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# O.C.G.A. § 14-8-44. Law governing foreign limited liability partnership.

(a) The laws of the jurisdiction under which a foreign limited liability partnership is organized govern its organization and internal affairs and the liability of its partners, regardless of whether the foreign limited liability partnership procured or should have procured a certificate of authority under this chapter.

(b) A foreign limited liability partnership may not be denied a certificate of authority by reason of any difference between the laws of the jurisdiction under which the foreign limited liability partnership is organized and the laws of this state.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-8-44, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1674, § 2; Ga. L. 1995, p. 470, § 8.

## Editor's Notes

Former Code Sections 14-8-44 through 14-8-92 were based on Laws 1840, Cobbs 1851 Digest, p. 589, 590; org. Code 1863, §§ 1900-1904, 1907-1921, 3495; Code 1868, §§ 1888-1892, 1895-1908, 1921, 3518; Code 1873, §§ 1884-1886, 1901-1918, 3576; Code 1882, §§ 1894-1899, 1901-1919, 3576; Code 1895, §§ 2637-2641, 2644-2660, 5346; Civil Code 1910, §§ 3162-3170, 3173-3190, 5941; Code 1933, §§ 75-107, 75-109, 75-203 — 75-210, 75-301 — 75-315, 110-309; and Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 14 and were repealed by Ga. L. 1984, p. 1439, § 1, effective April 1, 1985.

## Law Reviews

For note on the 1994 amendment of Code Sections 14-8-44 to 14-8-61, see 11 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 77 (1994).