnership is registered to do business in this state;
- That all fees, taxes, interest, and penalties owed to this state by the limited partnership or the foreign limited partnership have been paid, if:
- Payment is reflected in the records of the secretary of state; and
- Nonpayment affects the existence or registration of the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership; and
- Other facts reflected in the records of the secretary of state pertaining to the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership that the person requesting the certificate reasonably requests.
- Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate issued by the secretary of state under subsection (a) may be relied on as conclusive evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.