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§ 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 […]

§ 61-2-907. 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 […]

§ 61-2-901. Law Governing

Subject to the Constitution of Tennessee: The laws of the jurisdiction under which a foreign limited partnership is organized govern its organization and internal affairs and the liability of its limited partners; and A foreign limited partnership may not be denied registration by reason of any difference between those laws and the laws of this […]

§ 61-2-902. Registration Required — Application

Before doing business in this state, a foreign limited partnership shall register with the secretary of state. In order to register, a foreign limited partnership shall submit to the secretary of state: An original copy executed by a general partner of an application for registration as a foreign limited partnership, setting forth: The name of […]

§ 61-2-903. Filing of Application

If the secretary of state finds that an application for registration conforms to law and all requisite fees have been paid, he shall file the application in accordance with part 11 of this chapter.

§ 61-2-904. Name — Registered Office and Agent

A foreign limited partnership may register with the secretary of state under any name (whether or not it is the name under which it is registered in the jurisdiction of its organization) that includes the words “Limited Partnership” or the abbreviation “L.P.” and that could be registered by a domestic limited partnership. Except as authorized […]

§ 61-2-905. Amended Registration

If any statement required by § 61-2-902 in the application for registration of a foreign limited partnership was false when made or any matter described in the application for registration has changed, making the application false, the foreign limited partnership shall promptly file with the secretary of state an application for an amended registration of […]

§ 61-2-906. Cancellation of Registration

A foreign limited partnership may cancel its registration by filing with the secretary of state a certificate of cancellation of registration executed by a general partner, which shall set forth: The name of the foreign limited partnership, and, if different, the name under which it is registered to do business in Tennessee; The name of […]