§ 7-12.1-1009. Transfer of registration.
(a) When a registered foreign limited liability partnership has merged into a foreign entity that is not registered to do business in this state or has converted to a foreign entity required to register with the secretary of state to do business in this state, the foreign entity shall deliver to the secretary of state for filing an application for transfer of registration. The application must state:
(1) The name of the registered foreign limited liability partnership before the merger or conversion;
(2) That before the merger or conversion the registration pertained to a foreign limited liability partnership;
(3) The name of the applicant foreign entity into which the foreign limited liability partnership has merged or to which it has been converted and, if the name does not comply with § 7-12.1-902, an alternate name adopted pursuant to § 7-12.1-1006(a); and
(4) The type of entity of the applicant foreign entity and its jurisdiction of formation.
(b) An application for authority to transact business in the state of Rhode Island for the resulting entity type and a certificate of legal existence or good standing issued by the proper officer of the state or country under the laws of which the resulting entity has been formed must accompany the application for transfer of registration.
(c) When an application for transfer of registration takes effect, the registration of the foreign limited liability limited partnership to do business in this state is transferred without interruption to the foreign entity into which the partnership has merged or to which it has been converted.
History of Section.
P.L. 2022, ch. 123, § 2, effective January 1, 2023; P.L. 2022, ch. 124, § 2, effective
January 1, 2023; P.L. 2023, ch. 395, art. 1, § 2, effective December 31, 2023.