Florida Statutes
Part I - Florida Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2005 (Ss. 620.1101-620.2205)
620.2101 - Definitions.


(1) “Constituent limited partnership” means a constituent organization that is a limited partnership.
(2) “Constituent organization” means an organization that is party to a merger.
(3) “Converted organization” means the organization into which a converting organization converts pursuant to ss. 620.2102-620.2105.
(4) “Converting limited partnership” means a converting organization that is a limited partnership.
(5) “Converting organization” means an organization that converts into another organization pursuant to s. 620.2102.
(6) “General partner” means a general partner of a limited partnership.
(7) “Governing law” of an organization means the law that governs the organization’s internal affairs.
(8) “Organization” means a corporation; general partnership, including a limited liability partnership; limited partnership, including a limited liability limited partnership; limited liability company; common law or business trust or association; real estate investment trust; or any other person organized under a governing statute or other applicable law, provided such term does not include an organization that is not organized for profit unless the not-for-profit organization is the converted organization or the surviving organization in a conversion or a merger governed by this act. The term includes domestic and foreign organizations.
(9) “Organizational documents” means:
(a) For a domestic or foreign general partnership, its partnership agreement.
(b) For a limited partnership or foreign limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership and partnership agreement.
(c) For a domestic or foreign limited liability company, its articles of organization and operating agreement, or comparable records as provided in its governing law.
(d) For a business trust, its agreement of trust and declaration of trust.
(e) For a domestic or foreign corporation for profit, its articles of incorporation, bylaws, and other agreements among its shareholders which are authorized by its governing law, or comparable records as provided in its governing law.
(f) For any other organization, the basic records that create the organization and determine its internal governance and the relations among the persons that own such organization, have an interest in the organization, or are members of the organization.

(10) “Personal liability” means personal liability for a debt, liability, or other obligation of an organization which is imposed on a person that coowns, has an interest in, or is a member of the organization:
(a) By the organization’s governing law solely by reason of the person’s coowning, having an interest in, or being a member of the organization; or
(b) By the organization’s organizational documents under a provision of the organization’s governing law authorizing those documents to make one or more specified persons liable for all or specified debts, liabilities, and other obligations of the organization solely by reason of the person or persons’ coowning, having an interest in, or being a member of the organization.

(11) “Surviving organization” means an organization into which one or more other organizations are merged. A surviving organization may preexist the merger or be created by the merger.
History.—s. 17, ch. 2005-267.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI - Business Organizations

Chapter 620 - Partnership Laws

Part I - Florida Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of 2005 (Ss. 620.1101-620.2205)

620.1101 - Popular name.

620.1102 - Definitions.

620.1103 - Knowledge and notice.

620.1104 - Nature, purpose, and duration of entity.

620.1105 - Powers.

620.1106 - Governing law.

620.1107 - Supplemental principles of law; rate of interest.

620.1108 - Name.

620.11085 - Reserved name.

620.1109 - Department of State; fees.

620.1110 - Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions.

620.1111 - Required information.

620.1112 - Business transactions of partner with partnership.

620.1113 - Dual capacity.

620.1114 - Designated office, registered office, and registered agent.

620.1115 - Change of registered agent or registered office.

620.1116 - Resignation of registered agent.

620.1117 - Service of process.

620.1118 - Consent and proxies of partners.

620.1201 - Formation of limited partnership; certificate of limited partnership.

620.1202 - Amendment or restatement of certificate.

620.1203 - Certificate of dissolution; statement of termination.

620.1204 - Signing of records.

620.1205 - Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order.

620.1206 - Delivery to and filing of records by Department of State; effective time and date; notice.

620.1207 - Correcting filed record.

620.1208 - Liability for false information in filed record.

620.1209 - Certificate of status.

620.1210 - Annual report for Department of State.

620.1301 - Becoming limited partner.

620.1302 - No right or power as limited partner to bind limited partnership; certain approval rights.

620.1303 - No liability as limited partner for limited partnership obligations.

620.1304 - Right of limited partner and former limited partner to information.

620.1305 - Limited duties of limited partners.

620.1306 - Person erroneously believing self to be limited partner.

620.1401 - Becoming general partner.

620.1402 - General partner agent of limited partnership.

620.1403 - Limited partnership liable for general partner’s actionable conduct.

