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115. Statement of withdrawal of foreign registration or application for transfer
2of foreign registration, $15.
AB854,87,33 16. Statement of correction, $15.
AB854,87,44 17. Annual report of a domestic limited partnership, $25.
AB854,87,55 18. Annual report of a foreign limited partnership, $65.
AB854,87,66 19. Statement of negation under s. 179.0306 (1) (b), $10.
AB854,87,87 20. Statement of partnership authority under s. 179.04023 or statement of
8denial under s. 179.04025, $10.
AB854,87,139 (b) In addition to the fees required under par. (a) or permitted under sub. (1),
10the department may collect the expedited service fee established under s. 182.01 (4)
11(d) for processing in an expeditious manner a record required or permitted to be filed
12with the department under this chapter or for preparing in an expeditious manner
13a certificate of status under s. 179.0211.
AB854,87,1514 (c) The department may, by rule, specify a larger fee for filing records in paper
15format.
AB854,87,17 16(3) A certified copy of a record filed by the department is conclusive evidence
17that the original record is on file with the department.
AB854,87,22 18(4) A person may not sign a document with intent that it be delivered to the
19department for filing, or deliver a document or cause a document to be delivered to
20the department for filing, if the person knows that the document is false in any
21material respect at the time of its delivery. Whoever violates this subsection is guilty
22of a Class I felony.
AB854,87,2323 subchapter II
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1formation; certificate of
2 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
3 and other filings
AB854,88,6 4179.0201 Formation of limited partnership; certificate of limited
5partnership.
(1) To form a limited partnership, a person must deliver a certificate
6of limited partnership to the department for filing.
AB854,88,7 7(2) A certificate of limited partnership must state all of the following:
AB854,88,88 (a) The name of the limited partnership, which name satisfies s. 179.0114.
AB854,88,99 (b) The street and mailing addresses of the partnership's principal office.
AB854,88,1110 (c) The street address of the partnership's registered office in this state and the
11name and e-mail address of its registered agent at that office.
AB854,88,1212 (d) The name and street and mailing addresses of each general partner.
AB854,88,1313 (e) Whether the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership.
AB854,88,17 14(3) A certificate of limited partnership may contain statements as to matters
15other than those required by sub. (2), but may not vary or otherwise affect the
16provisions specified in s. 179.0105 (3) and (4) in a manner inconsistent with that
17section.
AB854,88,18 18(4) A limited partnership is formed when all of the following occur:
AB854,88,1919 (a) The certificate of limited partnership becomes effective.
AB854,88,2020 (b) At least 2 persons have become partners.
AB854,88,2121 (c) At least one person has become a general partner.
AB854,88,2222 (d) At least one person has become a limited partner.
AB854,88,25 23179.0202 Amendment or restatement of certificate of limited
24partnership.
(1) A certificate of limited partnership may be amended or restated
25at any time.
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1(2) To amend its certificate of limited partnership, a limited partnership must
2deliver to the department for filing an amendment stating all of the following:
AB854,89,33 (a) The name of the partnership.
AB854,89,44 (b) The text of the amendment.
AB854,89,6 5(3) To restate its certificate of limited partnership, a limited partnership must
6deliver to the department for filing a restatement, designated as such in its heading.
AB854,89,8 7(4) A limited partnership shall promptly deliver to the department for filing
8an amendment to a certificate of limited partnership to reflect any of the following:
AB854,89,99 (a) The admission of a new general partner.
AB854,89,1010 (b) The dissociation of a person as a general partner.
AB854,89,1211 (c) The appointment of a person to wind up the limited partnership's activities
12and affairs under s. 179.0802 (3) or (4).
AB854,89,16 13(5) If a general partner knows or has notice that any information in a filed
14certificate of limited partnership was inaccurate when the certificate was filed or has
15become inaccurate due to changed circumstances, the general partner shall
16promptly do one of the following to correct the inaccuracy:
AB854,89,1717 (a) Cause the certificate to be amended.
