§ 61-2-1201. Construction
This chapter shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it. The rule that statutes in derogation of the common law are to be strictly construed shall have no application to this chapter.
§ 61-2-1202. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 1988.”
§ 61-2-1203. Severability
If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
§ 61-2-1204. Effective Date and Extended Effective Date
All limited partnerships formed on or after January 1, 1989, the “effective date” shall be governed by this chapter. Except as provided in subsections (e) and (f), all limited partnerships formed on or after January 1, 1988, and prior to January 1, 1989, under chapter 2 of this title as hereby repealed, shall continue to […]
§ 61-2-1102. Forms
The secretary of state may prescribe, and shall furnish upon request, forms for documents required or permitted to be filed by all chapters of this title. If the secretary of state has prescribed a mandatory form for the document, then the document must be in or on the prescribed form or a conformed copy thereof.
§ 61-2-907. Doing Business Without Registration — Penalty
A foreign limited partnership doing business in this state may not maintain any action, suit or proceeding in this state until it has registered in this state and has paid to this state all fees for the years or parts thereof during which it did business in this state without having registered. The failure of […]
§ 61-2-908. Enjoined From Doing Business
The court of record shall have jurisdiction to enjoin any foreign limited partnership, or any agent thereof, from doing any business in this state if such foreign limited partnership has failed to register under this part or if such foreign limited partnership has secured a certificate from the secretary of state under § 61-2-903 on […]
§ 61-2-909. Other Provisions Applicable
Sections 61-2-204(c) and 61-2-207 shall be applicable to foreign limited partnerships as if they were domestic limited partnerships.
§ 61-2-910. Service of Process
The registered agent of a foreign limited partnership authorized to transact business in this state is the limited partnership’s agent for service of process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign limited partnership. Service on a limited partnership when the secretary of state is its agent for service […]
§ 61-2-1001. Right to Bring Action
A limited partner may bring an action in the court of record in the right of a limited partnership to recover judgment in its favor if general partners with authority to do so have refused to bring the action or if an effort to cause those general partners to bring the action is not likely […]