620.1404 - General partner’s liability.

620.1405 - Actions by and against partnership and partners.

620.1406 - Management rights of general partner; approval rights of other partners.

620.1407 - Right of general partner and former general partner to information.

620.1408 - General standards of conduct for general partner.

620.1501 - Form of contribution.

620.1502 - Liability for contribution.

620.1503 - Sharing of profits, losses, and distributions.

620.1504 - Interim distributions.

620.1505 - No distribution on account of dissociation.

620.1506 - Distribution in kind.

620.1507 - Right to distribution.

620.1508 - Limitations on distribution.

620.1509 - Liability for improper distributions.

620.1601 - Dissociation as limited partner.

620.1602 - Effect of dissociation as limited partner.

620.1603 - Dissociation as general partner.

620.1604 - Person’s power to dissociate as general partner; wrongful dissociation.

620.1605 - Effect of dissociation as general partner.

620.1606 - Power to bind and liability to limited partnership before dissolution of partnership of person dissociated as general partner.

620.1607 - Liability to other persons of person dissociated as general partner.

620.1701 - Partner’s transferable interest; certificates.

620.1702 - Transfer of partner’s transferable interest.

620.1703 - Rights of creditor of partner or transferee.

620.1704 - Power of estate of deceased partner.

620.1801 - Nonjudicial dissolution.

620.1802 - Judicial dissolution.

620.1803 - Winding up.

620.1804 - Power of general partner and person dissociated as general partner to bind partnership after dissolution.

620.1805 - Liability after dissolution of general partner and person dissociated as general partner to limited partnership, other general partners, and persons dissociated as general partner.

620.1806 - Known claims against dissolved limited partnership.

620.1807 - Unknown claims against dissolved limited partnership.

620.1808 - Liability of general partner and person dissociated as general partner when claim against limited partnership barred.

620.1809 - Administrative dissolution.

620.1810 - Reinstatement following administrative dissolution.

620.1811 - Appeal from denial of reinstatement.

620.1812 - Revocation of dissolution.

620.1813 - Disposition of assets; when contributions required.

620.1901 - Governing law regarding foreign limited partnerships.

620.1902 - Application for certificate of authority.

620.1903 - Activities not constituting transacting business.

620.1904 - Filing of certificate of authority.

620.1905 - Noncomplying name of foreign limited partnership.

620.1906 - Revocation of certificate of authority.

620.1907 - Cancellation of certificate of authority; effect of failure to have certificate.

620.1908 - Action by Attorney General.

620.1909 - Reinstatement following administrative revocation.

620.1910 - Amending certificate of authority.

620.2001 - Direct action by partner.

620.2002 - Derivative action.

620.2003 - Proper plaintiff.

620.2004 - Pleading.

620.2005 - Proceeds and expenses.

620.2101 - Definitions.

620.2102 - Conversion.

620.2103 - Action on plan of conversion by converting limited partnership.

620.2104 - Filings required for conversion; effective date.

620.2105 - Effect of conversion.

620.2106 - Merger.

620.2107 - Action on plan of merger by constituent limited partnership.

620.2108 - Filings required for merger; effective date.

620.2109 - Effect of merger.

620.2110 - Restrictions on approval of conversions and mergers and on relinquishing limited liability limited partnership status.

620.2111 - Liability of general partner after conversion or merger.

620.2112 - Power of general partners and persons dissociated as general partners to bind organization after conversion or merger.

620.2113 - Appraisal rights; definitions.

620.2114 - Right of limited partners to appraisal.

620.2115 - Assertion of rights by nominees and beneficial owners.

620.2116 - Notice of appraisal rights.

620.2117 - Notice of intent to demand payment.

620.2118 - Appraisal notice and form.

620.2119 - Perfection of rights; right to withdraw.

620.2120 - Limited partner’s acceptance of limited partnership’s offer.

620.2121 - Procedure if limited partner is dissatisfied with offer.

620.2122 - Court action.

620.2123 - Court costs and counsel fees.

620.2124 - Limitation on limited partnership payment.

620.2125 - Application of other laws to provisions governing conversions and mergers.

620.2201 - Uniformity of application and construction.

620.2202 - Severability clause.

620.2203 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

620.2204 - Application to existing relationships.

620.2205 - Savings clause.