AB854,89,1918 (b) If appropriate, deliver to the department for filing a statement of change
19under s. 179.0118 or a statement of correction under s. 179.0209.
AB854,89,22 20179.0203 Signing of records to be delivered for filing to the
21department.
(1) A record delivered to the department for filing pursuant to this
22chapter must be signed as follows:
AB854,89,2423 (a) An initial certificate of limited partnership must be signed by all general
24partners listed in the certificate.
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1(b) An amendment to the certificate of limited partnership deleting a statement
2that the limited partnership is a limited liability limited partnership must be signed
3by all general partners listed in the certificate.
AB854,90,74 (c) An amendment to the certificate of limited partnership designating as
5general partner a person admitted under s. 179.0801 (1) (c) 2. following the
6dissociation of a limited partnership's last general partner must be signed by that
7person.
AB854,90,108 (d) An amendment to the certificate of limited partnership required by s.
9179.0802 (3) following the appointment of a person to wind up the dissolved limited
10partnership's activities and affairs must be signed by that person.
AB854,90,1211 (e) Any other amendment to the certificate of limited partnership must be
12signed by all of the following:
AB854,90,1313 1. At least one general partner listed in the certificate.
AB854,90,1414 2. Each other person designated in the amendment as a new general partner.
AB854,90,1615 3. Each person that the amendment indicates has dissociated as a general
16partner, unless any of the following applies:
AB854,90,1817 a. The person is deceased or a guardian or general conservator has been
18appointed for the person and the amendment so states.
AB854,90,2019 b. The person has previously delivered to the department for filing a statement
20of dissociation.
AB854,90,2421 (f) A restated certificate of limited partnership must be signed by at least one
22general partner listed in the certificate, and, to the extent the restated certificate
23effects a change under any other paragraph of this subsection, the certificate must
24be signed in a manner that satisfies that paragraph.
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1(g) A statement of termination must be signed by all general partners listed in
2the certificate of limited partnership or, if the certificate of a dissolved limited
3partnership lists no general partners, by the person appointed pursuant to s.
4179.0802 (3) or (4) to wind up the dissolved limited partnership's activities and
5affairs.
AB854,91,86 (h) Any other record delivered by a limited partnership to the department for
7filing must be signed by at least one general partner listed in the certificate of limited
8partnership.
AB854,91,109 (i) A statement by a person pursuant to s. 179.0605 (1) (c) stating that the
10person has dissociated as a general partner must be signed by that person.
AB854,91,1211 (j) A statement of negation by a person pursuant to s. 179.0306, or a statement
12of denial by a person pursuant to s. 179.04025, must be signed by that person.
AB854,91,1413 (k) Any other record delivered on behalf of a person to the department for filing
14must be signed by that person.
AB854,91,18 15(2) Any record delivered for filing under this chapter may be signed by an
16attorney-in-fact. Whenever this chapter requires a particular individual to sign a
17record and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the record may be signed by
18a legal representative of the individual.
AB854,91,20 19(3) A person that signs a record as an attorney-in-fact or legal representative
20affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the record.
AB854,91,24 21179.0204 Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order. (1) If a person
22required by this chapter to sign a record or deliver a record to the department for
23filing under this chapter does not do so, any other person that is aggrieved may
24petition the circuit court to order any of the following:
AB854,91,2525 (a) The person to sign the record.
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1(b) The person to deliver the record to the department for filing.
AB854,92,22 (c) The department to file the record unsigned.
AB854,92,5 3(2) If a petitioner under sub. (1) is not the limited partnership or foreign limited
4partnership to which the record pertains, the petitioner shall make the partnership
5or foreign partnership a party to the action.
AB854,92,6 6(3) A record filed under sub. (1) (c) is effective without being signed.
