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title: O.C.G.A. § 14-9-201. Certificate of limited partnership.
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# O.C.G.A. § 14-9-201. Certificate of limited partnership.

(a) In order to form a limited partnership, a certificate of limited partnership must be executed and filed in the office of the Secretary of State. The certificate must set forth:

(1) The name of the limited partnership;

(2) The address of the registered office and the name and address of the initial agent for service of process required to be maintained by Code Section 14-9-104;

(3) The name and the business address of each general partner; and

(4) Any other matters the general partners determine to include therein.

(b) A limited partnership exists from the time of the filing of the certificate of limited partnership in the office of the Secretary of State or from a later time or later time and date, not to exceed 90 days from the date of filing, specified in the certificate of limited partnership, to the time of cancellation pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 14-9-206.

## History

Code 1981, § 14-9-201, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1016, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 161, § 2; Ga. L. 1996, p. 787, § 5.