§425-1 Registration and annual statements. (a) Whenever any general partnership is formed under the laws of this State to do business in this State, or any general partnership formed under the laws of any other jurisdiction shall do business in this State, such partnership shall file in the office of the director of commerce and consumer affairs the registration and annual statements hereinafter provided. A registration statement shall be filed by a partnership formed under the laws of this State within thirty days after the partnership is formed and by a partnership formed under the laws of any other jurisdiction within thirty days after the commencement of business in this State. An annual statement shall be filed on or before March 31 of each year, as of December 31 of the preceding year. Every such registration statement shall contain the following information:
(1) The name of the partnership;
(2) The name and address of each partner;
(3) The street address of the chief executive office of the partnership in the State and, if the partnership is one formed under the laws of any other jurisdiction, the name of the jurisdiction and the street address of the partnership's chief executive office and of one office in this State, if there is one;
(4) The date the partnership was formed and, if the partnership is one formed under the laws of any other jurisdiction, the date the partnership commenced business in this State;
(5) The fact that none of the partners is either a minor or an incompetent person;
(6) In the case of a foreign general partnership, the designation of a person residing within this State as agent for service of process and notice, and the person's street address; and
(7) The names of the partners authorized to execute an instrument transferring real property held in the name of the partnership, and may state the authority, or limitations on the authority, of some or all of the partners to enter into other transactions on behalf of the partnership and any other matter.
(b) Every such annual statement shall contain the information specified in [subsection (a)] (1), (2), (3), (5), [and] (6) and a listing of the names of any partner admitted, withdrawn, or who has died during the year.
(c) The registration statement of a domestic partnership shall be certified by each partner, and the registration statement of a foreign partnership shall be certified by at least one partner. Each annual statement shall be certified as correct by any partner. [L 1969, c 247, pt of §1; am L 1971, c 48, §1; am L 1980, c 270, §1; am L 1982, c 204, §8; am L 1983, c 124, §17; am L 1999, c 284, §2; am L 2000, c 219, §51]