AB854,92,10 7179.0205 Liability for inaccurate information in filed record. (1) If a
8record delivered to the department for filing under this chapter and filed by the
9department contains inaccurate information, a person that suffers loss by reliance
10on the information may recover damages for the loss from any of the following:
AB854,92,1211 (a) A person that signed the record, or caused another to sign it on the person's
12behalf, and knew the information to be inaccurate at the time the record was signed.
AB854,92,1313 (b) A general partner if all of the following apply:
AB854,92,1414 1. The record was delivered for filing on behalf of the partnership.
AB854,92,1715 2. The general partner knew or had notice of the inaccuracy for a reasonably
16sufficient time before the information was relied upon so that, before the reliance,
17the general partner reasonably could have done any of the following:
AB854,92,1818 a. Effected an amendment under s. 179.0202.
AB854,92,1919 b. Filed a petition under s. 179.0204.
AB854,92,2120 c. Delivered to the department for filing a statement of change under s.
21179.0118 or a statement of correction under s. 179.0209.
AB854,92,24 22(2) An individual who signs a record authorized or required to be filed under
23this chapter affirms under penalty of perjury that the information stated in the
24record is accurate.
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1179.0206 Filing requirements. (1) Subject to sub. (1m), to be filed by the
2department pursuant to this chapter, a record must be received by the department,
3comply with this chapter, and satisfy all of the following:
AB854,93,44 (a) The filing of the record must be required or permitted by this chapter.
AB854,93,65 (b) The record must be physically delivered in written form unless and to the
6extent the department permits electronic delivery of records.
AB854,93,97 (c) The words in the record must be in English, and numbers must be in Arabic
8or Roman numerals, but the name of an entity need not be in English if written in
9English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.
AB854,93,1110 (d) The record must be signed by a person authorized or required under this
11chapter to sign the record.
AB854,93,1512 (e) The record must state the name and capacity, if any, of each individual who
13signed it, either on behalf of the individual or the person authorized or required to
14sign the record, but need not contain a seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or
15verification.
AB854,93,1616 (f) The record must contain the name of the drafter, if required by s. 182.01 (3).
AB854,93,19 17(1m) The department may waive any of the requirements of sub. (1) (a) to (f)
18if it appears from the face of the document that the document's failure to satisfy the
19requirement is immaterial.
AB854,93,23 20(2) If law other than this chapter prohibits the disclosure by the department
21of information contained in a record delivered to the department for filing, the
22department shall file the record if the record otherwise complies with this chapter
23but may redact the information.
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1(3) When a record is delivered to the department for filing, any fee required
2under this chapter and any fee, interest, or penalty required to be paid to the
3department must be paid in a manner permitted by the department.
AB854,94,5 4(5) The department may provide forms for filings required or permitted to be
5made by this chapter and may require their use.
AB854,94,8 6179.0207 Effective date and time. Except as otherwise provided in s.
7179.0208 and subject to s. 179.0209 (4), a record filed under this chapter is effective
8as follows:
AB854,94,10 9(1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), on the date that it is received by the
10department for filing and at any of the following times on that date:
AB854,94,1111 (a) The time of day specified in the document as its effective time.
AB854,94,1212 (b) If no effective time is specified, at the close of business.
AB854,94,14 13(2) The date that a document is received by the department is determined by
14the department's endorsement on the original document under s. 179.0210 (2).
AB854,94,20 15(3) A document may specify a delayed effective date and time, except the
16effective date may not be more than 90 days after the date that it is received for filing.
17If a document specifies a delayed effective date and time in accordance with this
18subsection, the document is effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed
19effective date, but no time, is specified, the document is effective at the close of
20business on that date.
AB854,94,24 21179.0208 Withdrawal of filed record before effectiveness. (1) Except as
22otherwise provided in ss. 179.1123 (2), 179.1133 (2), 179.1143 (2), and 179.1153 (2),
23a record delivered to the department for filing may be withdrawn before it takes
24effect by delivering to the department for filing a statement of withdrawal.
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