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title: O.C.G.A. § 14-8-56. Annual registration of foreign limited liability partnership.
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# O.C.G.A. § 14-8-56. Annual registration of foreign limited liability partnership.

(a) Each foreign limited liability partnership authorized to transact business in this state shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an annual registration that sets forth:

(1) The name of the foreign limited liability partnership and the jurisdiction under whose laws it is organized;

(2) The street address and county of its registered office in this state and the name of its registered agent at that office;

(3) The address of the office it is required to maintain in the jurisdiction of its organization by the laws of that jurisdiction or, if no such office is required to be maintained, of its principal office;

(4) The address of the office at which is kept a list of the names and addresses of the partners and other owners of the foreign limited liability partnership;

(5) The name and a business address of a partner who has substantial responsibility for managing the business activities of the foreign limited liability partnership; and

(6) Any additional information that is necessary to enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions of this chapter.

(b) Information in the annual registration must be current as of the date the annual registration is executed on behalf of the foreign limited liability partnership.

(c) The first annual registration must be delivered to the Secretary of State between January 1 and April 1, or such other date as the Secretary of State may specify by rules or regulations, of the year following the calendar year in which the foreign limited liability partnership was authorized to transact business in this state. Subsequent annual registrations must be delivered to the Secretary of State between January 1 and April 1, or such other date as the Secretary of State may specify by rules or regulations, of the following calendar years.

(d) If an annual registration does not contain the information required by this Code section, the Secretary of State shall promptly notify the reporting foreign limited liability partnership in writing and return the report to it for correction. If the report is corrected to contain the information required by this Code section and delivered to the Secretary of State within 30 days after the effective date of notice, it is deemed to be timely filed.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-8-56, enacted by Ga. L. 1994, p. 1674, § 2.

## Editor's Notes

For repeal of former Code Section 14-8-56 in 1984, see the Editor’s notes following Code Section 14-8-44.